Mark Small

4) RIGHT TO LIFE: Ironically (or not) same ppl who rail about intent of Framers of Constitution do not care that abortion was legal when the Constitution was written, as Justice Blackmun noted in Roe v Wade, 410 U.S. at 129-30. 34/40

Reduce abortions: make contraceptives easily available & @ no cost, support health care 4 all, and sex ed’n in schools. AND: these female candidates cannot speak because in the days of the “founders” women had no rights. 35/40

5) FREE MARKET IS A PANACEA: We have had free market economies in our history. They result in monopolies and oligopolies. There is a balance that must be maintained and going to either extreme does not cut it. 36/40

6) tRUMP: This “town hall” is beng held without an audience because of the coronavirus, COVID-19. The current occupant of the Oval Office has demonstrated his ineptitude as a leader in the face of this pandemic. 37/40

A legitimate fear: the elections will not occur in November & the would-be dictator takes full control. That is the const’l crisis we face. GOP has to be taken back from the majority that jacked it a few years ago. 38/40

Mark, best wishes in bringing your progressive Republican views to the stage tonight. I count 12 of your 13 competitors as being Trumpy/Trumpy-lite, as they appear obsessed w/guns & stopping women from having control of their bodies. Your approach to Republicanism is welcome.

Thanks! I'll give it my best. btw - I did not address guns. Didn't have time to get that in. Only recently has 2nd Amend been interpret'd to prevent controls on firearms. We need background checks, ban assault weapons (unless deer become armed) & ban clips w/> 4 rounds.

The 2nd Amendment is not about hunting. Self defense is a natural right. The government has no authority to tell me how to defend myself. We have background checks now. It's a magazine, not a clip, and arbitrary limits on ammo per magazine are nothing but feel-good legislation.