Editing Dana Rohrabacher (section)

==Domestic political positions==
[[File:Rohrabacher1.jpg|thumb|Rohrabacher in 108th Congress, 2003–2004 (age 56).]]
Rohrabacher voted to repeal [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Obamacare]],<ref name="Wash Post GOP Health"/> disputed evidence of man-made [[global warming]],<ref name="Ralph Hall to chair Science panel">{{cite news|url= http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46101.html|title= Ralph Hall to chair Science panel|newspaper= Politico|date= 2010-12-07|access-date= 2012-10-24|archive-date= May 10, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120510040403/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46101.html|url-status= live}}</ref> was a staunch opponent of illegal immigration,<ref name="SCPR-Felde">{{cite news|url=http://www.scpr.org/blogs/politics/2013/02/14/12556/golden-west-student-says-congressman-rohrabacher-d/|title=Did OC Rep. Dana Rohrabacher make an immigrant student cry?|author=Kitty Felde|publisher=Southern California Public Radio|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622211125/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/politics/2013/02/14/12556/golden-west-student-says-congressman-rohrabacher-d/|url-status=live}}</ref> and favored the [[Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|legalization of cannabis]].<ref name="NR oped" />

Rohrabacher had drawn public criticism for some of his positions. His controversial statements included the [[conspiracy theory]], first promoted by the politically-biased conspiracy theory website [[InfoWars]], that Democrats secretly organized the [[Unite the Right Rally]] in Charlottesville to provoke violence by the [[alt-right]] to discredit President Trump.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/critics-fear-dana-rohrabacher-creating-wikileaks-back-channel-to-trump/article/2632649 |title=Critics fear Dana Rohrabacher creating WikiLeaks back channel to Trump |author=Steven Nelson |date=September 23, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Examiner]] |access-date=September 23, 2017 |quote=...plan to brief President Trump on a meeting with [[WikiLeaks]] publisher [[Julian Assange]] that he says touched on information disproving Russia's role [[2016 Democratic National Committee email leak|hacking Democratic emails]]. |archive-date=September 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924093107/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/critics-fear-dana-rohrabacher-creating-wikileaks-back-channel-to-trump/article/2632649 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-rep-dana-rohrabacher-blames-democrats-1505426333-htmlstory.html |title=Citing conspiracy theory, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher blames Democrats for Charlottesville violence: 'It was a setup' |author=Sarah D. Wire |date=September 14, 2017 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=September 23, 2017 |quote=The conspiracy theory that a Democrat organized the [[white supremacist]] [[Unite the Right rally|rally that led to]] the death of one person was stoked by right-wing provocateur [[Alex Jones]] of [[InfoWars]] and had been debunked by [[Nonpartisanism|nonpartisan]] fact-checking site Politifact. |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922213216/http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-rep-dana-rohrabacher-blames-democrats-1505426333-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/04/dana-rohrabacher-afghanistan-war |title=Dana Rohrabacher's War; In the '80s he took up arms with Afghanistan's mujahideen. Now the California Republican is fighting against Obama's surge. |author=Daniel Schulman |magazine=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |access-date=September 23, 2017 |quote=Following a 2001 meeting with the [[Taliban]]'s foreign minister in Qatar, US critics accused Rohrabacher of breaching the [[Logan Act]], which prohibits American citizens from making unofficial diplomatic overtures. |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922061419/http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/04/dana-rohrabacher-afghanistan-war/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/rohrabacher-sees-his-out-of-mainstream-russia-views-taking-hold-under-trump/2016/12/17/46476c86-c3c9-11e6-9578-0054287507db_story.html |title=Rohrabacher sees his out-of-mainstream Russia views taking hold under Trump |author=Elise Viebeck |date=December 17, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] PowerPost blog |access-date=September 23, 2017 |quote=Last week, Rohrabacher praised the president-elect's choice of [[ExxonMobil]] chief [[Rex Tillerson]] to be secretary of state, describing it as a victory in his lonely and oft-criticized struggle to relax [[Russia–United States relations|Washington's posture toward Russia]]. |archive-date=September 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045717/https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/rohrabacher-sees-his-out-of-mainstream-russia-views-taking-hold-under-trump/2016/12/17/46476c86-c3c9-11e6-9578-0054287507db_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/the-check-in-who-the-hell-is-dana-rohrabacher/3588626 |title=The Check In: Who the Hell is Dana Rohrabacher? |author=Late Night with Seth Meyers |date=September 20, 2017 |work=[[NBC]] |access-date=September 23, 2017 |author-link=Late Night with Seth Meyers |archive-date=September 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923003245/https://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/the-check-in-who-the-hell-is-dana-rohrabacher/3588626 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He had been a staunch supporter of Donald Trump.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-ln-rohrabacher-kavanaugh-accusation-20180920-story.html|title=Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, facing a tough reelection fight, ridicules sex assault accusation against Kavanaugh|last=Mozingo|first=Joe|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-09-23|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130230109/https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-ln-rohrabacher-kavanaugh-accusation-20180920-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===National Endowment for the Arts===
