Position Drift

David Schweikert — Position over time

Every dated record on this entity, arranged chronologically. Promises and the breaks that followed them; statements made and the conduct that contradicted them; votes that diverged from prior commitments. 3 events on record.

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2025

2025-05-23 VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Schweikert built his political identity as a deficit hawk, giving countless floor speeches warning about the national debt, yet he helped negotiate and would have voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that the CBO projected would add trillions to the deficit. NBC News called him out for 'facing blowback,' and the DCCC labeled him a 'fake deficit hawk.'

2023

2023-11-15 VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Schweikert voted against the bipartisan infrastructure law, then was identified as among the Republican lawmakers who touted and took credit for infrastructure projects funded by the very legislation they opposed. President Biden specifically called out this category of behavior.
2023-08-10 VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Schweikert voted against the PACT Act twice, then urged veterans to enroll in its benefits through his official newsletter and social media without mentioning his votes against the bill. Business Insider and Yahoo News both catalogued this as a 'particularly egregious example of scummy two-faced behavior.'

What this view assembles

  • Promises & violations — every documented commitment + each documented break, with primary sources.
  • Contradiction pairs — fact-against-fact entries from the contradictions ledger; the "said" appears in its year, the "did" appears in its year.
  • Vote-based analyses — for elected officials, every documented case where a vote diverged from a stated commitment.
  • Entity events — major dated events recorded against the entity (acquisitions, indictments, appointments, etc.).

This view DOES NOT auto-detect new drift candidates. It surfaces records that are already on file. If you spot an undocumented inversion, the curator workflow (admin) is where to add it.