MATT MURATORE SUPPORTS SANCTUARY CITIES, PAY RAISES FOR LEGISLATORS, GUN CONTROL, JOHN KERRY’S RADICAL CLIMATE AGENDA, TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND UNSECURE ELECTIONS
“If you take a look at Matt Muratore’s liberal voting record on Beacon Hill and aren’t shocked and disgusted, then you aren’t a Republican!”
BOURNE, MA – Kari MacRae, the 2022 Republican nominee for State Senate in the Plymouth and Barnstable District and candidate for the open Senate seat in 2024, today called out State Rep. Matt Muratore, her challenger for the GOP nomination, for his liberal voting record in the legislature on several important issues confronted by residents on Cape Cod and the South Shore.
“Matt Muratore voted to protect ‘sanctuary cities’ in Massachusetts,” said MacRae. “If that doesn’t tell you all you need to know about Matt Muratore, I don’t know what to say. Illegal immigration and the migrant crisis are huge problems for Massachusetts and especially the overburdened towns in Plymouth County and Barnstable County. I can’t believe Muratore voted with the liberal Democrats on this issue.”
Muratore is kicking off his campaign for the GOP state Senate nomination next week with a series of events called the “Let’s give ‘em something to talk about!” tour. MacRae said, “Matt Muratore’s liberal voting record certainly will give Republican primary voters a lot to talk about – and even more to be really upset about.”
“Matt Muratore is bad on illegal immigration, wasteful excessive spending, pay raises for legislators, gun control, giveaways for organized labor, John Kerry’s radical climate change agenda, public funding for Planned Parenthood and election integrity,” said MacRae. “Based on his liberal voting record, Matt Muratore is running in the wrong primary, he should be running as a Democrat not as a Republican,” said MacRae. Matt’s liberal voting record should be a complete non-starter with Republican primary voters.”
A back-up document on Muratore’s voting record, based on the Conservative Political Action Committee’s legislative vote ratings, is attached to this press release.
“I’ve never been bashful about telling voters where I stand on the issues,” said MacRae. “I’m from Barnstable, not Brookline. I am proud of my common sense conservative values. I think most people in the Plymouth and Barnstable Senate District share my people above politics philosophy. My campaign is based on these values. I’m running on these values, not running away from them.”
“I get it that Matt wants to give ‘em something to talk about,” said MacRae. “With his liberal voting record, he’s accomplished that goal. Now it’s time for Matt to start talking. To paraphrase Lucille Ball’s famous demand of her TV husband: ‘Matty, you’ve got some ‘splaining to do!’ The Republican primary voters in Plymouth and Barnstable are listening …”
Matt Muratore’s Voting Record
Gives Republican Primary Voters Lots to Talk About
Worse than Alejandro Mayorkas on Illegal Immigration …
H 4400 Permitting Sanctuary Cities and Preventing Immigration Enforcement
2018 House The Kulik (ACUF Lifetime 1%) amendment to an Passed Voted Liberal
appropriations bill obstructs the enforcement of 136 yea, 19
federal immigration laws by permitting nay
“sanctuary cities.” The amendment blocks the Diehl (ACUF Lifetime 80%) amendment which Would have withheld state funding from localities which failed to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. ACU supports efforts to assist the federal government in upholding its constitutional role to enforce our immigration laws and opposed this amendment. The House voted to pass the Kulik amendment on April 25, 2018.
A bigger spender than Deval Patrick …
HB 4733 – Advancing Reckless Fiscal Policy by Imposing $1.68 Billion in Debt on Taxpayers
2020 House Perhaps no other bill better reflects the insanity Passed Voted Liberal
and irresponsibility that embodies the 149 yea, 7
Massachusetts General Court than this measure nay
which would place taxpayers over a billion dollars in debt. Under the bill, $1.68 billion in bonds (debt) would be issued which taxpayers would be forced to repay with interest. The funds are for general governmental infrastructure which should be funded through the regular budget process. ACU recognizes Massachusetts already leads the country with the most per-capita debt at $11,043 per resident and recently had its credit rating downgraded by the S&P, with more credit agencies signaling similar adverse actions. ACU believes it is insane to further plunge the most indebted state in the nation into greater disaster and opposed this bill. The House passed the bill on May 20, 2020.