In 1990, Rohrabacher opposed the [[National Endowment of the Arts]] and joined [[Mel Hancock]] in demanding its abolition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-05-ca-1105-story.html|title=Embattled NEA Will Survive, Lawmaker Says : Arts: Although Orange County Rep. Dana Rohrabacher demands abolition of the National Endowment for the Arts, most officials back the government grant program.|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=October 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020134516/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-05/entertainment/ca-1105_1_dana-rohrabacher|url-status=live}}</ref> In a February letter to other members of Congress, Rohrabacher sent a photograph by artist and [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] activist [[David Wojnarowicz]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/04/21/nea-funded-art-exhibit-protested/1c9a2564-15b0-453d-9fc2-1b7162d1de81/|title=NEA-Funded Art Exhibit Protested|date=April 21, 1990|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 14, 2018|archive-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122092251/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/04/21/nea-funded-art-exhibit-protested/1c9a2564-15b0-453d-9fc2-1b7162d1de81/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April, liberal constitutional rights group [[People for the American Way]] announced its intent to launch a newspaper advert campaign against Rohrabacher. Western vice president of the organization Michael Hudson stated, "'Americans overwhelmingly reject censorship of the arts and support the NEA'". Rohrabacher welcomed the announcement, stating that his constituents "don't want federal dollars to go to sacrilegious or obscene art'" and that it would help voters to understand the issue. Explaining his position, Rohrabacher stated that he did not believe "'anyone should be prevented from seeing what they want to see or painting what they want to paint...on their own time and their own dime. But if you get a government subsidy, that's another question'".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-20-me-1509-story.html|title=Group Plans Anti-Rohrabacher Ads|first=Robert W.|last=Stewart|date=April 20, 1990|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=May 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528231545/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-04-20/local/me-1509_1_dana-rohrabacher|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October, the House passed a bill to reauthorize funds for the NEA with the directive that the organization could not fund obscene art. Rohrabacher introduced an amendment that would include specific guidelines on the kind of art projects that could not be funded, such as works that were sexually explicit or denigrated the American flag or religions; the amendment was rejected by a vote of 249-175. Rohrabacher stated his amendment was supposed to ensure that the federal government was ""not subsidizing obscenity, child pornography, attacks on religion, desecration of the American flag or any other of the outrages we have seen in the past'". By the time the House passed the bill, Rohrabacher had become known as " the House's most outspoken critic of the NEA".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/10/11/House-passes-arts-funding-compromise/1858655617600/|title=House passes arts-funding compromise|date=October 10, 1999|publisher=UPI|access-date=November 14, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224138/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/10/11/House-passes-arts-funding-compromise/1858655617600/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Race quotas===
In October 1991, Rohrabacher wrote a letter to the civil rights division of the Education Department after seven Filipino students complained to the media that they were denied admission to the [[University of California, San Diego]] (UCSD). Rohrabacher requested the department conduct a federal civil rights investigation on what seemed to be "a quota based upon race that illegally discriminates against Filipino-Americans and possibly applicants of other races". UCSD vice chancellor for undergraduate affairs Joseph Watson refuted the letter, dismissing Rohrabacher as "wrong when he says that 40% of admissions are reserved for certain races". He stated that the school ranks all applicants using a grade-based formula. Watson charged Rohrabacher with fanning hysteria over discrimination: "The Rohrabacher approach is to play to public fears that something fishy is going on. We don't want anyone to feel we're not giving everyone a fair and equitable review that can stand up to any scrutiny."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-10-me-205-story.html|title=Congressman Accuses UCSD of Bias : Quotas: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher seeks an inquiry into allegations that the school's admissions procedures discriminate against ethnic groups such as Filipinos. A UCSD official denies the charges.|date=October 10, 1991|first=David|last=Smollar|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018035815/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-10/local/me-205_1_dana-rohrabacher|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Impeachment of Bill Clinton===
{{see also|Impeachment of Bill Clinton}}
