A. Sonia Morris
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A. Sonia Morris (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent South Carolina's 6th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on June 14, 2022.
Morris completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Auriol Sonia Morris Pollard was born in Layou, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. She earned a bachelor's degree from Binghamton University in 1995, a graduate degree from Regent University in 1999, and a law degree from the Regent University School of Law in 2002. Her career experience includes working as an education consultant, financial advisor, legal consultant, and business owner.[1]
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2022
See also: South Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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A. Sonia Morris completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Morris' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am proud believer in Jesus Christ saved for such a time as this, raised by two amazing parents, who brought us to this great country four and a half decades ago. My parents and siblings and I have all been teachers and value the gift of education to transform lives. Having worked internationally in communist China as a university business instructor, I have gained a new appreciation for the freedoms we enjoy in America. I am passionate and called to find the causes of problems and to solve them. I an educator, author, and consultant who has worked in Education, Law, Finance Services, and IT. I have been educated in the areas of Law and Policy with a B.A, M.A. and JD in those areas.
- Values: Vote your Values of God, Family, Country/Faith, Family, Freedom. Right now, our freedoms are in grave danger and without a free country, America ceases to be America. And as the last bastion of hope for the free world, we cannot lose this battle to save our nation. That is why I am an America 1st candidate.
- Constitution: As a problem solver, I seek to partner with others of like mind to destroy and replace the dangerous and destructive public policy with freedom-promoting and life-giving policy. That means, the bad actors from all three branches of government have to be voted out and replaced by those who put America and its citizens first. Those who have used divide- and-conquer strategies against our nation must go. We are one nation under God.
- America 1st Policies: We have a nation to rebuild. President Trump started this rebuilding process and we much complete it. We will have to undo the damages done by the communist-loving America-haters like Joe Biden and the crew and reinstate and add to the America 1st policies of the Trump Administration. I will propose and support policies that strengthen this nation and our families and reject policies that threaten to weaken them.
U.S. Constitution: We need to get back to upholding the Constitution that founded America. Every unconstitutional attack on our freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights must be struck down starting with those attacking the first and second Amendments: Our freedom of speech and association and freedom to bear arms. The founders knew that a government unchecked could easily become the enemy of the people it created to protect.
National Security: We need to secure borders and enforce the immigration laws on the books that are being ignored by the Biden crew. Under president Trump, our borders were secure and illegal immigration was down considerably. How can a president refuse to enforce laws he took an oath to enforce on behalf of a people he promised to protect?
Economy: The COVID-19 pandemic response was detrimental to this country, but the destroyers underestimated us, and it has not worked - yet! That's why we much act now to save the nation. They used it to try to crash the economy, bring death and destruction. This exorbitant inflation threatens the nations and its citizens.
Education and Workforce: We are in dire need of reformation in our system of education. I do not mean that the federal government should commandeer the states' authority, but do its part to encourage, not mandate, policies that support states and municipalities in their efforts to removed harmful curricula like CRT and ESSA and restore with good foundational ones that made us strong. I look up to Jesus Christ and want to follow His example for many reasons. He is the Only One we can depend upon 100% of the time. In humility and love, He led without lording it over people. He easily forgave those who persecuted, betrayed, and even crucified Him. He was holy and set apart and did not seek to do His own will for His own purposes but that of His Father. He was a Servant Leader, but He never backed down from a standing for Truth. He knew Who He was and His purpose for being. That is what I want to emulate. To serve and represent the people of my district not for selfish purposes but for their good and the good of this nation. To know who I am and not back down from a fight because it is a fight for Truth, and the good people of the 6th district, the state of South Carolina, and this nation that we love so much. We must engage in now. We must succeed because failure is not an option if we are to survive. This is an emergency. It's a 911 call that I am answering in this run for office.
As a Christian, the Bible, which is the Word of God, informs the way I choose to live.
Adherence to truth and honesty and the ability to admit fault when wrong instead of hiding it
Adherence to the oaths made to uphold to the U.S. Constitution.
Humility and realizing the "We the People" are the boss not the elected leader
Avoiding conflicts of interest especially with those who are powerful and influential Problem solver, hard worker, honest, resilient, adaptable, experienced in international travel, intuitive and discerning.
Adhere to the U.S. Constitution
Put the citizens of the United States first
That when America was in a season of emergency, I was part of the 911 team that helped to get her out. That I committed to America 1st policies so that the last bastion of freedom and hope to the world was not lost to communism, totalitarianism, and tyranny.
