2025
2025-10-12
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: position_evolution
Schmidt's 2023 farewell letter celebrated his legal challenges to the ACA and vaccine mandates. His October 2025 criticism of Senate Democrats for prolonging a shutdown he blamed on partisanship contrasts with his own history of using litigation to block federal health policy — a strategy that itself could be characterized as political gamesmanship.
2025-05-22
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: position_evolution
Schmidt spent over a decade opposing Medicaid expansion and suing to block the ACA as AG. As a Congressman, he voted for H.R. 1 and claimed it would help rural hospitals in non-expansion states. The nonpartisan analysis projecting $880 billion in Medicaid cuts over 10 years directly contradicts his framing of the bill as protecting Kansas healthcare providers.
2025-04-01
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: reversal
Schmidt defended Kansas' proof-of-citizenship law through years of failed litigation costing taxpayers $1.9 million, then as a Congressman championed a federal version. Despite claiming the SAVE Act is 'nearly identical' to the Kansas law that was struck down and disenfranchised tens of thousands, he now asserts it will 'safeguard our elections.' He has not acknowledged the prior court rulings or …
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- 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.).
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