Montana Free Press, Robert Barb

As of April 10, 2024, Robert Barb’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

Said, "One of the core tenets of the Green Party is ecological wisdom."

- Said, "One of the core tenets of the Green Party is ecological wisdom."

Energy & the Environment

Supports a two-state solution between Palestine and Israel.

Said, "I stand against the notion of Israeli's settler colonialism and the apartheid state they've created. All people in the Middle East have the right to live in peace and security, free from occupation, oppression and fear."

Calls for ceasefire now and said, "The killing must stop, and that will only happen if the United States government forces Israel to agree to a ceasefire."

- Supports a two-state solution between Palestine and Israel.
- Said, "I stand against the notion of Israeli's settler colonialism and the apartheid state they've created. All people in the Middle East have the right to live in peace and security, free from occupation, oppression and fear."
- Calls for ceasefire now and said, "The killing must stop, and that will only happen if the United States government forces Israel to agree to a ceasefire."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Economy

Proposes legalizing cannabis, releasing people incarcerated for possession, cultivation, or sale of cannabis, and removing the offenses from their criminal records.

- Proposes legalizing cannabis, releasing people incarcerated for possession, cultivation, or sale of cannabis, and removing the offenses from their criminal records.

Public Safety

Education

Robert Barb

LinkedIn

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Michael Downey

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