Republican extremist Trent
Franks is a former member of the U.S. House
representing Arizona's 8th Congressional
District, from 2003 to 2017. Franks was
first elected to the House in 2002. He
formerly represented Arizona's 2nd
Congressional District but was redistricted
in 2012. Franks won re-election in 2016.
On
December 7, 2017, Franks announced that he
would resign from Congress on January 31,
2018. In a statement, he acknowledged that
he had discussed possible surrogacy
arrangements with female staffers. On
December 8, he revised his date of
resignation and said he would leave
immediately. He said the change was due to
his wife's admission to the hospital for an
ailment. Franks began his political career
in 1984, when he won election to the Arizona
House of Representatives. He served in that
position from 1985 to 1987.
"House Speaker Paul
Ryan’s office released a statement saying
that Ryan was briefed on “credible claims of
misconduct” last week and that Franks did
not deny the allegations when he was
confronted with them. The Wisconsin
Republican said he accepted the letter of
resignation Thursday."
"This Republican Congressman has
absolutely no problem with a
foreign country committing
cyber-espionage — well, at least
as long as it's targeting the
Democrats."
"Members of the" (Republican)
"Congressional Western Caucus, including U.S. Rep.
Paul Gosar, the chair, and Reps. Andy Biggs and
Trent Franks, all Arizona Republicans, joined
several other for their party in calling on Interior
Secretary Ryan Zinke to rescind the declarations of
the monuments, which were established by previous
presidents."
"Republican Rep.
Trent
Franks said if the Russian cyber spies
successfully hacked into the computers of
Hillary Clinton and Democrats and made the
most embarrassing aspects of that
information public did so to support the
election of Donald Trump, they were
performing a public service."
Question
4: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.*
Candidates'
Position: Support
Question
9: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law.
Position Sought:
U.S.
House of
Representatives
CD-1
Question
3: Arizona’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage should be defended to the fullest extent legally possible.
Candidates'
Position: Support
Question
4: Protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.*
Candidates'
Position: Support
Question
8: Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in antidiscrimination law.
"During a House
Judiciary hearing on his abortion bill
Wednesday, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) said
that he opposes an exemption for rape
victims because “the incidence of rape
resulting in pregnancy are very low.”
The measure passed
unanimously through the Senate, but 67
Republican members of the House of
Representatives voted "no" to assisting
people who were left, at best, powerless or
homeless by a hurricane in November.
Position Sought:
United
States
House of
Representatives
CD-8
Question
3: Amending the United States
Constitution to define marriage
as the union of one man and one
woman.
Candidates'
Position: Support
Question
8:
Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or
“gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes
of race,
religion,
age,
sex, and
ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law.
Candidates'
Position: Oppose
Question
13: Repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which states that marriage is the union of one man and one woman and declares states do not have to recognize same-sex marriage from other states.
"He served two years,
1985-1987 in the Arizona House of
Representatives and came in third in a
reelection bid after he was reportedly
discovered having sex with a man inside the
Capitol. "
Position Sought:
United
States
Representative
CD-2
Question 5:
Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as between only one man and one woman.
Candidates' Position:
Support
Question 8:
Protecting healthcare workers from being required to perform procedures that violate their moral or religious beliefs.*
Candidates' Position:
Support
Question 10:
Adding “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” or “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in discrimination law.
Candidates' Position:
Oppose
Question 14:
Repealing the federal Defense of
Marriage Act, which states that
marriage is the union of one man
and one woman and declares
states do not have to recognize
same-sex marriage from other
states.
"Arizona Congressman
Trent Franks told blogger Mike Stark that
African Americans were much better off under
slavery."
Feb. 26, 2010
Center
for
Arizona
Policy
2008 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates
Position Sought:
United States
Representative CD-2
Question
6:
Amending the United
States
Constitution
to
define
marriage
as the
union of
one man
and one
woman.
Candidates'
Position:
Support
Question
7:
Repealing the federal
Defense
of
Marriage
Act
which
states
marriage
is the
union of
one man
and one
woman
and
declares
states
do not
have to
recognize
same-sex
marriages
from
other
states.
Candidates'
Position:
Oppose
Question
9:
Adding “sexual orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or
“gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes
of race,
religion,
age,
sex, and
ancestry
in
antidiscrimination
law.
Candidates'
Position:
Oppose
Question
10:
Expanding federal “hate
crime”
laws to
include
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or
“gender
expression.”
Candidates'
Position:
Oppose
*
This is in reference to the
dangerous and disproven
"Reparative Therapy".
