Ben McAdams
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| U.S. Representative from Utah's 4th Congressional District From: January 3, 2019 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Mia Love | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Former Mayor of Salt Lake County From: January 7, 2013 – January 2, 2019 | |||
| Predecessor | Peter Corroon | ||
| Successor | Jenny Wilson | ||
| Former State Senator from Utah's 2nd District From: December 19, 2009 – November 13, 2012 | |||
| Predecessor | Scott McCoy | ||
| Successor | Jim Dabakis | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Julie McAdams | ||
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | ||
- See also: Abortion Betrayals
Benjamin Michael "Ben" McAdams (born December 5, 1974, age 49) is a liberal Democrat politician serving as the current U.S. representative from Utah's 4th district, having previously been the mayor of Salt Lake County, and a state senator before that.
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U.S. House of Representatives
2018 election
McAdams ran for United States House of Representatives in 2018 during a blue wave and defeated then-incumbent Never Trumper Republican Mia Love by less than 700 votes out of the nearly 270,000 casted (just over 0.25% of the vote).[1]
Phony "pro-lifer"
Despite having campaigned as supposedly being pro-life,[2] McAdams is a noted Abortion Betrayal who voted in 2011 as a state senator against allowing health care providers be granted the right to refuse performing abortions and in 2012 against a required 72-hour waiting period bill.[3] In addition, he has received an "A+" rating from Planned Parenthood in 2019[4] and currently only a "D" from the Susan B. Anthony List.[5]
Tenure
McAdams co-sponsored the left-wing Climate Action Now Act in March 2019.[6]
McAdams voted along with his party line in favor of the radical Equality Act.[7]
Rep. McAdams voted on July 16, 2019 along with all House Democrats in condemning Donald Trump's supposedly "racist" comments.[8]
McAdams voted against the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019.[9]
Rep. McAdams voted along with his party line for H.R.3, a Democrat bill aimed at lowering drug prices under the false assumption that such can easily be accomplished if only greater regulations were put on pharmaceutical companies.[10]
McAdams supported[11] and voted in favor of the impeachment sham against Donald Trump,[12] having previously joined his party line to block a House Republican effort to censure Nancy Pelosi.[13]
McAdams voted in favor of the implementation of the USMCA.[14]
Rep. McAdams broke from his party line in February 2020 in voting against a Democrat-led bill to limit President Trump's executive powers after the latter had successfully led the killing of the terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani.[15]
It was announced on March 23, 2020 that McAdams had been hospitalized over a coronavirus infection, experiencing a severe shortness in breathing.[16] He later recovered by April 8, 2020,[17] asserting that he took hydroxychloroquine during his recovery and that it might have made a difference.[18]
See also
- Joe Cunningham, Democrat representative from South Carolina's 1st district
References
- ↑ Utah Election Results: Fourth House District
- ↑ Utah pro-life congresswoman slams Democrat opponent for claiming he’s ‘pro-life’
- ↑ Utah Democrat insists he’s just as anti-abortion as his conservative opponent
- ↑ Planned Parenthood gives Ben McAdams an A+
- ↑ Ben McAdams - Susan B. Anthony List
- ↑ HR 9 - Climate Action Now Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 5 - Equality Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ H Res 489 - Condemning President Trump's Racist Comments Directed at Members of Congress - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 3877 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 - National Key Vote
- ↑ HR 3 - Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 - National Key Vote
- ↑ Democrat Ben McAdams Supports Impeachment: Trump’s ‘Actions Demand Accountability’
- ↑ H Res 755 - Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors - National Key Vote
- ↑ Ben McAdams supports Pelosi’s impeachment efforts
- ↑ HR 5430 - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act - National Key Vote
- ↑ S J Res 68 - A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress - National Key Vote
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- ↑ Ben McAdams says he took hydroxychloroquine during recovery from coronavirus
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