H 4800 – Increasing Funding for Medicaid
2018 House This motion increases funding for Medicaid by Passed Voted Liberal
overriding the Governor’s recommendation to 139 yea, 11
reduce funding by 0.4 percent in appropriations nay
to the program within the budget. The Governor noted in his recommendation that the reduction is intended to offset certain supplemental payments within Medicaid that are already funded. ACU supports efforts to help people live happier, healthier, more productive lives by encouraging them to become more self-sufficient, supported the Governor’s recommended reduction as a small step in the right direction and opposed this motion to restore funding. The House rejected the Governor’s recommendation to reduce funding on July 30, 2018.
H 4002 – Expanding Government Bureaucracy Within the Office of Housing and Economic Development
2021 House (Roll Call #80) Override the Governor’s reduction Passed Voted Liberal
to budget item #7004-0101 concerning an 141 yea, 18
earmark for a new position within the Office nay
of Housing and Economic Development. ACU opposes driving-up taxpayer costs by creating additional unnecessary bureaucratic positions and opposed this override. The House voted to override the Governor’s veto on July 28, 2021.
H 3400 – Spending Reduction
2015 House The House voted on the Governor’s Defeated Voted Liberal
recommended $2 million reduction in increased 10 yea, 144
spending on “birth through preschool programs” nay
called for in the General Appropriations Bill. ACU supported the Governor’s more fiscally sound recommendations and supported the reduction. The House voted to override the Governor’s Recommendation on July 29, 2015.
H 3650 – Pre-School Partnership Initiative
2015 House The House voted on the Governor’s veto of the Passed Voted Liberal
pre-school partnership initiative, a new 142 yea, 13
government program to plan for “opportunities nay
for pre-school” for children as young as two years old in the General Appropriations Bill ACU supported the Governor’s veto of a new
Unneeded government program. The House Voted to override the veto on July 29, 2015.
H 4800 – Preventing a Reduction in Funding for the Massachusetts Cultural Council
2018 House This motion increases funding for the Passed Voted Liberal
Massachusetts Cultural Council by overriding 142 yea, 8
the Governor’s 13% reduction in appropriations nay
to the council within the budget. The council
engages in wasteful and unnecessary activities,
such as providing grants to nonprofit groups
which promote “inclusion, equity and diversity”
in the arts. ACU opposes the use of taxpayer
funds for functions outside the proper,
constitutional role of government, and believes
the private sector is the best mechanism to
promote engagement in the arts, and opposed
this override to restore funding. The House
rejected the governor’s recommendation to
reduce funding on July 27, 2018.
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H 3800 – Blocking Reduction of Funding for the Massachusetts Cultural Council
2017 House The Governor proposed a 4% reduction in Passed Voted Liberal
funding for the Massachusetts Cultural Council, 138 yea, 14
a wasteful agency that provides grants to artists nay
and non-profit groups that promote “inclusion
and diversity” in the arts. ACU opposes the use
of taxpayer funds for functions outside the
constitutional role of government, such as
“artwork,” and supported the Governor’s
proposal. The House voted to override the
Governor’s veto and restore the funding on
September 13, 2017.
H 4461 – Live Theater Subsidy
2016 House The Collins amendment, to a bill subsidizing Passed Voted Liberal
business development, creates a tax credit 127 yea, 27
to cover 35% of production and performance nay
expenses, up to a total of $5 million, for live
theater productions that are “pre-Broadway”
or “Broadway tour productions” of shows.
ACU believes the government should not
serve the role of theatrical producer and
opposed this amendment. The House
passed the amendment on July 7, 2016.
In the tank with House Speaker Ron Mariano …
H 3800 – Reversing Extravagant Pay Raises Provided to State Legislators
2019 House The Holmes (ACUF Lifetime 4%) amendment to Defeated Voted Liberal
the budget bill would partially reverse an 5 yea, 152
enormous pay hike provided to the Speaker nay
and leadership of both the Senate and the
House of Representatives. In 2017, lawmakers
overrode a veto by Governor Baker to provide
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state legislators, judges and the governor pay
raises which averaged a staggering 40% increase
and totaled over $18 million. This amendment
would reduce the $80,000 raise provided to the
Speaker to “only” a $50,000 raise which would
result in the Speaker receiving an annual salary
of roughly $116,000. The amendment makes
similar cuts to the raises provided to other
leadership positions. ACU recognizes the state
had no trouble attracting candidates for the
legislature, the courts or the governor’s office,
considering the competitiveness of elections
and large sums of campaign spending. ACU
opposed the enormous, unnecessary pay hike
provided in 2017, believes the pay hike should be
significantly rolled back for all the elected officials
for whom it was provided and supported this
amendment as a step in the right direction. The
House defeated the amendment on April 25, 2019.
