idkwhatimdoing25 t1_is0qzx5 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:48 PM

I honestly went into the debate looking for an excuse to like Kalus because I do not like McKee and would love the chance to vote for someone else if they were even half way decent. But frankly she lost my vote. Her "plans" were all vague, buzzwordy messes. She wants to improve education, okay cool, but she doesn't say any exact specifics on how. She wants to lower energy costs - by using executive mandate but then goes on to say she doesn't think executive mandates are effective when she talks about housing. She refused to even discuss if she would be open to supporting Trump in 2024 or not. She skirts around her only very recent RI residency. She says she won't change RI laws on abortion but is vague on if she'd fight a national ban. She wants to lower taxes but also spend more on eduation, small business funds, housing, etc. but has no plan to pay for that other than vaguely saying she'll "balance the budget".

tldr: Kalus doesn't seem to have any solid policy plans other than opposing McKee. She has correctly identified the big issues in RI (education, housing, energy costs) but she hasn't outlined any concrete plans to actually fix those issues other than she'd do it differently than McKee.

wormholeweapons t1_is0ywe5 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 2:44 PM

If I could get past the fact that she is literally not a Rhode Islander in any way. All of these things are glaring reasons to not support her.

But even before all of that, I mean she literally has no idea about anything in our state and wants to govern it? Dafuq? Who’s brilliant idea was this.

Muezza t1_is33xoz wrote on October 12, 2022 at 11:14 PM

She probably thinks Benny's is a breakfast place.

beerspeaks t1_is15t1h wrote on October 12, 2022 at 3:31 PM

The national Republican party's agenda doesn't fly in RI.

She can't say the shit that she actually believes because it would 100% submarine her chances of winning. Instead she has to rely on vague buzzwords to try and capitalize on the fact that McKee is a generally bad, unqualified candidate.

Good-Expression-4433 t1_is16kqd wrote on October 12, 2022 at 3:36 PM

She is just going to end up being Virginia's Youngkin if she won. Run as a moderate while touching on culture wars without announcing any actual plans, wins and goes full MAGA after she's in office.

Hellion102792 t1_is1aymf wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:05 PM

People like Kalus know they don't need to provide a detailed platform, she's not running for the average citizen. I had the displeasure of having to attend an event for the Lt Gov candidate and got the same vibe from him. The crowd was all well-to-do people with nowhere to be on a weekday afternoon and he made it a point to remind everyone how his opponent wants to raise taxes on larger corporations.

The whole idea of candidates like her having a "platform" is a facade. It's nothing more than a wink and nod to the ones who can afford to put them in their pocket. She doesn't elaborate because she doesn't need to, her supporters hear the subtext loud and clear.