Liz Matory

[{"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>Elizabeth Matory completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Matory'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-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading-bio-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-70778-2020-04-22\" 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-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-70778-2020-04-22\" 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\tLiz has a conviction for changing the status quo.\n<p>In 2018, she secured the Republican nomination for the adjacent district (MD2) becoming the first Black woman nominated by the Republican Party, and the first American of Asian descent nominated by either party to congress, in Maryland.\n</p><p>She is the author of Becoming Born Again (2020), the second title in her series of works on her conversion from liberalism to conservatism, preceded by Born Again Republican (2016). Liz has been on a mission to encourage more people to remember and honor [our] shared beliefs in Faith, Family and Freedom.\n</p><p>Liz worked in the charter school movement, on civil liberties, and higher education for 10 years before politics. She believes that there is a vacuum in resolving the perpetual issues facing society.\nIn 2014, she experienced how horribly redistricting had impacted Maryland citizens, when she ran for state delegate and served as a Baltimore County organizer for the Maryland Democratic Party. Liz has made it her mission to represent Marylanders who have been gerrymandered out of just representation by their central government. \n</p><p>Liz is a graduate of Columbia University, Howard University School of Law, and Maryland's Smith School of Business. \n</p>\n</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading-key-message-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-70778-2020-04-22\" 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-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>Liz will restore her district with comprehensive solutions.</li><li>Liz will restore strong family values.</li><li>Liz will restore confidence in just representation and leadership.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading1-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-70778-2020-04-22\" 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=\"heading1-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-70778-2020-04-22\" 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\tEnding Corruption: Abuse of Power &amp; Ending Pay To Play Culture<br/><br/>\n<p>Protecting Civil Liberties: Freedom of Speech and Religion, Right to Bear Arms, Privacy and Property Protections<br/><br/>\nJudicial/Legislative Reform: Human Trafficking, Immigration, and Parental Rights<br/><br/>\n</p>\nRight to Life: Conception to Natural Death<br/></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading2-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading2-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-70778-2020-04-22\" 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\tMy parents - sounds cliché, but God blessed me with amazing role models for parents. People wonder where my motivation comes from, it comes from the foundation my parents gave me. I pray that everyone has parents or a home life that creates the nourishment that I was given. <br/><br/>\n<p>My mom is a legal immigrant from The Philippines. She was an Ob-Gyn for 42 years and practiced mostly at Howard University Hospital in DC. She was a WWII baby so she still is very frugal to this day, but also has this amazing spirit of life and determination because of her experiences. <br/><br/>\nMy dad, as I mentioned before, was a surgeon for about 47 years at Howard University Hospital and helped grow both it and College of Medicine to serve the city and the community at large. <br/><br/>\nChildren of doctors tend to have a difficult \"detached\" childhood, but because my parents were older, the were able to govern and balance their time more by the time my brother and I came along. <br/><br/>\nCertain dominant narratives try to define people by their looks or their heritage as reasons why they can or cannot achieve. Since my parents pushed through that lie through their lives, I encourage everyone do to the same.<br/><br/>\n</p>\nFundamentally that is the difference between \"Conservatism\" and \"Progressivism\", and the reason why I have pushed so hard to encourage more people to see the light.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading3-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse3-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tIs there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading3-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse3-70778-2020-04-22\" 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\tBorn Again Republican by Liz Matory with Chante Hopkins (Available on Amazon)<br/></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading4-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse4-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading4-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse4-70778-2020-04-22\" 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\tThe End of Apartheid. <br/><br/>\n<p>I'm a DC Native so we were always surrounded by politics. Technically, watching the Redskins Super Bowl parade from Mayor Barry's office in 1988 was the first memory I had of local politics, but we were very much aware of Apartheid. The civil protests. It was then when I saw the impact of what individuals can do. Just knowing that we would have such unity with another part of the world, and that citizens in America could use their voices and their lives to help win the liberation of others had a major impact on me. <br/><br/>\nI learned of the precious nature of our right to free speech, assemble, and petition government. Also, what a government not by the people can do. (Sadly, South Africa has swung the other direction in confiscation of private property and censorship). <br/><br/>\n</p>\nNelson Mandela was released on February 11, 1990, my 10th birthday. <br/><br/></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading5-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse5-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat was your very first job? How long did you have it?