VanOstran sat on the Board of Directors of Prison Performing Arts, a non-profit that helps sexual offenders and other criminals re-enter society. One of his colleagues on PPA’s Board of Directors was convicted of raping, sodomizing, and sexually abusing a 13 year old girl. (Cort VanOstran For Congress, Accessed 1/2/18; 2017 Personal Financial Disclosure, Filed 11/11/17; Riverfront Times, 5/26/04; Prison Performing Arts, Accessed 1/5/18; The Daily Record, 2/18/08; Florida Department Of Law Enforcement, Accessed 1/9/18, “Our Staff,” Prison Performing Arts, Captured 11/4/16)
VanOstran called the 2017 tax reform a “tax scam that doesn’t help you or me” even though the average family in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District will receive a tax cut of $3,727 per year. (Cort VanOstran, Twitter Feed, 1/18/18) (“By The Numbers: Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Delivers Tax Cuts For Families In Every Congressional District,” U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Ways And Means, 12/21/17)
VanOstran Supports Universal Background Checks to purchase any firearm and Banning Large Capacity Magazines.
VanOstran wants to restrict your 2nd Amendment Rights. He supports universal background checks and banning large capacity magazines and received a “F” from the NRA. (League Of Women Voter’s Forum: Missouri 2nd Congressional District,” League Of Women Voters, 6/9/18) Minute 24:57-25:20 (NRA-PVF Mailer, Accessed 8/16/19)
Cort VanOstran is an extreme, anti-Trump leftist who is out of touch and unfamiliar with the second district. He supports radical ideas like Medicare for All – a government takeover of healthcare that could cost taxpayers $32 trillion in just ten years. (League Of Women Voter’s Forum: Missouri 2nd Congressional District,” League Of Women Voters, 6/9/18) Minute 19:12-19:49 (Scott Wong and Mike Lillis, “Dem campaign chief: Medicare for All price tag ‘a little scary’,” The Hill, 3/6/19)
VanOstran worked for a law firm that represented the interests of corporations over every day American consumers. He even defended General Motors Acceptance Corporation’s National Auto Finance Company against consumer claims of the subprime lender’s Fair Credit Report Act Violations. (Bell v. Ally Bank et al., Case No. 4:15cv63, Defendant Nuvell National Auto Finance Company, LLC’s Unopposed Motion For Extension Of Time, U.S. District Court – Western District Of Missouri, Filed 4/7/15; Tabron v. National Auto Finance Company et al., Case No. 4:15cv104, Defendant Nuvell National Auto Finance Company, LLC’s Unopposed Motion For Extension Of Time, U.S. District Court – Western District Of Missouri, Filed 3/9/15) (“Nuvell Credit, National Auto Finance Cease Originations,” F&I, 1/8/09)
VanOstran is extreme on abortion and was “honored” to receive the endorsement of one of the nation’s largest pro-abortion interest groups. He was even endorsed by Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. (NARAL Pro-Choice America, “Candidate For Missouri’s 2nd District Earns Endorsement From Nation’s Leading Pro-Choice Advocacy Group,” Press Release, 4/17/18) (Planned Parenthood Action Fund, 2018 Election endorsements, Accessed 8/16/19)
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