As the Senate prepares to pass legislation to fund our military, pay for our national defense and provide a much-need pay raise for our troops, it’s worth asking Senator Baldwin where she stands on supporting our military and providing the tools we need to defeat ISIS.
Senator Baldwin has a long history of opposing funding for our military (she’s voted against the NDAA 12 different times) and is so breathtakingly out-of-touch on national security, she not only voted against creating the Department of Homeland Security, but proposed six bills to establish a “Department of Peace and Nonviolence.”
But her dangerous and out-of-touch record on national security doesn’t end there – she’s also supported transferring terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to the United States, voted against increased screening of refugees and, of course, blindly supported President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
So the question is – will Senator Baldwin stay true to her out-of-touch, anti-military roots, or will she admit to feeling the heat and go for a 180 degree turn?
BACKGROUND:
Senator Baldwin voted against the National Defense Authorization Act 12 times. (H.R. 1735, Roll Call Vote #277; H.R. 4310, Roll Call Vote #291; H.R. 1540, Roll Call Vote #932; H.R. 6523, Roll Call Vote #650; H.R. 5658, Roll Call Vote # 365; H.R. 1585, Roll Call Vote #373; H.R. 5122, Roll Call Vote #510, H.R. 1815, Roll Call Vote #665; H.R. 1588, Roll Call Vote #617; H.R. 4546, Roll Call Vote #158; H.R. 4576, Roll Call Vote #413; S. 1059, Roll Call Vote #424)
Baldwin voted against creating the Department of Homeland Security but co-sponsored six bills to establish a Department of Peace. (Roll Call Vote #367, 7/26/02, Baldwin Voted Nay; H.R. 808, Introduced 2/18/11; H.R. 808, Introduced 2/3/09; H.R. 808, Introduced 2/5/07; H.R. 3760, Introduced 9/14/05; H.R. 1673, Introduced 4/8/03; H.R. 2459, Introduced 7/11/01)
Baldwin supported Obama’s Iran nuclear agreement. (Press Release, 8/7/15)
In May 2018, Baldwin called it a “mistake” for President Trump to withdraw from the Iran deal. (Wisconsin Radio Network, 5/9/18)
Baldwin called for Guantanamo Bay prison to be closed, praised Obama for promising to close it, and voted against efforts to prohibit transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States. (Rep. Tammy Baldwin, May 2009; Press Release, 5/8/09; Roll Call Vote #237, 11/19/13)
In 2016, Baldwin voted to block increased screening for Syrian and Iraqi refugees before they are admitted into the United States. (Roll Call Vote #4, 1/20/16, Baldwin Voted Nay)