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading5-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse5-70778-2020-04-22\" 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\tMy first job was with my dad. It seems like there was always something that he wanted me to learn, so I suppose that \"job\" ended when he passed away in January 2009. My father was a renaissance man, but his passion was medicine, medical education, and health care for Black people, and Americans in general in rural and urban communities . From helping him collate binders for the annual continuing education programs for Howard Hospital or manning the registration booth at the summer National Medical Association annual convention. <br/><br/>\n<p>Pops always believed that people could do better if they had the knowledge to better themselves. It is that belief that I carry with me to this day. <br/><br/>\n</p>\n\"A man thinketh, so is he.\"\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading6-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse6-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading6-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse6-70778-2020-04-22\" 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'm a nerd. I even went to business school because I kept on hearing that more people in politics needed to understand business. I did not know at the time that I would have a chance to be a congresswoman (God wiling), but it is clear that our representatives MUST have a broad understanding of not only the issues, but how things are connected. <br/><br/>\nI believe that my educational, personal, professional and political background will allow me to see through and dig deeper like Andy Harris, Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes, or Tulsi Gabbard. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading7-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse7-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading7-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse7-70778-2020-04-22\" 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\tThe Acceptance of Socialism<br/>\n<p>Loss of Personal Autonomy<br/>\nRise of Invasion of Privacy<br/>\nLack of Knowledge <br/>\nAdult Illiteracy<br/>\n</p>\nSuppression of Truth<br/></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading8-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse8-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tIf you are a current representative, why did you join your current committees?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading8-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse8-70778-2020-04-22\" 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\tThe Agriculture Committee\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse9-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading9-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse9-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse9-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat are your thoughts on term limits?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading9-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse9-70778-2020-04-22\" 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 like the idea of term limits, but when we fought and won them in Montgomery County, we are now at a worse situation since everyone who was replaced was replaced by even more radical leftists. <br/><br/>\n<p>If we do term limits, we MUST get rid of partisan gerrymandering and \"staking the deck\" to favor one party or the other. <br/><br/>\n</p>\nThere would be built in \"term limits\" if the \"vote\" was from the people and not special interests that they buy \"safe seats\".\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse10-70778-2020-04-22\" id=\"heading10-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse10-70778-2020-04-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse10-70778-2020-04-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tIs there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading10-70778-2020-04-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse10-70778-2020-04-22\" 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\tA conservative Shirley Chisolm. \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>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nElizabeth Matory completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Matory's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. Liz has a conviction for changing the status quo. In 2018, she secured the Republican nomination for the adjacent district (MD2) becoming the first Black woman nominated by the Republican Party, and the first American of Asian descent nominated by either party to congress, in Maryland. She is the author of Becoming Born Again (2020), the second title in her series of works on her conversion from liberalism to conservatism, preceded by Born Again Republican (2016). Liz has been on a mission to encourage more people to remember and honor [our] shared beliefs in Faith, Family and Freedom. Liz worked in the charter school movement, on civil liberties, and higher education for 10 years before politics. She believes that there is a vacuum in resolving the perpetual issues facing society.