Thomas Smith (MI-08) Research Report
Significant Findings
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Thomas Smith Supported The Iran War Which Raised Michiganders’ Costs While Spending Billions Of Taxpayer Dollars Overseas
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Thomas Smith Claimed His Business Donated 10% Of Their Earnings To “Veterans Charities,” One Of Which Was A Crisis Pregnancy Center That Thomas Smith Said “Make[s] Sure The Baby’s Born And Not Aborted”
2 findings
- Smith was the Chief Operating Officer and Organizing Member of Jar Head Salsa.
- Smith said that Jar Head Salsa donated 10% of their profits to charities that he claimed supported veterans, which included a crisis pregnancy center, and said the donations to the crisis pregnancy center were to “make sure the baby’s born and not aborted.”
Thomas Smith Contributed To The Campaigns Of Far-Right Politicians Who Were Anti-Abortion Extremists, Denied The 2020 Election, And Trafficked In Conspiracy Theories
2 findings
- Smtih contributed to Kristina Karamo, a fervent 2020 election denier and conspiracy theorist who called abortion “far more wicked than slavery.”
- Smith contributed to Garrett Soldano, an election denier and anti-abortion extremist who aimed to institute a six-week abortion ban in Michigan and repeatedly said that rape victims should carry their pregnancies to term.
Thomas Smith Donated To The Presidential Campaign Of Ben Carson Who Called To Repeal The Affordable Care Act That Provided Coverage To More Than 30,000 MI-08 Residents, Supported Cuts To Social Security And Medicare, And Compared Abortion To Slavery
6 findings
- 2015: Smith made five contributions to Ben Carson’s Presidential campaign, totaling $250.
- Carson called the Affordable Care Act the worst thing that happened to the United States since slavery and called for its repeal which would threaten health care access for more than 30,000 Mid-Michiganders in the district.
- Carson called Social Security “basically [...] a Ponzi scheme” and suggested “gradually start[ing] to raise the [retirement] age,” and said he wanted to eliminate Medicaid and Medicare.
- 2015: Carson said no Muslim should ever become President of the United States.
- Carson was opposed to abortions, even in cases of rape or incest, and compared it to slavery.
- Carson signed an anti-same-sex marriage pledge, compared homosexual relationships to pedophilia and bestiality, and asked people consider why “a lot of people who go into prison straight and when they come out, they’re gay.”
Thomas Smith Showed Support For Multiple Far-Right Extremists Who Opposed Abortion, Embraced Antisemitic Rhetoric, And Defended Republican’s Tariffs That Raised Costs On Michiganders
3 findings
- Smith praised Clarence Thomas, who wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade for 30 years and tried to protect Republican’s tariffs which made life more expensive for Michiganders and cost the state’s businesses billions.
- Smith praised Candace Owens, who embraced antisemitic rhetoric.
- Smith praised David Clarke, who frequently pushed extreme views including anti-abortion rhetoric and comparing Obama to Hitler.
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