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On October 15, 2024, a paragraph was inserted by davefelmer stating a bunch of policy/platform positions. Several of these (e.g. raising the Federal Minimum Wage and protecting abortion rights) are notably absent from the candidate's own platform page. No citations were added in that change, and as far as I can tell, no existing citations back up these claims. For the moment, I'm going to add a citation needed tag. (If I can remember how that works.)DoctorCaligari (talk) 16:53, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The policy paragraph in the lede should have substantiating details in the rest of the article. The substantiating details should have RS citations.
For one example, as is, the lede says that he supports guaranteeing access to abortion, but that isn't mentioned in the rest of the article (nor is it provided a direct citation in the lede). Show of good faith, I made the effort to find substantiation of that in various citations. I found one in the KETV Town Hall video (yes, you actually have to watch the video, but it's there) around nine minutes in when directly asked about his abortion position, he unequivocally states that he supports Federal legislation establishing "the Roe v Wade standard" as law, and he specifically mentions "up to viability". I propose addition of a paragraph to the article explaining it like that and footnoting the KETV citation. Then in the lede there would be a standalone sentence "he has stated he supports statutory protection of abortion access at the Federal level" or something like that. (I'd start on that now if I weren't already late for work.)DoctorCaligari (talk) 15:59, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