\nIn 2014, she experienced how horribly redistricting had impacted Maryland citizens, when she ran for state delegate and served as a Baltimore County organizer for the Maryland Democratic Party. Liz has made it her mission to represent Marylanders who have been gerrymandered out of just representation by their central government. Liz is a graduate of Columbia University, Howard University School of Law, and Maryland's Smith School of Business. 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? Liz will restore her district with comprehensive solutions. Liz will restore strong family values. Liz will restore confidence in just representation and leadership. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Ending Corruption: Abuse of Power & Ending Pay To Play Culture Protecting Civil Liberties: Freedom of Speech and Religion, Right to Bear Arms, Privacy and Property Protections Judicial/Legislative Reform: Human Trafficking, Immigration, and Parental Rights Right to Life: Conception to Natural Death Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why? My parents - sounds cliché, but God blessed me with amazing role models for parents. People wonder where my motivation comes from, it comes from the foundation my parents gave me. I pray that everyone has parents or a home life that creates the nourishment that I was given. My mom is a legal immigrant from The Philippines. She was an Ob-Gyn for 42 years and practiced mostly at Howard University Hospital in DC. She was a WWII baby so she still is very frugal to this day, but also has this amazing spirit of life and determination because of her experiences. My dad, as I mentioned before, was a surgeon for about 47 years at Howard University Hospital and helped grow both it and College of Medicine to serve the city and the community at large. Children of doctors tend to have a difficult \"detached\" childhood, but because my parents were older, the were able to govern and balance their time more by the time my brother and I came along. Certain dominant narratives try to define people by their looks or their heritage as reasons why they can or cannot achieve. Since my parents pushed through that lie through their lives, I encourage everyone do to the same. Fundamentally that is the difference between \"Conservatism\" and \"Progressivism\", and the reason why I have pushed so hard to encourage more people to see the light. Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy? Born Again Republican by Liz Matory with Chante Hopkins (Available on Amazon) What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time? The End of Apartheid. I'm a DC Native so we were always surrounded by politics. Technically, watching the Redskins Super Bowl parade from Mayor Barry's office in 1988 was the first memory I had of local politics, but we were very much aware of Apartheid. The civil protests. It was then when I saw the impact of what individuals can do. Just knowing that we would have such unity with another part of the world, and that citizens in America could use their voices and their lives to help win the liberation of others had a major impact on me. I learned of the precious nature of our right to free speech, assemble, and petition government. Also, what a government not by the people can do. (Sadly, South Africa has swung the other direction in confiscation of private property and censorship). Nelson Mandela was released on February 11, 1990, my 10th birthday. What was your very first job? How long did you have it? My first job was with my dad. It seems like there was always something that he wanted me to learn, so I suppose that \"job\" ended when he passed away in January 2009. My father was a renaissance man, but his passion was medicine, medical education, and health care for Black people, and Americans in general in rural and urban communities . From helping him collate binders for the annual continuing education programs for Howard Hospital or manning the registration booth at the summer National Medical Association annual convention. Pops always believed that people could do better if they had the knowledge to better themselves. It is that belief that I carry with me to this day. \"A man thinketh, so is he.\" What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution? I'm a nerd. I even went to business school because I kept on hearing that more people in politics needed to understand business. I did not know at the time that I would have a chance to be a congresswoman (God wiling), but it is clear that our representatives MUST have a broad understanding of not only the issues, but how things are connected. I believe that my educational, personal, professional and political background will allow me to see through and dig deeper like Andy Harris, Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes, or Tulsi Gabbard. What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade? The Acceptance of Socialism Loss of Personal Autonomy Rise of Invasion of Privacy Lack of Knowledge Adult Illiteracy Suppression of Truth If you are a current representative, why did you join your current committees? The Agriculture Committee What are your thoughts on term limits? I like the idea of term limits, but when we fought and won them in Montgomery County, we are now at a worse situation since everyone who was replaced was replaced by even more radical leftists. If we do term limits, we MUST get rid of partisan gerrymandering and \"staking the deck\" to favor one party or the other. There would be built in \"term limits\" if the \"vote\" was from the people and not special interests that they buy \"safe seats\". Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after? A conservative Shirley Chisolm.\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."}, {"question": "Campaign website", "answer_html": "<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<p><big><b>DOMESTIC POLICY</b></big>\n</p>\n<center><b>Agriculture</b></center>\n<p>A lot of attention is placed on the city of Baltimore, which is deserved, but almost 50% of the 7th congressional district is rural.\n</p><p>Many citizens in our region have stated that they did not feel represented by the previous congressman. I am determined to change that and be a congresswoman for the entire CD7 – even though it is one of the most gerrymandered districts in the country. Full representation is possible – but only with the person who has fought to address this injustice for three (3) election cycles.\n</p><p>Just like in “urban” settings, robust private and community based solutions should be the principal sources of influence not the ever growing, unelected bureaucracy of Washington. Farmers will find better solutions because that is what they must do year to year to benefit their families and the market.\n</p><p>One of the main reasons why I decided to run for this vacant seat is so that the district would finally have a strong, conservative advocate who cared about the entire district – not just where all the democrat voters live.\n</p>\n<center><b>Economic Policy</b></center>\n<p>Better economic policy is perhaps the biggest benefit to having the right Republican congresswoman for the 7th.\n</p><p>CD7 is a perfect example of the need for more skilled solutionists in congress. Folks who have the ability to fix our region’s lasting issues before its too late.\n</p><p>All of us deserve to move forward. This will not happen if we settle for business as usual or some gimmick.\n</p><p>I am the only Republican candidate with advanced degrees in law and business. Even though some downplay the need for higher learning, our current political difficulties could use more deliberate evaluation from our representatives. It is clear that basic rhetoric is not going to solve our complex issues. We need more to innovate and sustain. We deserve better for our congress.\n</p><p>The Top 10% pay 70% of all Federal income taxes.\n</p><p>I support:\n</p>\n<ul><li>The elimination of tax preferences to avoid picking winners &amp; losers through the tax code.</li>\n<li>Simplifying the tax code &amp; repealing the death tax.</li></ul>\n<p>Industry is over-regulated.\n</p><p>Much of the regulations are the result of crony lobbyists and lawmakers who block competitors out of the market.\n</p><p>Congress should approve major regulations not unelected bureaucrats in the over-bloated “4th branch” of government.\n</p><p>800 new regulations were made between 1999 and 2008. Deregulation did not cause the 2008 financial collapse. It was done on purpose to create crisis for many and high profits for a few.\n</p><p><u><b>I support the Penny Plan</b></u>\n</p><p>To Balance our budget\n</p><p>Every federal department must cut one percent out of their spending each year to balance our budget within a decade. New Decade. What’s stopping us for making the commitment?\n</p><p>It’s not only possible, it is Necessary.\n</p><p>As anyone knows, living off of debt is unsustainable and ultimately unsatisfying.\n</p><p>We have to be honest with our spending.\n</p><p>WE cannot raise taxes enough to afford all of this federal spending. We must draw the line somewhere and at some point – We are beyond the tipping point.\n</p><p>Our tax dollars are being wasted to satisfy special interests, fraud, corruption, and endless government programs and over-bloated government.\n</p><p>We have to exercise discipline through honest budgets, close loopholes, increase accountability, lower spending and eliminating debt.\n</p>\n<center><b>Education</b></center>\n<p>Anyone who thinks that our education system is working is lying.\n</p><p>Every child deserves a proper education. One that allows the individual to tap into their God-given potential. Not an education that leaves the person empty and unfulfilled.\n</p><p>The only way we will be able all move forward is to encourage competition in schooling from childhood to adulthood.\n</p><p>Howard County is the latest victim of socialist shortcuts to address shortcomings through the new school busing scheme.\n</p><p>Education decisions start at home not with the US Department of Education.\n</p><p>Per pupil funding has doubled since the 1970s. Outcomes have flatlined.\n</p>\n<ul><li>Eliminate ineffective, double dipping federal programs that do not help children.</li>\n<li>Parents and pre-school providers must be the first and second options for young children.</li>\n<li>Break the accreditation cartel that handpicks winners and losers in higher education.</li></ul>\n<p><br/>\nWhere is all the money going? It’s certainly not going to better scholarship.\n</p><p>We must face the facts and do better for our future.\n</p>\n<center><b>Health Care</b></center>\n<p>Americans must have the freedom to choose the health solutions that are best for them, not be limited to an over-simplified, one-size-fits-all quick fix socialist scheme.\n</p><p>We must fall for the lies.\n</p><p>We must promote freedom in the market for health care by removing regulations and policies that discourage choice and competition.\n</p>\n<ul><li>Under Obamacare, competition has been diminished. Monopolies and duopolies (two companies) have taken over entire markets in place of real health care.