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Jacob Turk

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About Jacob Turk

Jacob Turk (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. Turk was previously a2017Independentspecial election candidate for District 8of the Missouri State Senate. He was also a 2016Republicancandidate who sought election to the U.S. House to representthe 5th Congressional DistrictofMis…

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[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Jacob Turk completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Turk's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-121155-2022-10-10\" id=\"heading-bio-121155-2022-10-10\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-121155-2022-10-10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-121155-2022-10-10\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-121155-2022-10-10\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-121155-2022-10-10\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tJacob Turk is not a lawyer, nor a career politician, but someone who knows first-hand the challenges of operating a small business, is concerned with the plight of the urban core, has real solutions for the struggling working man and woman, and has served our country with honor and distinction as a U.S. Marine.\r\n<p>He believes if America wants to change the future direction of our country, Americans must change the kind of person they elect to Congress to represent them.\r\n</p><p>Jacob is proud to be a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, with secret clearance and an honorable discharge. He has a profound respect for all who have served and are serving, their mission, and the vital role they play in keeping our nation safe.\r\n</p><p>After completing his Marine Corps service, Jacob married and started a family. As a young father, he worked two jobs and attended college thanks to the GI Bill, earning a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.\r\n</p><p>As a small business owner for 12 years, Jacob knows, firsthand, what it’s like to struggle to make payroll for his employees, deal with government regulations, pay taxes, and work to make a profit.\r\n</p>\n</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-121155-2022-10-10\" id=\"heading-key-message-121155-2022-10-10\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-121155-2022-10-10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-121155-2022-10-10\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-121155-2022-10-10\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-121155-2022-10-10\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>GETTING OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK- LOWERING THE HIGH PRICES OF FOOD AND GAS. The American people are hurting due to the skyrocketing food prices and the soaring cost of living. Joe Biden’s polices, which Emanuel Cleaver has voted for every unnecessary spending bill, have forced the printing of money out of thin air. This creates inflation. Any economist knows when you print more money the price of food, shelter, clothes and gas goes up and up! Yet Cleaver insists the solution is to spend even more money. Wages cannot keep up with his out-of-control spending. We have to work together to get Cleaver out before he wrecks every family’s budget in the 5th District. Another cost-of-living issue besides food, gas, and electric is property taxes.</li><li>PROTECT OUR BORDERS TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE AND NATIONAL SECURITY Jacob Turk believes our family’s very lives are compromised with Joe Biden’s porous borders and ports. Fentanyl is the leading cause of death among our young folks, our sons and daughters we cherish. Covid, other illicit drugs, terrorism and criminals can all cross our borders as the situation stands now. It is time for our Federal government to do their job and secure our borders. 18-year incumbent Emanuel Cleaver has fought to have our borders completely open and amnesty for all using your hard-earned taxes. To protect your family let’s get Cleaver out and send Jacob Turk to fight for all of us.</li><li>STOPPING VIOLENT CRIME AND FENTANYL “Defund the Police” hurt urban communities more than any other. Violent crime and homicide rates have reached historic highs in Kansas City and across the region. Fentanyl, made in China and trafficked through our southern border is the Number One Killer of Americans 18 - 45. Areas of Kansas City are so dangerous, even pedestrian deaths are at a record high as all the much talked about “infrastructure” funding seems to end up everyplace, but where it is needed most. Cleaver and Biden are watching the body count grow and doing nothing to stop it. It is literally more dangerous to simply walk down your street, than it has ever been.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-121155-2022-10-10\" id=\"heading1-121155-2022-10-10\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-121155-2022-10-10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-121155-2022-10-10\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-121155-2022-10-10\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-121155-2022-10-10\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI am passionate about helping people. <br/><br/>\n<p>We have an epidemic of human sex slavery in American. It must be exposed and ended.<br/><br/>\r\nAs a Marine I want to ensure veterans are getting all the benefits they have earned.<br/><br/>\n</p>\nAs a caring American it is important all Federal government programs designed to help the people of the 5th District actually go to help them. I and my staff will be a watchdog over how the money is spent in the 5th District.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>\n<p>The following issues were listed on Turk's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, <a class=\"external text\" href=\"http://www.turkforcongress.com/meet-jacob/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here</a>.