Trampling our constitutionally-protected 2nd Amendment rights …
H 4670 – Seizing Firearms Without Due Process
2018 House This bill, the final version of the so-called “Red Passed Voted Liberal
Flag Gun Bill,” permits the seizure of firearms 133 yea, 15
without due process, and failed to include any nay
conservative reforms which would have been
a step toward protecting 2nd Amendment
rights. Under this bill, certain individuals can
submit an ex parte (i.e. one-sided) petition to
a court for the issuance of an “extreme risk
protection order” which requires the
temporary seizure of firearms held by the
accused if they are considered a danger to
themselves or others simply due to possession
of a firearm. ACU supports the founders’
belief in the 2nd Amendment, opposes the
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seizure of any property, including firearms,
without due process and on the basis of
unchallenged accusations, and opposed this
bill. The House passed the bill on June 28,
2018.
Organized labor’s best friend …
HB 5164 – Forcing Taxpayers to Enrich the Union Bosses of the AFL-CIO
2020 House This motion overrides the Governor’s veto of Passed Voted Liberal
budget item 7003-1207, thus providing the AFL- 131 yea, 26
CIO $150,000 of taxpayer funds for “workforce nay
development programs.” ACU opposes
weakening government integrity by utilizing
taxpayer funds to enrich the greedy union
bosses of the AFL-CIO and opposed this motion.
The House passed the motion on December 23,
2020.
More radical than John Kerry on Climate Change …
H 3994 – Committing the State to the Paris Climate Treaty
2017 House This bill commits the state to meeting the Passed Voted Liberal
greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals laid 146 yea, 10
out in the Paris Climate Treaty. In addition, the nay
bill makes the state a “nonparty stakeholder”
in the accord and would direct state officials
to document their emissions reductions
efforts in a database developed by the United
Nations. The ACU has long opposed the Paris
Climate Treaty and opposes this political stunt
to weaken the efforts of the Trump
administration to protect America’s interests.
The House voted to pass the bill on November
1, 2017.
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RC 225 – Left-Wing Wishlist of Green Agenda Policy Items
2022 House This massive green bill establishes a Clean Energy Passed Voted Liberal
Investment Fund, an offshore wind industry 143 yea, 9
Investment program, an Electric Vehicle nay
Adoption Incentive Trust Fund, and numerous
other programs to help fund the Left’s radical
climate goals. These particular programs will
provide financial incentives and other forms of
aid in order to advance the interests of the clean
energy industry. CPAC supports all forms of
energy, does not believe that the government
should support one form of energy over another,
does not believe that the government should
support certain industries over others, and
opposed this bill. The House passed this version
of the bill on July 21, 2022.
S 9 – Driving-Up Energy Costs Through a Draconian “Next-Gen Climate” Package (Version 1)
2021 House (Roll Call #3) ACU supports all sources of energy, Passed Voted Liberal
believes government should not favor one source 144 yea, 14
of energy over another, opposes reducing nay
economic growth and raising energy costs and
opposed this bill. The House passed the bill on
January 28, 2021.
S 9 – Driving-Up Energy Costs Through a Draconian “Next-Gen Climate” Package (Version 2)
2021 House (Roll Call #15) Version with Governor Charlie Passed Voted Liberal
Baker’s amendments. ACU supports all sources 145 yea, 14
Of energy, believes government should not favor nay
one source of energy over another, opposes
reducing economic growth and raising energy
costs and opposed this bill. The House passed
the bill with the Governor’s amendments on
March 18, 2021.
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SB 2500 – Driving-Up Energy Costs Through a Draconian “Next-Gen Climate” Package
2020 House This bill advances a series of so-called “next- Passed Voted Liberal
generation climate” policies which will 142 yea, 17
significantly drive-up energy costs and diminish nay
economic growth. Specifically, the bill worsens
state emissions goals to net-zero by 2050
(previously an 80% reduction), mandates more
off-shore wind power, and imposes numerous
other new mandates and programs. ACU
supports all sources of energy, believes
government should not favor one source of
energy over another, and opposes reducing
economic growth and raising energy costs and
opposed this. The House passed the bill on
July 31, 2020.