In November 1997, Rohrabacher was one of eighteen Republicans in the House to co-sponsor [[1997 impeachment resolution by Bob Barr|a resolution]] by [[Bob Barr]] that sought to launch an [[Impeachment inquiry in the United States|impeachment inquiry]] against President [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name="pace1">{{cite web |last1=Pace |first1=David |title=17 in House seek probe to impeach president |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/498562556 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Record |agency=The Associated Press |access-date=4 March 2021 |language=en |date=6 Nov 1997 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413151956/http://www.newspapers.com/image/498562556/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="hutcheson"/> The resolution did not specify any charges or allegations.<ref name="hutcheson">{{cite web |last1=Hutcheson |first1=Ron |title=Some House Republicans can't wait for elections |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/197738955 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Asheville Citizen-Times |agency=Knight-Rider Newspapers |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=17 Nov 1997 |access-date=March 6, 2021 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413151941/http://www.newspapers.com/image/197738955/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This was an early effort to impeach Clinton, predating the eruption of the [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]]. The eruption of that scandal would ultimately lead to a more serious effort to impeach Clinton in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barkham |first1=Patrick |title=Clinton impeachment timeline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1998/nov/18/clinton.usa |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=en |date=18 November 1998 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228133624/http://www.theguardian.com/world/1998/nov/18/clinton.usa |url-status=live }}</ref> On October 8, 1998, Rohrabacher voted in favor of legislation that was passed to open [[Impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton|an impeachment inquiry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Roll Call 498 Roll Call 498, Bill Number: H. Res. 581, 105th Congress, 2nd Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998498 |website=clerk.house.gov |publisher=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |access-date=1 March 2021 |language=en |date=8 October 1998 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413150937/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998498 |url-status=live }}</ref> On December 19, 1998, Rohrabacher voted in favor of all four proposed [[article of impeachment|articles]] of [[Federal impeachment in the United States|impeachment]] against Clinton (only two of which received the majority of votes needed to be adopted).<ref>{{cite web |title=Roll Call 546 Roll Call 546, Bill Number: H. Res. 611, 105th Congress, 2nd Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998546 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=en |date=19 December 1998 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125214436/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998546 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roll Call 545 Roll Call 545, Bill Number: H. Res. 611, 105th Congress, 2nd Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998545 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=en |date=19 December 1998 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125214517/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998545 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roll Call 544 Roll Call 544, Bill Number: H. Res. 611, 105th Congress, 2nd Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998544 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=en |date=19 December 1998 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126161740/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998544 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Washington |first1=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |title=Roll Call 543 Roll Call 543, Bill Number: H. Res. 611, 105th Congress, 2nd Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998543 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=en |date=19 December 1998 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303091343/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/1998543 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Firearms===
In 2018, [[Sacha Baron Cohen]]'s television program ''[[Who Is America?]]'' premiered, showing Rohrabacher supporting a hoax "kinderguardians program" which supported training toddlers with firearms.<ref name=twsBI22>Matthew Michaels, July 15, 2018, Business Insider, [http://www.businessinsider.com/sacha-baron-cohen-who-is-america-arm-preschoolers-guns-2018-7 In video from Sacha Baron Cohen's new show, GOP members of congress support arming preschoolers with guns] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405060712/https://www.businessinsider.com/sacha-baron-cohen-who-is-america-arm-preschoolers-guns-2018-7 |date=April 5, 2023 }}, Retrieved July 15, 2018</ref> Rohrabacher claims that he never spoke to Cohen, that he was taken out of context, and that he spoke, "broadly of making sure young people could get training in self-defense".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2018/07/16/sacha-baron-cohen-spoof-was-fraud-rohrabacher-says-high-schoolers-not-toddlers-should-get-gun-training/|title=Sacha Baron Cohen spoof was 'fraud,' Rohrabacher says; high schoolers, not toddlers, should get gun training|date=2018-07-16|work=Orange County Register|access-date=2018-07-30|language=en-US|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730080449/https://www.ocregister.com/2018/07/16/sacha-baron-cohen-spoof-was-fraud-rohrabacher-says-high-schoolers-not-toddlers-should-get-gun-training/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Global warming===