</li></ul>\n<p>Medicaid needs to return to what it was intended to be – a solution for the most vulnerable – the elderly, disabled children, and pregnant women in poverty.\n</p>\n<center><b>LIBERTY &amp; THE RULE OF LAW</b></center>\n<p>Dismantle the Welfare State\n</p><p>After 60 years of failed government “solutions”, poverty hasn’t decreased, it’s gotten more severe. The current welfare state traps entire families and generations into an endless cycle of dependency. It’s obvious that the system was designed to destroy what once were strong communities.\n</p><p>No other congressional district in Maryland has to battle the harmful impact of the welfare state than CD7.\n</p><p>Only a conservative congresswoman with civil rights roots will offer community conscious solutions. No more empty rhetoric or false promises to stay elected.\n</p><p>Both parties agree, we need change, and we need it now!\n</p>\n<ul><li>87% of democrats and 94% of republicans agree that able-bodied adults that receive cash, food, housing, and medical assistance should be required to work or prepare for work as a condition of receiving tax supported benefits.</li>\n<li>Adjusted for inflation, we spend 12 times more than we did when the War on Poverty began.</li>\n<li>Children of single-parent homes are 5 times more likely to be poor compared to their peers in married-parent homes.</li></ul>\n<p>Current progressive policies assume that entire groups of citizens are incapable of bettering their own lives, and must depend on The Government to survive. I cannot think of anything more racist than that.\n</p><p>Citizens must have the freedom of self-determination in order for our nation to last.\n</p><p><b>Overcriminalization</b>\n</p><p>There are over 5,000 federal statutes and 300,000 regulations that contain criminal penalties. Congress should evaluate every criminal law and repeal the bad ones. The most unjust ones must be thrown out. Future laws must be constructed soberly and fairly.\n</p><p>Congress enacted 452 new criminal offenses from 2000 to 2007 making it virtually impossible for citizens to not be impacted by the criminal system.\n</p><p>No one is safe these days.\n</p><p>Regulatory agencies should not be determining who goes to jail – elected officials should be responsible for these life changing decisions.\n</p><p>Criminal intent must be the standard when it come to taking away someone’s liberty.\n</p><p>Judges are responsible for interpreting written law not creating laws from the bench that align with their political preferences.\n</p><p>Giving repeat offenders slaps on the wrist have only made communities less safe. Law abiding citizens are the victims of paternalistic progressive policy.\n</p>\n<center><b>CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS</b></center>\n<p>I stand for protecting the civil liberties of American citizens.\n</p><p>Back in law school, I worked for ACLU when it fought to protect liberties. Now, it is difficult to find honest advocates for our rights.\n</p><p><b>1st Amendment</b>\n</p><p>Visit virtually any university campus these days and you will wonder if we have the rights of free speech or assembly. In places that used to be where young people had the ability to explore their horizons, liberty is being stripped away from the new generation and replaced by sad sorry socialism.\n</p><p>We must remain vigilant and encourage citizens to protect our God given rights.\n</p><p>Whether religious freedom, intellectual freedom or economic freedom, the liberty we have in America is like no other. That is why we must protect our rights at all costs.\n</p><p>Knowledge is power. That is why there are so many lies.\n</p><p><b>2nd Amendment</b>\n</p><p>The right to bear arms is essential for American liberty to last.\n</p><p>New gun laws only impact law abiding citizens. Criminals will have criminal minds. The solution to end crime is not robbing citizens of their constitutional rights.\n</p><p>I oppose:\n</p>\n<ul><li>Any national gun ownership registration.</li>\n<li>Any bans on particular classes of firearms.</li>\n<li>The loss of 2nd Amendment rights for medicinal cannabis users and vendors.</li></ul>\n<p>I support:\n</p>\n<ul><li>Law-abiding Citizens purchasing firearms across state lines.</li>\n<li>Reciprocal gun licenses – like driver’s licenses.</li>\n<li>Requiring states to honor concealed carry rights for other states.</li></ul>\n<p><b>Voter Integrity</b>\n</p><p>A fair voting process is vital to American Democracy.\n</p><p>The right to voter is a fundamental civil right, one that every citizen should defend.\n</p><p>According to a Pew Study, 24 million voter registrations are inaccurate, out of date or duplicate. Votes of legitimate voters are negated by such fraud.\n</p><p>Voter ID for both in person and absentee voting is essential to preserve our election integrity.\n</p><p>All states should compare their jury duty data with their voter registrations to ensure that non-citizens are not voting in our elections.\n</p><p><big><b>FOREIGN POLICY</b></big>\n</p><p>I support true aid.\n</p><p>For far too long, international “assistance” has not helped countries thrive. US aid and our involvement in international organizations have promoted dependency not freedom, sovereignty, and sustainable democracy.\n</p><p>The United States must reevaluate all inter-governmental relationship to make sure our resources support our values and interest.\n</p><p>We must support:\n</p>\n<ul><li>Free trade</li>\n<li>Property Rights</li>\n<li>Rule of Law</li></ul>\n<p>We must:\n</p>\n<ul><li>Eradicate Terrorism</li>\n<li>End Human Trafficking</li></ul>\n<center><b>AFRICA</b></center>\n<p>I support policies that allow for citizens of nations to unleash their skills and prosperity to develop their nation’s sovereignty.