Democrat Mark Kelly Fails To Take Policy Positions Throughout Campaign

Mark Kelly has taken Chuck Schumer’s “windowless basement” strategy to a new level this election cycle. He has done only a handful of interviews and some tightly controlled virtual events. This strategy has allowed him to maintain a vague posture on a number of policy issues that he would potentially face in the U.S. Senate. 

A new report from The Washington Free Beacon details the list of issues that he has “avoided or delayed taking a clear stance throughout the campaign.” Kelly has “danced around” questions around ending the Senate filibuster, the “Green New Deal, school reopening, and impeaching President Donald Trump.” Read more from the Washington Free Beacon here:

“Ending the filibuster is not the only divisive issue Kelly has ducked during the campaign. He has yet to say whether he would support Democratic proposals to pack the Supreme Court—or even if he would vote for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) to continue as party floor leader.”

“He similarly equivocated in early August about school reopening during the coronavirus outbreak.

“Well, we’ve got to do it safely, first of all,” he said. “And the federal government, clearly, has to help school districts provide a safe environment for students.”

Kelly also gave conflicting answers on supporting his party’s nominee before finally endorsing Biden in March, and he stonewalled for months before coming out against the Green New Deal legislation last year.

When The View’s Sunny Hostin quizzed Kelly last September about whether he was in favor of impeaching Trump, Kelly said he was unsure because he hadn’t read the hearing transcript.

“I have it here if you would like to,” offered Hostin.

“Well, I don’t know if we have enough time,” said Kelly. “But I, you know, I think this is serious and, you know, we’ve got to work through the details and it’s a process.”

Five months later, after Trump was impeached by the House and acquitted by the Senate, Kelly stated that he would have voted to impeach.