\n</p>\n<div style=\"height:400px;overflow:scroll;border:1px solid gray;margin:20px;padding:10px;\">\n<table data-nosnippet=\"\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;\">\n<tbody><tr>\n<td style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"20\">“\n</td>\n<td style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<ul><li><b>Small Business Help and Support</b>: Jacob Turk is committed to helping small business not only survive in America, but to thrive. He knows that small business is the job creation engine of America. As a former small business owner himself for more than 12 years, when Mr. Turk is your Congressman he will fight to reduce the burden of regulations that are squeezing the life out of independent businesses. He will also personally pick up the phone to intervene on behalf of Mom and Pop shops in our district who are unfairly being harassed by the Federal bureaucracies of the EPA, OSHA, and the IRS.</li></ul>\n<ul><li><b>Common Sense Healthcare Reform</b>: Jacob Turk will work to repeal and replace Obamacare with a common sense solution that will provide coverage for those unable to do so on their own with no rate ups or turn downs for pre-existing conditions. That is all the American people wanted. Instead, with the help of Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, we got a government takeover of 1/5th our economy that was forced on a nation that did not want it.</li></ul>\n<ul><li><b>Protect our National Security and Sovereignty</b>: Jacob Turk believes our national security is compromised with porous borders and ports. Ebola, drugs, terrorism and criminals can all cross our borders as the situation stands now. Once our borders are secured, Mr. Turk will work to fix our broken immigration system.</li></ul>\n<ul><li><b>Support our Military Forces and Veterans</b>: Jacob Turk is a Marine veteran who will stand up for our men and women in uniform now and those who have served in the past. Less than 20% of those currently in Congress have served in the military, and it shows in the decisions in DC that affect our military and veterans. Mr. Turk will work tirelessly to address issues at the Kansas City VA. He will insist that there be a true national security interest before the blood of our mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters is put in danger. The President must make a case and be prepared for victory when asking Congress to send troops or I will vote no.</li></ul>\n<p><sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_10-0\"><a href=\"#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-10\">[10]</a></sup>\n</p>\n</td>\n<td style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"20\">”\n</td></tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cquotecite\" colspan=\"3\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: smaller; float: right;\">—Jacob Turk's campaign website, <a class=\"external free\" href=\"http://www.turkforcongress.com/meet-jacob/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.turkforcongress.com/meet-jacob/</a></cite>\n</td></tr></tbody></table>\n</div>\n<p>On his campaign website, Turk listed eight issues. They were:\n</p>\n<div style=\"height:400px;overflow:scroll;border:1px solid gray;margin:20px;padding:10px;\">\n<table data-nosnippet=\"\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;\">\n<tbody><tr>\n<td style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"20\">“\n</td>\n<td style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<ul><li><i>Economic Policy</i></li></ul>\n<dl><dd><ul><li>On his website, Turk said, \"The American people are rightfully concerned that the policies of Congressman Cleaver and this Congress will collapse our economy. Expanding our obligations by $2.5 trillion with the passage of “Obamacare”, -- which my opponent Emanuel Cleaver supported -- is the latest example that career politicians just don’t understand what the American people want - and need- in economic policy.\"</li></ul></dd></dl>\n<ul><li><i>Life</i></li></ul>\n<dl><dd><ul><li>On his website, Turk said, \"I believe that human life must be affirmed and that innocent life must be protected at all stages from conception to natural death. My most recent paid position before running for Congress in 2010 was with a women's clinic that provided free medical care and support for pregnant girls and women almost all of whom were below the poverty line.\"</li></ul></dd></dl>\n<ul><li><i>Taxes</i></li></ul>\n<dl><dd><ul><li>On his website, Turk said, \"Unlike my opponent, Emanuel Cleaver, I support permanent tax cuts for working families. Citizens are much more efficient in their spending and charitable giving than the Federal government. I support making the 2003 tax cuts permanent.\"</li></ul></dd></dl>\n<ul><li><i>Term Limits</i></li></ul>\n<dl><dd><ul><li>On his website, Turk said, \"Term limits, for both the House and Senate, are the answer. Representing the people was not intended to be a career, like my opponent Emanuel Cleaver has made it. In fact, when our representatives had real jobs and owned businesses, they brought to the halls of Congress a variety of perspectives to draw from, and they also had to live \"under\" the rules or regulations they created. Not so anymore. Those who make regulations that govern business refuse to comply with them themselves.\"</li></ul></dd></dl>\n<ul><li><i>Immigration</i></li></ul>\n<dl><dd><ul><li>On his website, Turk said, \"The porous southern border MUST be closed, our northern border security beefed up, and our ports secured. For our southern border, I would insist that the 700 miles of double layer fence that was mandated by Congress in 2006 be built. Hospitals are overwhelmed, school resources are used up, our law enforcement resources are drained, and our prisons are overflowing in large part due to the waves of illegal aliens invading this country. Americans are paying BILLIONS of dollars, hand over fist, to subsidize the cost of 'cheap' labor, and allowing it to continue is a loss for our economy. I do not support any additional immigration reform until our borders are secured and illegal immigration is halted. When the fence is built and the border secured, we can move forward on retooling our immigration system.