\n</p><p>Africa has more than 30% of the world’s mineral resources. There is no reason why the continent should not harness their natural assets to create financial prosperity for their citizens.\n</p><p>I Support:\n</p>\n<ul><li>Transportation and infrastructure investment for the continent that helps local and international companies advance sovereignty and prosperity.</li>\n<li>Healthy foreign aid that does NOT promote population manipulation and sterilization.</li></ul>\n<center><b>LATIN AMERICA</b></center>\n<p>Point blank. Latin America is the most violent region in the world. Most illegal transnational counter-culture destabilizing gang activity happens within the “Northern Triangle” – El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala.\n</p><p>Without irony, most of our illegal alien population comes from this lawless region.\n</p><p>Some people have legitimate intentions for being in our country, but the innocent are quickly manipulated and overpowered by the powerful and sophisticated kingpins and warlords who have taken over these countries, and the modern slave trade.\n</p><p>The United States did play a role in the 1980s/90s when we supported bad governments, but decades later, these nations must become stable, democratic, autonomous nations in order for our region to truly prosper.\n</p><p>We MUST have an honest, sober approach to our foreign policies for The Americas. Ones that do not diminish the sovereignty and rights of the all citizens.\n</p><p>If we do not do more to honor sovereignty, lawlessness will help socialism take over – then only death and control will prosper.\n</p>\n<center><b>ASIA</b></center>\n<p>The Asian region boasts some of the most successful examples of democratic and capitalist growth of the last century.\n</p><p>Our country most continue to encourage regional prosperity and sovereignty through mutually beneficial partnerships for innovation and ingenuity.\n</p><p>I Support:\n</p>\n<ul><li>Open economic relationships with China that honors human rights and protects intellectual property rights.</li>\n<li>I do not support military or maritime encroachment on other countries.</li>\n<li>Self determination and democracy for Hong Kong.</li>\n<li>Reconciliation of the Korean peninsula if and when the Koreans want it.</li>\n<li>Fruitful immigration policies that continue to better families, nations, and innovation.</li></ul>\n<p><u>North Korea</u>\n</p><p>It is clear that the life threatening, totalitarian regime in North Korea is unsustainable.\n</p><p>The United States must remain prepared to offer the diplomatic support to the peninsula that will help move Koreans to health and healing.\n</p>\n<center><b>ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST</b></center>\n<p>As a former catholic and now born again Christian, I care deeply for the birthplace of my religious ancestry. Unfortunately the children of God have been under attack by unbelievers since God began his first covenant with the children of Israel.\n</p><p>Anyone who uses false prophecy will not have to answer to man, but to God Himself.\n</p><p>The rise of Atheism and support of false prophecy is rampant. It is a major reason why people are leaving the Democratic Party in droves. We must stand vigilant and protect the true believers. Ours is a narrow path. It will never be popular to stand up for what is right. But we must stand nonetheless. The Holy Spirit will move in the necessary hearts and minds to magnify His Glory.\n</p><p><i><b>Our faith is with God not man.</b></i><sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_7-0\"><a href=\"#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-7\">[7]</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;\">—Elizabeth Matory's 2020 campaign website<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-matorysite_8-0\"><a href=\"#cite_note-matorysite-8\">[8]</a></sup></cite>\n</td></tr></tbody></table>\n</div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0\"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(\"div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0\"); });</script></div>", "answer_text": "“ DOMESTIC POLICY Agriculture A lot of attention is placed on the city of Baltimore, which is deserved, but almost 50% of the 7th congressional district is rural. Many citizens in our region have stated that they did not feel represented by the previous congressman. I am determined to change that and be a congresswoman for the entire CD7 – even though it is one of the most gerrymandered districts in the country. Full representation is possible – but only with the person who has fought to address this injustice for three (3) election cycles. Just like in “urban” settings, robust private and community based solutions should be the principal sources of influence not the ever growing, unelected bureaucracy of Washington. Farmers will find better solutions because that is what they must do year to year to benefit their families and the market. One of the main reasons why I decided to run for this vacant seat is so that the district would finally have a strong, conservative advocate who cared about the entire district – not just where all the democrat voters live. Economic Policy Better economic policy is perhaps the biggest benefit to having the right Republican congresswoman for the 7th. CD7 is a perfect example of the need for more skilled solutionists in congress. Folks who have the ability to fix our region’s lasting issues before its too late. All of us deserve to move forward. This will not happen if we settle for business as usual or some gimmick. I am the only Republican candidate with advanced degrees in law and business. Even though some downplay the need for higher learning, our current political difficulties could use more deliberate evaluation from our representatives. It is clear that basic rhetoric is not going to solve our complex issues. We need more to innovate and sustain. We deserve better for our congress. The Top 10% pay 70% of all Federal income taxes. I support: The elimination of tax preferences to avoid picking winners & losers through the tax code. Simplifying the tax code & repealing the death tax. Industry is over-regulated. Much of the regulations are the result of crony lobbyists and lawmakers who block competitors out of the market. Congress should approve major regulations not unelected bureaucrats in the over-bloated “4th branch” of government. 