Rohrabacher [[Climate change denial|doubts]] the [[scientific consensus]] that [[global warming]] is caused by humans. During a congressional hearing on climate change on February 8, 2007, Rohrabacher mused that previous warming cycles may have been caused by [[carbon dioxide]] released into the [[Earth's atmosphere|atmosphere]] by "dinosaur flatulence":<ref name="Ralph Hall to chair Science panel"/> ''[[Politico]]'' and ''The New York Times'' reported that on May 25, 2011, Rohrabacher expressed further skepticism regarding the existence of man-made global warming and suggested that, if global warming is an issue, a possible solution could be clear-cutting rain forests, and replanting. These reports sparked strong criticism by some scientists, including Oliver Phillips, a geography professor at the [[University of Leeds]]. They noted the consensus that intact forests act as net absorbers of carbon, reducing global warming.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55731.html|title=Do trees cause global warming?|work=Politico|date=May 25, 2011|access-date=2011-05-30|first=Darren|last=Samuelsohn|archive-date=May 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529100128/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55731.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/republicans-climate-solution-clearcut-the-rain-forest/|title=Republican's Climate Solution: Clear-Cut the Rain Forest|work=The New York Times|date=May 26, 2011|access-date=2011-05-30|first=John|last=Rudolf|archive-date=May 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529153335/http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/republicans-climate-solution-clearcut-the-rain-forest/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rohrabacher does not believe that global warming is a problem. At a town hall meeting with the Newport Mesa Tea Party in August 2013, Rohrabacher said "global warming is a total fraud" and part of a "game plan" by liberals to "create global government".<ref>{{cite news |title=Member of Congressional Science Committee: Global Warming a 'Fraud' to 'Create Global Government' Representative Dana Rohrabacher says global warming is a "fraud" to "create global government". |author-link=Lee Fang |first=Lee |last=Fang |date=August 10, 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2017 |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/science-committee-congressman-global-warming-fraud-create-global-government/ |magazine=[[The Nation]] |quote=Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), a senior member of the House Science Committee, used a portion of his time at a town hall this week to launch into a rant about global warming, which he described as a plot by liberals to "create global government to control our lives". |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316211506/https://www.thenation.com/article/science-committee-congressman-global-warming-fraud-create-global-government/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The GOP does the climate change dance |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-column-climate-change-republicans-20140511-column.html |author-link=Doyle McManus |first=Doyle |last=McManus |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=March 16, 2017 |date=May 10, 2014 |quote=Some current GOP members of Congress still deny that the problem exists, including Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa), who has called global warming 'a total fraud' designed by 'liberals who ... want to create global government'. |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317054202/http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-column-climate-change-republicans-20140511-column.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=August 12, 2013 |title=Dana Rohrabacher, GOP House Science Committee Member: 'Global Warming Is A Total Fraud' |first=Nick |last=Wing |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/dana-rohrabacher-global-warming_n_3743390.html |access-date=March 16, 2017 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |quote=Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a longtime member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, recently brushed aside concern that the wildfires currently scorching across his state and causing millions of dollars of damage have anything to do with climate change. In fact, he told constituents at a town hall that 'global warming is a total fraud,' employed by liberals to 'create global government'. |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316205400/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/dana-rohrabacher-global-warming_n_3743390.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Healthcare===
On May 4, 2017, Rohrabacher voted in favor of repealing the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (Obamacare) and passing the [[American Health Care Act of 2017|American Health Care Act]].<ref name="Wash Post GOP Health">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/ahca-house-vote/|title=How the House voted to pass the GOP health-care bill|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-05-04|archive-date=May 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504203121/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/ahca-house-vote/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/04/health-care-vote-puts-pressure-dozens-vulnerable-gop-reps/101297824/|title=Health care vote puts pressure on dozens of vulnerable GOP reps|work=USA Today|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en|archive-date=May 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505063452/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/04/health-care-vote-puts-pressure-dozens-vulnerable-gop-reps/101297824/|url-status=live}}</ref> During his 2018 re-election campaign, Rohrabacher pledged to protect protections for individuals with preexisting conditions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2018-10-09|title=Republicans Fought Obamacare. Now They're Campaigning to Save It|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-09/republicans-fought-obamacare-now-they-re-campaigning-to-save-it|access-date=2018-10-09|website=Bloomberg.com|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127232818/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-09/republicans-fought-obamacare-now-they-re-campaigning-to-save-it|url-status=live}}</ref> Rohrabacher voted for his party's Obamacare replacement bill that included state waivers from rules that prohibit charging higher prices to people with pre-existing conditions.<ref name=":0" />