\"</li></ul></dd></dl>\n<ul><li><i>Marriage</i></li></ul>\n<dl><dd><ul><li>On his website, Turk said, \"I support the traditional definition of marriage (one man, one woman). This position is shared by over 70% of Missouri voters who passed Missouri's Marriage Amendment in 2004.\"</li></ul></dd></dl>\n<ul><li><i>2nd Amendment Rights</i></li></ul>\n<dl><dd><ul><li>On his website, Turk said, \" As a Marine veteran, I am a believer in our individual right to keep and bear arms. In both 2008 and 2010, I was endorsed by the Western Missouri Shooters Alliance for my support of the 2nd Amendment.\"</li></ul></dd></dl>\n<ul><li><i>Healthcare</i></li></ul>\n<dl><dd><ul><li>On his website, Turk said, \"Our country has the highest quality medical care in the world – yet ever climbing costs and lack of availability in many areas are hurting millions of Americans. “Obamacare” --, which my opponent supported – is already a disaster.. It must be repealed. Instead, to solve the health insurance access issue and control costs, I propose a patient-centered solution based on patient-owned Major Medical policies, tax-free Health Savings Accounts, public outreach health education, and health coverage which encourage disease prevention through lifestyle choices.\"<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_10-1\"><a href=\"#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-10\">[10]</a></sup></li></ul></dd></dl>\n</td>\n<td style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"20\">”\n</td></tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cquotecite\" colspan=\"3\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: smaller; float: right;\">—Turk for Congress<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-themes_11-0\"><a href=\"#cite_note-themes-11\">[11]</a></sup></cite>\n</td></tr></tbody></table>\n</div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nJacob Turk completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Turk's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. Jacob Turk is not a lawyer, nor a career politician, but someone who knows first-hand the challenges of operating a small business, is concerned with the plight of the urban core, has real solutions for the struggling working man and woman, and has served our country with honor and distinction as a U.S. Marine. He believes if America wants to change the future direction of our country, Americans must change the kind of person they elect to Congress to represent them. Jacob is proud to be a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, with secret clearance and an honorable discharge. He has a profound respect for all who have served and are serving, their mission, and the vital role they play in keeping our nation safe. After completing his Marine Corps service, Jacob married and started a family. As a young father, he worked two jobs and attended college thanks to the GI Bill, earning a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. As a small business owner for 12 years, Jacob knows, firsthand, what it’s like to struggle to make payroll for his employees, deal with government regulations, pay taxes, and work to make a profit. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? GETTING OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK- LOWERING THE HIGH PRICES OF FOOD AND GAS. The American people are hurting due to the skyrocketing food prices and the soaring cost of living. Joe Biden’s polices, which Emanuel Cleaver has voted for every unnecessary spending bill, have forced the printing of money out of thin air. This creates inflation. Any economist knows when you print more money the price of food, shelter, clothes and gas goes up and up! Yet Cleaver insists the solution is to spend even more money. Wages cannot keep up with his out-of-control spending. We have to work together to get Cleaver out before he wrecks every family’s budget in the 5th District. Another cost-of-living issue besides food, gas, and electric is property taxes. PROTECT OUR BORDERS TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE AND NATIONAL SECURITY Jacob Turk believes our family’s very lives are compromised with Joe Biden’s porous borders and ports. Fentanyl is the leading cause of death among our young folks, our sons and daughters we cherish. Covid, other illicit drugs, terrorism and criminals can all cross our borders as the situation stands now. It is time for our Federal government to do their job and secure our borders. 18-year incumbent Emanuel Cleaver has fought to have our borders completely open and amnesty for all using your hard-earned taxes. To protect your family let’s get Cleaver out and send Jacob Turk to fight for all of us. STOPPING VIOLENT CRIME AND FENTANYL “Defund the Police” hurt urban communities more than any other. Violent crime and homicide rates have reached historic highs in Kansas City and across the region. Fentanyl, made in China and trafficked through our southern border is the Number One Killer of Americans 18 - 45. Areas of Kansas City are so dangerous, even pedestrian deaths are at a record high as all the much talked about “infrastructure” funding seems to end up everyplace, but where it is needed most. Cleaver and Biden are watching the body count grow and doing nothing to stop it. It is literally more dangerous to simply walk down your street, than it has ever been. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? I am passionate about helping people. We have an epidemic of human sex slavery in American. It must be exposed and ended. As a Marine I want to ensure veterans are getting all the benefits they have earned. As a caring American it is important all Federal government programs designed to help the people of the 5th District actually go to help them. I and my staff will be a watchdog over how the money is spent in the 5th District.