800 new regulations were made between 1999 and 2008. Deregulation did not cause the 2008 financial collapse. It was done on purpose to create crisis for many and high profits for a few. I support the Penny Plan To Balance our budget Every federal department must cut one percent out of their spending each year to balance our budget within a decade. New Decade. What’s stopping us for making the commitment? It’s not only possible, it is Necessary. As anyone knows, living off of debt is unsustainable and ultimately unsatisfying. We have to be honest with our spending. WE cannot raise taxes enough to afford all of this federal spending. We must draw the line somewhere and at some point – We are beyond the tipping point. Our tax dollars are being wasted to satisfy special interests, fraud, corruption, and endless government programs and over-bloated government. We have to exercise discipline through honest budgets, close loopholes, increase accountability, lower spending and eliminating debt. Education Anyone who thinks that our education system is working is lying. Every child deserves a proper education. One that allows the individual to tap into their God-given potential. Not an education that leaves the person empty and unfulfilled. The only way we will be able all move forward is to encourage competition in schooling from childhood to adulthood. Howard County is the latest victim of socialist shortcuts to address shortcomings through the new school busing scheme. Education decisions start at home not with the US Department of Education. Per pupil funding has doubled since the 1970s. Outcomes have flatlined. Eliminate ineffective, double dipping federal programs that do not help children. Parents and pre-school providers must be the first and second options for young children. Break the accreditation cartel that handpicks winners and losers in higher education. Where is all the money going? It’s certainly not going to better scholarship. We must face the facts and do better for our future. Health Care Americans must have the freedom to choose the health solutions that are best for them, not be limited to an over-simplified, one-size-fits-all quick fix socialist scheme. We must fall for the lies. We must promote freedom in the market for health care by removing regulations and policies that discourage choice and competition. Under Obamacare, competition has been diminished. Monopolies and duopolies (two companies) have taken over entire markets in place of real health care. Medicaid needs to return to what it was intended to be – a solution for the most vulnerable – the elderly, disabled children, and pregnant women in poverty. LIBERTY & THE RULE OF LAW Dismantle the Welfare State After 60 years of failed government “solutions”, poverty hasn’t decreased, it’s gotten more severe. The current welfare state traps entire families and generations into an endless cycle of dependency. It’s obvious that the system was designed to destroy what once were strong communities. No other congressional district in Maryland has to battle the harmful impact of the welfare state than CD7. Only a conservative congresswoman with civil rights roots will offer community conscious solutions. No more empty rhetoric or false promises to stay elected. Both parties agree, we need change, and we need it now! 87% of democrats and 94% of republicans agree that able-bodied adults that receive cash, food, housing, and medical assistance should be required to work or prepare for work as a condition of receiving tax supported benefits. Adjusted for inflation, we spend 12 times more than we did when the War on Poverty began. Children of single-parent homes are 5 times more likely to be poor compared to their peers in married-parent homes. Current progressive policies assume that entire groups of citizens are incapable of bettering their own lives, and must depend on The Government to survive. I cannot think of anything more racist than that. Citizens must have the freedom of self-determination in order for our nation to last. Overcriminalization There are over 5,000 federal statutes and 300,000 regulations that contain criminal penalties. Congress should evaluate every criminal law and repeal the bad ones. The most unjust ones must be thrown out. Future laws must be constructed soberly and fairly. Congress enacted 452 new criminal offenses from 2000 to 2007 making it virtually impossible for citizens to not be impacted by the criminal system. No one is safe these days. Regulatory agencies should not be determining who goes to jail – elected officials should be responsible for these life changing decisions. Criminal intent must be the standard when it come to taking away someone’s liberty. Judges are responsible for interpreting written law not creating laws from the bench that align with their political preferences. Giving repeat offenders slaps on the wrist have only made communities less safe. Law abiding citizens are the victims of paternalistic progressive policy. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS I stand for protecting the civil liberties of American citizens. Back in law school, I worked for ACLU when it fought to protect liberties. Now, it is difficult to find honest advocates for our rights. 