===Immigration===
Rohrabacher was an advocate for the state of California's [[California Proposition 187 (1994)|Proposition 187]], which prohibited illegal immigrants from acquiring government services. In 2004, he sponsored an amendment that would have prohibited federal reimbursement of hospital-provided emergency care and certain transportation services to undocumented aliens unless the hospital provided information about the aliens' citizenship, immigration status, financial data, and employer to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Aliens who were in the country illegally would receive reimbursement only after they were deported. The proposed bill was defeated, 331–88.<ref>{{cite web |title=H.R.3722 |publisher=Library of Congress |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.03722: |access-date=2008-06-18 |date=May 18, 2004 |archive-date=November 11, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041111024513/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.03722: |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2005, Rohrabacher opined that the Republican Party was split on the issue of immigration: "There are those of us who identify with the national wing and patriotic wing of the party who have always been adamant on the illegal immigration issues. And, on the other side, you have those people who believe in the business and global marketplace concept. So, you have a party with two different views on one of the major issues of the day."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2005/12/16/house-immigration-bill-focuses-on-security/|title=House immigration bill focuses on security|first=Dena|last=Buris|date=December 12, 2005|publisher=ocregister.com|access-date=November 11, 2018|archive-date=November 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111133619/https://www.ocregister.com/2005/12/16/house-immigration-bill-focuses-on-security/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In early 2008, Rohrabacher endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] in the Republican presidential primary, citing his positions on stemming illegal immigration and criticizing [[John McCain]]. About McCain, he said: "He's been the enemy of those of us who have stemmed the flow of illegals into our country, whereas Romney has made some very tough commitments."<ref>{{cite news |last=Caesar |first=Chris |url=http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/01/23/politics/dpt-endorsement23.txt|title=Rohrabacher supports Mitt Romney for president|publisher=Daily Pilot|date=2008-01-23|access-date=2008-04-15}}</ref>

In 2011, Rohrabacher proposed the bill H.R. 787 known as the "No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2011". The bill: "Amends title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income any wages earned for services by aliens performed in the United States, and self-employment income derived from a trade or business conducted in the United States, while the alien was not authorized to be so employed or to perform a function or service in such a trade or business."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h787/show |title=H.R.787: No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2011 – U.S. Congress |publisher=OpenCongress |access-date=June 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729191127/http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h787/show |archive-date=July 29, 2013}}</ref>

In 2013, an 18-year-old student visited Rohrabacher's office to discuss immigration reform. At some point their conversation became disagreeable, and the student said the congressman yelled at her: "I hate illegals!" He also allegedly threatened to deport her family. Rohrabacher's spokesperson has disputed both statements, averring that it was actually the student who started the confrontation by yelling at the spokesperson and telling her to "butt out".<ref name="SCPR-Felde"/>

In September 2017, Rohrabacher supported the Trump administration's rescinding of the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] program, saying that those "in Congress must work to prevent such cynical loopholes from being created again by executive fiat" despite their possible empathy for the immigrants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dreamers-denied-Trump-administration-12173747.php|title=Trump ending DACA immigration program; Opponents slam 'heartless' move on Dreamers|first=Hamed|last=Aleaziz|date=September 5, 2017|publisher=sfgate.com|access-date=November 11, 2018|archive-date=November 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111133943/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dreamers-denied-Trump-administration-12173747.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

The organization [[NumbersUSA]] has given Rep. Rohrabacher an A+ rating in accordance to his stance on illegal immigration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.numberusa.com/content/my/congress/124/gradescoresheet/|title=Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Report Card – NumbersUSA – For Lower Immigration Levels|publisher=www.numbersusa.com}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===LGBT issues===
