CAMPAIGN POLICIES
Enforce the Laws We Already Have
This country has plenty of laws.
What we need more of is elected officials with the spine to enforce the laws we already have and use every tool at their disposal to stop this administration in its tracks.
The car is on fire.
You do not sit down and plan the road trip while the car is on fire.
You grab the extinguisher, and you deal with the fire.
Reigning in a rogue administration that ignores courts, shreds constitutional guardrails, and governs like the rules do not apply to them cannot wait.
Chris is running because Congress, when he gets to Washington, he will use every lever available, every procedural tool, every oversight mechanism, every public platform to make it as hard as possible for this administration to keep doing what it is doing.
When the Packers lost Tucker Kraft and Micah Parsons, they did not forfeit the season. They suited up and played. That is exactly what Democrats in Congress need to do right now, and Chris Armstrong intends to be one of the people doing it.
Impeach. All of Them.
Donald Trump. Kristi Noem (you’re fired!). Pam Bondi (you’re fired!). RFK Jr. Pete Hegseth. Marco Rubio. These are not people Chris disagrees with on policy nuances. These are people who have shown open contempt for the law, for basic science, and for the Americans they were confirmed to serve. Impeachment is a constitutional tool. It exists for exactly this. Time to use it.
Abolish ICE
ICE cannot be fixed. The culture is broken, the tactics are lawless, and the institutional contempt for due process and human dignity runs too deep to patch up with new leadership and a fresh coat of paint. Federal courts in West Virginia have already ruled that ICE and CBP are violating the 4th and 5th Amendments. We are not talking about a few bad apples here. The whole barrel needs to go.
Melt it down. Build something from scratch that follows the Constitution, obeys the law, and treats human beings like human beings. And keep DHS on a very short leash until they prove they can do the same.
Tax the Ultra-Wealthy and Large Corporations
America does not have a money problem. We have a priorities problem and an allocation problem. The wealthiest individuals and corporations have spent decades engineering a tax code that works beautifully for them while working families make up the difference. That math is broken, and everybody knows it. Time to fix it.
Healthcare Is Not Something You Have to Earn
You need to be healthy to work. Republicans have this completely upside down. Their position is essentially that you need to work first in order to deserve healthcare. Every person in this district deserves access to affordable physical and mental health care, period. And reproductive healthcare is healthcare. It is not a debate topic.
Protect What We Cannot Get Back
Our water. Our air. Our land. The natural landscapes of Wisconsin’s 7th District took millions of years to become what we see around us today. They have been stewarded by Native Americans for thousands of years. That legacy belongs to all of us, not to whatever corporation or mining company that shows up with the highest short-term offer. We are not selling out future generations to investors looking to extract everything they can and leave. Full stop.
Support Working Families
Paid family leave and affordable childcare should not be considered perks. They are the basic infrastructure that allows working families to function. If we say we support families in this district, we need to actually fund the things that make family life possible.
Take Care of Our Veterans. For Real This Time.
Veteran suicide, homelessness, addiction, and mental health are a moral emergency. We have had the resources to address them for a long time. What has been missing is the will. Chris has had enough of politicians wrapping themselves in the flag and then cutting VA funding. We are done talking about honoring our veterans. We are going to actually do it.
Sensible Agriculture Policy
Invest in small family farms. Help farmers diversify their crops and livestock. The 7th District was built by people who work the land, and those people deserve policy that actually works for them instead of clearing the way for corporate operations to swallow them up. That has been going on long enough.
Feed and House Everybody
The wealthiest country in the history of human civilization should not have people going hungry or sleeping outside. We have the resources. We have the know-how.
Invest in Education and Job Training
If we want young people to stay in this district and build something here, we have to give them an actual reason to stay. That means well-funded schools, job training programs that connect to real careers, and a local economy with something to offer the next generation. Right now, too many of our kids feel like they have to leave to find a future. That is not acceptable.
Renewable Energy Makes Economic Sense
It is cheaper. It deploys faster. It is cleaner. The argument about whether to transition to renewable energy ended a while ago. The only remaining question is whether we lead that transition and build the jobs and infrastructure that come with it, or we sit on our hands while other states and other countries get there first.
Fair Trade. Kill the Tariffs.
Tariffs are a tax. Specifically, they are a tax on American consumers and American businesses, and the people paying that tax are not the ones who can most afford it. We need fair and reasonable trade agreements that protect workers and keep markets open, not a tariff war that drives up prices and torches relationships we spent decades carefully building.
Real Immigration Reform
Reinstate asylum programs. Reform employment visas so they reflect how the economy actually works. Create a real and clear path to citizenship. Hire enough immigration judges so that people waiting for their cases to be heard are not waiting for years on end in legal limbo. The immigration system in this country is genuinely broken and it has been for a long time. Terrorizing immigrant communities with ICE raids is not a solution. Fixing the system is.
How Do We Know If It’s Working?
Chris keeps coming back to one question: what can we do to improve the odds that our kids and grandkids will want to stay in the 7th District and build their lives here instead of feeling like there is nothing for them and moving away?
If the honest answer to that question is getting better year over year, we are headed in the right direction. Everything on this list is in service of that.
“We must stand up and be true to our state’s motto – “Forward”.
Today, our inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – that our forebearers fought and died for – are under assault by our own government in blatantly illegal and unconstitutional ways. It’s time for the people of the State of Wisconsin to rise up and fight for a better world for our fellow citizens and our friends and partners across the globe. Chris is running because we must stand up and be true to our state’s motto — “Forward”.
THOUGHTs ON THE IRAN WAR
While the conflict with Iran is happening thousands of miles away, its effects are being felt right here at home—from economic uncertainty to concerns about long-term stability. The people of this district deserve transparency and thoughtful leadership.
Hear Chris’s perspective on the path forward.