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.\nThe following issues were listed on Turk's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here .\n“ Small Business Help and Support : Jacob Turk is committed to helping small business not only survive in America, but to thrive. He knows that small business is the job creation engine of America. As a former small business owner himself for more than 12 years, when Mr. Turk is your Congressman he will fight to reduce the burden of regulations that are squeezing the life out of independent businesses. He will also personally pick up the phone to intervene on behalf of Mom and Pop shops in our district who are unfairly being harassed by the Federal bureaucracies of the EPA, OSHA, and the IRS. Common Sense Healthcare Reform : Jacob Turk will work to repeal and replace Obamacare with a common sense solution that will provide coverage for those unable to do so on their own with no rate ups or turn downs for pre-existing conditions. That is all the American people wanted. Instead, with the help of Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, we got a government takeover of 1/5th our economy that was forced on a nation that did not want it. Protect our National Security and Sovereignty : Jacob Turk believes our national security is compromised with porous borders and ports. Ebola, drugs, terrorism and criminals can all cross our borders as the situation stands now. Once our borders are secured, Mr. Turk will work to fix our broken immigration system. Support our Military Forces and Veterans : Jacob Turk is a Marine veteran who will stand up for our men and women in uniform now and those who have served in the past. Less than 20% of those currently in Congress have served in the military, and it shows in the decisions in DC that affect our military and veterans. Mr. Turk will work tirelessly to address issues at the Kansas City VA. He will insist that there be a true national security interest before the blood of our mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters is put in danger. The President must make a case and be prepared for victory when asking Congress to send troops or I will vote no. [10] ” —Jacob Turk's campaign website, http://www.turkforcongress.com/meet-jacob/\nOn his campaign website, Turk listed eight issues. They were:\n“ Economic Policy On his website, Turk said, \"The American people are rightfully concerned that the policies of Congressman Cleaver and this Congress will collapse our economy. Expanding our obligations by $2.5 trillion with the passage of “Obamacare”, -- which my opponent Emanuel Cleaver supported -- is the latest example that career politicians just don’t understand what the American people want - and need- in economic policy.\" Life On his website, Turk said, \"I believe that human life must be affirmed and that innocent life must be protected at all stages from conception to natural death. My most recent paid position before running for Congress in 2010 was with a women's clinic that provided free medical care and support for pregnant girls and women almost all of whom were below the poverty line.\" Taxes On his website, Turk said, \"Unlike my opponent, Emanuel Cleaver, I support permanent tax cuts for working families. Citizens are much more efficient in their spending and charitable giving than the Federal government. I support making the 2003 tax cuts permanent.\" Term Limits On his website, Turk said, \"Term limits, for both the House and Senate, are the answer. Representing the people was not intended to be a career, like my opponent Emanuel Cleaver has made it. In fact, when our representatives had real jobs and owned businesses, they brought to the halls of Congress a variety of perspectives to draw from, and they also had to live \"under\" the rules or regulations they created. Not so anymore. Those who make regulations that govern business refuse to comply with them themselves.\" Immigration On his website, Turk said, \"The porous southern border MUST be closed, our northern border security beefed up, and our ports secured. For our southern border, I would insist that the 700 miles of double layer fence that was mandated by Congress in 2006 be built. Hospitals are overwhelmed, school resources are used up, our law enforcement resources are drained, and our prisons are overflowing in large part due to the waves of illegal aliens invading this country. Americans are paying BILLIONS of dollars, hand over fist, to subsidize the cost of 'cheap' labor, and allowing it to continue is a loss for our economy. I do not support any additional immigration reform until our borders are secured and illegal immigration is halted. When the fence is built and the border secured, we can move forward on retooling our immigration system.\" Marriage On his website, Turk said, \"I support the traditional definition of marriage (one man, one woman). This position is shared by over 70% of Missouri voters who passed Missouri's Marriage Amendment in 2004.\" 2nd Amendment Rights On his website, Turk said, \" As a Marine veteran, I am a believer in our individual right to keep and bear arms. In both 2008 and 2010, I was endorsed by the Western Missouri Shooters Alliance for my support of the 2nd Amendment.\" Healthcare On his website, Turk said, \"Our country has the highest quality medical care in the world – yet ever climbing costs and lack of availability in many areas are hurting millions of Americans. “Obamacare” --, which my opponent supported – is already a disaster.. It must be repealed. Instead, to solve the health insurance access issue and control costs, I propose a patient-centered solution based on patient-owned Major Medical policies, tax-free Health Savings Accounts, public outreach health education, and health coverage which encourage disease prevention through lifestyle choices.\" [10] ” —Turk for Congress [11]"}]

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