A Good Brat?
From the outset, Congressman David Brat of Virginia (shown) has shaken the establishment, and continues to do so with his unswerving commitment to liberty and a constitutionalist voting record. In what was initially seen as a long-shot race against incumbent House Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor, economics professor David Brat of Randolph-Macon College accused Cantor of having a “crony-capitalist mentality” and defeated him in the Republican primary, going on to win in the general election in 2014. Shortly after the general election, on November 12, 2014, Brat was sworn in to complete Cantor’s term, following Cantor’s resignation.
Now in the second year of his first full term, Brat is seeking reelection to the House of Representatives. Despite being a freshman congressman, Brat has already left his mark as a constitutionalist, garnering a notable 91-percent score from The New American’s “Freedom Index,” which measures congressmen’s fidelity to the Constitution by the votes they cast. These votes, some of which shall be examined shortly, highlight why Brat is no disappointment to the voters of the commonwealth’s Seventh Congressional District.
Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
Since Congressman Brat holds a Ph.D. in economics from American University and has been an economics professor, it is apropos that his positions on the budget, national debt, and fiscal responsibility be examined first.
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