1st Amendment Visit virtually any university campus these days and you will wonder if we have the rights of free speech or assembly. In places that used to be where young people had the ability to explore their horizons, liberty is being stripped away from the new generation and replaced by sad sorry socialism. We must remain vigilant and encourage citizens to protect our God given rights. Whether religious freedom, intellectual freedom or economic freedom, the liberty we have in America is like no other. That is why we must protect our rights at all costs. Knowledge is power. That is why there are so many lies. 2nd Amendment The right to bear arms is essential for American liberty to last. New gun laws only impact law abiding citizens. Criminals will have criminal minds. The solution to end crime is not robbing citizens of their constitutional rights. I oppose: Any national gun ownership registration. Any bans on particular classes of firearms. The loss of 2nd Amendment rights for medicinal cannabis users and vendors. I support: Law-abiding Citizens purchasing firearms across state lines. Reciprocal gun licenses – like driver’s licenses. Requiring states to honor concealed carry rights for other states. Voter Integrity A fair voting process is vital to American Democracy. The right to voter is a fundamental civil right, one that every citizen should defend. According to a Pew Study, 24 million voter registrations are inaccurate, out of date or duplicate. Votes of legitimate voters are negated by such fraud. Voter ID for both in person and absentee voting is essential to preserve our election integrity. All states should compare their jury duty data with their voter registrations to ensure that non-citizens are not voting in our elections. FOREIGN POLICY I support true aid. For far too long, international “assistance” has not helped countries thrive. US aid and our involvement in international organizations have promoted dependency not freedom, sovereignty, and sustainable democracy. The United States must reevaluate all inter-governmental relationship to make sure our resources support our values and interest. We must support: Free trade Property Rights Rule of Law We must: Eradicate Terrorism End Human Trafficking AFRICA I support policies that allow for citizens of nations to unleash their skills and prosperity to develop their nation’s sovereignty. Africa has more than 30% of the world’s mineral resources. There is no reason why the continent should not harness their natural assets to create financial prosperity for their citizens. I Support: Transportation and infrastructure investment for the continent that helps local and international companies advance sovereignty and prosperity. Healthy foreign aid that does NOT promote population manipulation and sterilization. LATIN AMERICA Point blank. Latin America is the most violent region in the world. Most illegal transnational counter-culture destabilizing gang activity happens within the “Northern Triangle” – El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala. Without irony, most of our illegal alien population comes from this lawless region. Some people have legitimate intentions for being in our country, but the innocent are quickly manipulated and overpowered by the powerful and sophisticated kingpins and warlords who have taken over these countries, and the modern slave trade. The United States did play a role in the 1980s/90s when we supported bad governments, but decades later, these nations must become stable, democratic, autonomous nations in order for our region to truly prosper. We MUST have an honest, sober approach to our foreign policies for The Americas. Ones that do not diminish the sovereignty and rights of the all citizens. If we do not do more to honor sovereignty, lawlessness will help socialism take over – then only death and control will prosper. ASIA The Asian region boasts some of the most successful examples of democratic and capitalist growth of the last century. Our country most continue to encourage regional prosperity and sovereignty through mutually beneficial partnerships for innovation and ingenuity. I Support: Open economic relationships with China that honors human rights and protects intellectual property rights. I do not support military or maritime encroachment on other countries. Self determination and democracy for Hong Kong. Reconciliation of the Korean peninsula if and when the Koreans want it. Fruitful immigration policies that continue to better families, nations, and innovation. North Korea It is clear that the life threatening, totalitarian regime in North Korea is unsustainable. The United States must remain prepared to offer the diplomatic support to the peninsula that will help move Koreans to health and healing. ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST As a former catholic and now born again Christian, I care deeply for the birthplace of my religious ancestry. Unfortunately the children of God have been under attack by unbelievers since God began his first covenant with the children of Israel. Anyone who uses false prophecy will not have to answer to man, but to God Himself. The rise of Atheism and support of false prophecy is rampant. It is a major reason why people are leaving the Democratic Party in droves. We must stand vigilant and protect the true believers. Ours is a narrow path. It will never be popular to stand up for what is right. But we must stand nonetheless. The Holy Spirit will move in the necessary hearts and minds to magnify His Glory. Our faith is with God not man. [7] ” —Elizabeth Matory's 2020 campaign website [8]"}]