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Mark McBride

Republican

End Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse

Would eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and the IRS.

Post and Courier

Military intervention and war powers

Opposes U.S. involvement in Iran and wants troops withdrawn from the Middle East. “We need to quit putting all of our attention to wars and bring all of our attention back to the people, the people of South Carolina and the people of the country.”

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Support for President Trump

Explicitly rejects reflexive Trump loyalty: “I'm not there to be the MAGA warrior for Donald Trump… I'm there to be the warrior for the people of South Carolina and to fight for the issues for everybody, not just to blindly go along with some party decision.”

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Lowering the Cost of Living

“The national debt is terrible…But if you don't have the gas to get to the job you hope to have, and you don't have the money to buy the food, nobody really cares about how bad the national debt is.” (SCGOP stump stop, August 1)

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Fiscal Responsibility and Balanced Budget

Advocates a flat tax of roughly 10% and would eventually eliminate the IRS. “Everybody pays the same percent.”

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No public position yet on Election Integrity & Reform, Border Security and Immigration Enforcement, The Filibuster and Senate Leadership, Data Centers and Growth, Honoring Veterans and Military Families, Confronting Communist China, Defending Constitutional Freedoms, American Farms, Manufacturing, and Self-Sufficiency, Law & Order, Protect Life, Standing Up for Farmers and Rural Communities, Fighting for Parents and Students, Unleashing American Energy, Taking On a Broken Washington, Protect Women & Families, Medical Freedom, Second Amendment, Russia policy and sanctions

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