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Abortion     Kanye West: Planned Parenthood founded for eugenics against blacks.

Budget & Economy     Chris Sununu: Can't add $5T to balance sheet and hope it goes away.

Civil Rights     Andrew Giuliani: Kneeling during anthem is a war on our police.     Ben Carson: People can only afford to live in certain places.     Donald Trump: DC won't become a state because they'd elect Democrats.     George W. Bush: Bush calls for constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.     Joe Biden: Require suburbs to open up to low-income housing.     Rob Astorino: Zoning laws limit what can be built, not who can live there.

Crime     Andrew Giuliani: Curbing crime a top priority, no greater friend to police.     Max Rose: Opposed state reform of cash bail requirements.     Mike Bloomberg: I was wrong to rely on stop-and-frisk policing.

Drugs     Cynthia Nixon: Legalize marijuana and capture the revenue.     Gary Chambers: More than half of drug arrests for marijuana possession.

Education     Andrew Giuliani: Open more charter schools, give parents choice.

Energy & Oil     Gina Raimondo: Be most collaborative and aggressive state on wind energy.     Marc Molinaro: Will explore fracking consequences in monitored testing.     Curtis Sliwa: Opposes lithium-ion battery storage facilities.

Families & Children     Kanye West: Asks staff to refrain from fornicating outside of marriage.     Kanye West: The culture of humanity needs to be family.     Kanye West: Birthday Lake: mothers safely experience pregnancy & birth.

Foreign Policy     Kanye West: Praises Mideast peace treaties; expects Israel-Saudi next.

Government Reform     Kanye West: Liberal racists worry about splitting the black vote.

Gun Control     Kirsten Gillibrand: Shifted to left because "I fight for my constituents".

Health Care     Rob Astorino: ObamaCare meltdown changes the political landscape.

Homeland Security     Wesley Clark: Supports School of the Americas.

Immigration     Curtis Sliwa: Cuomo should apologize for calling ICE agents "thugs".

Jobs     Ritchie Torres: Wants to ensure NYC is creating real, not projected jobs.

Principles & Values     Adrian Perkins: Awarded Sam Cooke apology; posthumous Key to the City.     Andrew Giuliani: I'm a politician out of the womb; it's in my DNA.     Joe DioGuardi: Accused of making deals in a $1.7 billion Ponzi scheme.     Kanye West: Name "Birthday Party" means more kids with more birthdays.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Accused of hiding facts connecting cigarettes and cancer.     Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Sanders is Christian, conservative, a proud Arkansan.     Wendy Long: OpEd: provides conservative Republican ideological diversity.

Tax Reform     Andrew Giuliani: Roll back increased taxes on corporations, wealthy.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Adrian Perkins Democratic nominee for Senate Louisiana Andrew Giuliani New York Republican challenger for Governor Ben Carson HUD Secretary Chris Sununu New Hampshire Republican Governor Curtis Sliwa Republican nominee for NYC Mayor Cynthia Nixon New York Democratic candidate for governor of New York Donald Trump Republican former President Gary Chambers Democratic Senate Challenger Louisiana George W. Bush Republican Gina Raimondo Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce Joe Biden Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator Joe DioGuardi 2010 Republican Challenger New York Kanye West Birthday Party candidate for President Kirsten Gillibrand New York Democratic candidate for President; New York Senator Marc Molinaro New York Republican candidate for governor of New York Max Rose Democrat U.S. Rep New York-11 Mike Bloomberg New York Mayor of NYC Ritchie Torres Democratic U.S. Rep New York-15 Rob Astorino New York Republican Gubernatorial Challenger Sarah Huckabee Sanders Arkansas Republican challenger for Governor Wendy Long Republican Senate Challenger New York Wesley Clark Democrat