9/11 - September 11th. I was in my 30's. This is quite memorable to me because I was in Philadelphia, PA at a training session with LSDAS as the new Enrollment Manager for my law school Admissions Office. Two days later on Thursday 9/13, I was scheduled to travel, stay, and participate in the LSDAS Law School Symposium at the World Trade Center Marriott in New York City. Had they planned the attack for 9/13 instead of 9/11 I would have been there that day. So, I worked on the 911 system 2 decades before 9/11 occurred and was almost caught in that attack, but for God who spared my life that day. That was a very sad day in our nation and may it never be repeated. National security is of utmost importance, but we are being overrun at the border right now with leaders who are encouraging it.
My first job was in IT as a data entry clerk at Analysis & Programming Corporation. They hired me to work on a data correction system called PREMIS. I worked with the consultant programmer who designed the program that cleaned up the address files in the 911 systems at AT&T, after the anti-trust case that turned them into the "Baby Bells." Our goal was to reduce the address errors by 100% where possible. After a year and a half, I went to work for an IBM company called ROLM Corporation then to IBM. I was in IT for 10 years. It's interesting that 40 years later, the nation is in a 911 emergency situation.
The Bible, because it answers all my questions and is my Constitution for life.
Miracles and miracles. There're so many miracles. One, two, three, four I can't even count them all.
Doing too many things and having too many interests. Wanting to solve every problem right away so interrupting myself to deal with problems that should wait.
One is that of appropriations. These revenue bills much arise in the House. Most of the bills in Congress arise in the people's House. It also has the power to impeach federal officials, including presidents and supreme court justices. The House also chooses the president where there is a tie in the Electoral College.
It can be beneficial as well as detrimental. When an individual has spent too much time in elected office, he may lose touch with the very people he was elected to represent. In addition, for "We the People" to govern, then normal people also must make up the government. Otherwise, the component of "We the People" loses its meaning altogether. Congress, in order to stay "fresh", must have a mix of the experienced and the inexperienced. That way, those with experience may mentor those who are new; while those who are new can bring fresh ideas and the perspective of the people to those who have been elected officials for a while. This prevents the danger of government being a bubble containing individuals who are out of touch with the people.
National Security and Sovereignty as globalist seek to take over and subdue all those who with differing opinions. This includes cybersecurity from nations such as China, Russia, Iran and others.
Education and the attempted dumbing down of "our" children. This could cripple the nation as the workforce would be affected by a decrease in the ability to compete on the world stage or even be ahead of aggressors. Higher Ed has gone off the rails for Anti-American sentiments.
Erosion of our Constitutional freedoms as the pull of socialism and communism seem to get stronger and more people are deceived into thinking there are benefits to exchanging their freedom for what can never benefit them. I would include medical freedoms as the government has sought to overreach its authority by mandating unproven medical experimental treatments without accountability by the pharmaceutical companies. Ethics
Judiciary
Ways and Means
Education and Labor
Small Business
Oversight and Reform
Foreign Affairs It depends. Two years is sufficient as a trial period for the people to test the representative but perhaps not enough to accomplish all that the representative wanted to for the people.
Thankfully, the good people of South Carolina can limit terms with their votes. That's where election integrity comes to bear. Without free and fair elections, the will of the people at the polls cannot be trusted if the polls cannot be trusted. We must have election integrity and a truth-telling instead of truth-suppressing media. Short of that I will listen to both sides on the issue. In other words, bad actors can be checked at the polls whereas good actors should be able to work as long as they can are working for the good of the people. That is why I encourage people to "Vote According to Your Values."
I like Ralph Norman as a principled, believing, and humble representative of the U.S. House. I also greatly respect Lauren Boebert for her courage and calling out what needs to be exposed. I admire Ted Cruz's command of the law and expertise on the U.S. Constitution.
I've met a retired gentleman in the community who is mentoring about 40 young men, attempting to convince them of the importance of education. He could easily have enjoyed his retirement instead of taking on such a challenge. Some people continue to give even when they can simply rest on their laurels.
Yes. We may have differing opinions on methods, but we should not compromise on principle. When there are competing principles, we look to the Constitution to see which has priority over another. Some subjects of policymaking are non-negotiables such as that which goes against our Constitution.
This is a great responsibility. We would essentially be spending the people's money and must do so wisely.
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