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Washington—Heritage Action for America and The Heritage Foundation today announced the launch of Fight for America, a new nationwide grassroots campaign to promote American values and fight back against the radical Left. Vice President Mike Pence will headline the launch event, a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa on August 13. “We are honored that Vice President Pence is joining us for the launch of this important campaign,” said Jessica...
Download a PDF version HERE. Background Between August 2nd and 4th, Heritage Action commissioned a poll interviewing 400 likely general election voters per state in Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin for a total sample of 1,600 likely voters. We asked where voters stand on today's most pressing issues and the election coming this fall. Across these interviews, we gained valuable insights into policy battleground state voters' attitudes regarding the handling...
Washington—Heritage Action for America today called on all elected officials to sign its newly launched Police Pledge, a pledge for citizens, lawmakers and candidates to stand with our nation’s law enforcement officers. Heritage Action also announced the results of a new battleground poll revealing overwhelming national support for our police officers. “At a time when the Liberal Left is seeking to defund our police and launching attacks on our brave...
Washington—Heritage Action for America today announced Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN and Governor of South Carolina, has signed Heritage Action’s newly launched Police Pledge. “I am proud to stand with our nation’s law enforcement,” said Haley. “Violence and calls to defund the police do nothing to solve the challenges we face in our country. It’s time for our leaders to stand up to looting and rioting and...
Washington—Heritage Action for America today announced Representative Kevin McCarthy, House Republican Leader, has signed Heritage Action’s newly launched Police Pledge. “Today and every day I am proud to stand with our men and women in blue who uphold their oath to protect our communities,” said Leader McCarthy. “It is human instinct to run away from danger, but our police officers stand ready to answer the call when Americans need them...
Washington—Heritage Action today announced their new “No Police, No Peace” billboards in New York City, Dallas, and Atlanta. Jessica Anderson, Executive Director of Heritage Action, first announced the billboards on Fox & Friends this morning. “Americans want safety, security and a clear vision for how to quell the violence. I am excited to announce the launch of these billboards today because you cannot have peace without the police,” Anderson said...
Heritage Action has put up SEVEN pro-police billboards in New York City, Atlanta, and Dallas—cities where the “defund the police” movement is taking hold. Executive Director Jessica Anderson joined Fox & Friends on Monday morning to announce the launch. These billboards are grabbing media attention and helping us rally support for police. Millions will see these billboards and their impact in the coming weeks. We chose New York City, Atlanta...
Washington—Facebook is allowing its "fact-checking" program to be gamed by political partisans. PolitiFact justifies labeling an ad campaign by the American Principles Project as "missing context" -- and is thereby preventing these ads from running on the social network -- by arguing, "we can't predict the future." Well, here is one thing about the future that's sure: Facebook's credibility is on the line.Jessica Anderson, executive director of Heritage Action for...
Washington—Heritage Action today released a statement from Vice President of Government Relations and Communications Garrett Bess commenting on Congressional negotiations on a continuing resolution: America is staring down the barrel of a government shutdown in the middle of a pandemic, and Congress still has not agreed on how to continue funding the government. We urge Members of Congress to quickly send President Trump a clean continuing resolution to sign into...
Washington—Heritage Action for America released a statement from Executive Director Jessica Anderson calling for a swift confirmation of the next Supreme Court Justice: Heritage Action calls for the swift nomination and confirmation of a new justice. The American people deserve a justice who honors the Constitution and upholds the rights of individual Americans.President Trump and Senate Republicans have worked hard to overturn decades of liberal activism in our court system...
Background: On Friday, September 18th, 2020, the Supreme Court announced the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Shortly after, President Trump announced his intention to nominate a replacement for Justice Ginsburg. Despite the Left’s rhetoric, the President has the constitutional power to nominate a replacement and have that nominee considered in the United States Senate. The President and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should move swiftly to nominate and...
America’s Grassroots Support Judge Amy Coney Barrett Washington—Today, President Trump announced the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Heritage Action issued a statement from Executive Director Jessica Anderson applauding the nomination and announcing grassroots support for a swift confirmation. President Trump has made an excellent choice. Judge Amy Coney Barrett is an immensely qualified judge and highly respected by her peers on the bench. Judge Barrett...
Washington—Heritage Action for America today released a statement today from Vice President of Government Relations and Communications Garrett Bess on a potential bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill. Any COVID-19 relief bill that contains wasteful bailouts is a loss for the American people and will damage our recovering economy. Bailing out state and local governments and the post office or extending the $600 bonus unemployment insurance benefit would be doubling down on...
This week, the House will vote on H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, which is the latest attempt by the Left to push their radical agenda during a pandemic and increase the burden on the backs of the American taxpayer. Congress has already passed nearly $3 trillion worth of relief—a substantial amount of which has not been spent—and allowed the Federal Reserve to spend even more to combat the COVID-19 pandemic...
Judge Barrett was nominated by President Donald Trump on September 18th, 2020, following the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At 48 years old, Barrett could be a powerful and influential conservative voice on the Court for decades to come.
The Heroes Act, which is the latest attempt by the Left to push their radical agenda during a pandemic and increase the burden on the backs of the American taxpayer. Congress has already passed nearly $3 trillion worth of relief—a substantial amount of which has not been spent—and allowed the Federal Reserve to spend even more to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This massive, 2100 page, $2.2 trillion dollar package is...