H 4002 – Hiking Taxpayer Costs by Imposing New “Environmental Justice” Mandates on the Executive Branch
2021 House (Roll Call #81) Override Governor’s stricken Passed Voted Liberal
language within budget item #2000-0101 135 yea, 24
concerning reporting of environmental justice nay
initiatives. ACU opposes unnecessarily driving
up taxpayer costs and restricting economic
growth through radical Leftist environmental
justice initiatives and opposed this override.
The House voted to override the Governor’s
veto on July 28, 2021.
More pro-choice than Elizabeth Warren …
H 3638 – Providing $8 Million in Taxpayer Funds to Abortion Providers such as Planned Parenthood
2019 House This bill provides $8 million in taxpayer funds to Passed Voted Liberal
family planning clinics that provide abortions 140 yea, 14
such as Planned Parenthood. The bill is in nay
response to a Trump administration rule
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which protects life by blocking Title X federal
taxpayer funds from going to clinics that offer
abortions or abortion referrals. ACU believes
abortion is a human tragedy, supports
restrictions to end the practice, opposes
taxpayer funding of abortion providers and
opposed this bill. The House passed the bill
on March 27, 2019.
S 2260 – Weakening Protections for Unborn Children
2018 House This bill further weakens protections for unborn Passed Voted Liberal
children by repealing a number of small 138 yea, 9
provisions that restricted the practice of abortion. nay
While most of the repeated provisions are
archaic in nature, the bill itself is designed as a
mechanism to weaken protections of the
unborn. ACU believes abortion is a human
tragedy, supports restrictions on the practice
and opposed this bill. The House passed the
bill on July 18, 2018.
RC 209 – Exposing the Bureaucracy to More Radical Leftist Influences …
2022 House This amendment to HB 4930 requires that Passed Voted Liberal
government bureaucrats, when promulgating 136 yea, 17
certain regulations, work in tandem with nay
Planned Parenthood and LGBT+ organizations.
CPAC opposes the ideologies of these
institutions, does not believe that they should
assist in the creation of regulations and
opposed this amendment. The House passed
this amendment on June 29, 2022.
RC 236 – Converting Massachusetts into a Sanctuary State for Abortionists and Sexual Mutilation Surgeries
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2022 House This bill transforms “gender-affirming” health- Passed Voted Liberal
care and abortion procedures into legally 137 yea, 16
protected activities. CPAC opposes both nay
abortion and the Left’s conception of “gender-
affirming” healthcare and opposed this bill.
The House passed this bill on July 26, 2022.
RC 232 – Making an Abortion Bill Even Worse
2022 House This version of Massachusetts’ abortion bill Passed Voted Liberal
Declares that the passage of this bill constitutes 137 yea, 16
An emergency measure not only because of its nay
Importance in protecting so-called “reproductive
freedoms,” but also because it allegedly protects
gender-affirming care procedures. CPAC believes
that the Left’s vision of gender-affirming care is
harmful and opposes its expansion. CPAC,
therefore, opposed this version. The House
passed this report on July 26, 2022.
H 4009 – Mandating Insurance Coverage of “Free” Contraceptives Without Religious Protections
2017 House This bill forces all health insurers in the state to Passed Voted Liberal
Provide coverage for birth control without a co- 140 yea, 16
pay. The bill also fails to provide any protections nay
to employers who have a religious or moral
objection to providing contraceptive coverage
to their employees. ACU opposes insurance
mandates and believes the use of contraceptives
is a matter of individual liberty and not something
others should be forced to pay for through higher
insurance premiums and opposed the bill. The
House voted to pass the bill on November 8, 2017.
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Bad on election integrity …
H 4834 – Establishing Automatic Voter Registration Through Obamacare
2018 House This bill completely flips the voter registration Passed Voted Liberal
process at registration agencies (such as 134 yea, 16
Registrar of Motor Vehicles) by automatically nay
registering individuals to vote and requiring
them to opt out. Additionally, the bill requires
those enrolling in Obamacare, Medicaid or
welfare benefits to become registered to vote
by classifying both MassHealth and the Mass-
Health Connector as voter registration agencies.
Furthermore, the bill requires the state to
implement automatic voter registration by
2020, clearly aimed at influencing the outcome
of the presidential election. ACU opposes
this political stunt and automatic voter
registration programs which encourage vote
fraud, which suppresses legal votes, and
opposed this bill. The House passed this bill
on July 27, 2019.
Source: CPAC Center for Legislative Accountability, Massachusetts Legislative Ratings
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