Rohrabacher has drawn controversy over his views on LGBT rights. He opposed [[same-sex marriage]] and endorsed [[2008 California Proposition 8|Proposition 8]], the ballot initiative in 2008 that would have prohibited same-sex marriage in California, during a debate at [[Orange Coast College]], stating he "would suggest not changing the definition of marriage in our society to make a small number of people feel more comfortable".<ref name=debate>{{cite news|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2008/10/21/46th-congressional-candidates-debate-global-warming-and-bailout/|title=46th congressional candidates debate global warming and bailout|newspaper=Orange County Register|access-date=2018-05-26|date=2008-10-21|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404155649/https://www.ocregister.com/2008/10/21/46th-congressional-candidates-debate-global-warming-and-bailout/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rohrabacher voted in favor of the [[Federal Marriage Amendment]] in both 2004 and 2006, a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would have defined marriage as between a man and a woman and forbade states from recognizing or legalizing same-sex marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Dana_Rohrabacher.htm|title=Dana Rohrabacher on the Issues|last=OnTheIssues.org|publisher=www.ontheissues.org|access-date=June 16, 2017|archive-date=June 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610061821/http://ontheissues.org/CA/Dana_Rohrabacher.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> After the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] issued its decision in ''[[Hollingsworth v. Perry]]'' in 2013, that legalized [[same-sex marriage in California]], Rohrabacher criticized the decision, stating that the decision was "not based on the merits of the issue but on a technicality".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/2013/06/26/voices-on-gay-marriage-rulings/|title=Voices on gay-marriage rulings|date=June 26, 2013|newspaper=Orange County Register|access-date=September 13, 2017|archive-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914034613/http://www.ocregister.com/2013/06/26/voices-on-gay-marriage-rulings/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Rohrabacher has appeared to have endorsed the idea of [[Marriage privatization|leaving marriage to religious institutions only]], stating on [[Twitter]] that churches should be solely responsible for conducting marriages but that the government should only recognize them.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=DanaRohrabacher |number=388739977871257600 |date=October 11, 2013 |title=@Diusgh @jlop117 Only so much space per tweet. Marriage should be issue 4 churches.Partnerships can be treated as contracts. Sex not issue }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=DanaRohrabacher |number=516026644528893952 |date=September 27, 2014 |title=@mustikhan time 4 Baloch to be free and back on USA time to get gov out of role of defining marriage, leave it up to churches}}</ref>

In May 2018, Rohrabacher provoked severe criticism after telling a meeting of the Orange County Association of Realtors that homeowners "should be able to make a decision not to sell their home to someone (if) they don't agree with their lifestyle." Though the statement did not explicitly refer to LGBT people, it was widely interpreted as such. LGBT groups denounced Rohrabacher for the remarks, and the [[National Association of Realtors]], which had previously donated to Rohrabacher's re-election campaigns, condemned Rohrabacher, halted all of its financial support for him and repudiated its past donations to him. After Rohrabacher's constituents unseated him in favor of [[Harley Rouda]], ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'' praised the results and condemned Rohrabacher.<ref name="Orange County Register">{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Jeff|title=Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it's OK to not sell homes to gays; loses support of Realtors|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2018/05/24/dana-rohrabacher-says-its-ok-to-not-sell-homes-to-gays-loses-support-of-realtors/|access-date=May 24, 2018|archive-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525000248/https://www.ocregister.com/2018/05/24/dana-rohrabacher-says-its-ok-to-not-sell-homes-to-gays-loses-support-of-realtors/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/11/10/homophobe-dana-rohrabacher-loses-congressional-seat-harley-rouda|title=Homophobe Dana Rohrabacher Loses Congressional Seat to Harley Rouda|date=10 November 2018|publisher=The Advocate|access-date=3 January 2019|archive-date=November 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111101722/https://www.advocate.com/politics/2018/11/10/homophobe-dana-rohrabacher-loses-congressional-seat-harley-rouda|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite criticism from the LGBT community later in his career, early in his political career, Rohrabacher supported a proposal by gays to move to a rural California county and take leadership roles. Rohrabacher's "California Libertarian Alliance endorsed the project. 'Your main resources are the freedom you offer plus the environment you are locating in,' Dana Rohrabacher, one of the libertarian group’s founders and later speechwriter to then-President Reagan, wrote in a letter to GLF. 'The economic goods are perfect for some kind of a combination ski gambling resort.'" <ref name="Medium: Truly Adventurous">{{cite news|last1=Algeo|first1=Matthew|title=Gaytopia:Fed up with the horrific discrimination and violence against his community, Don Jackson had a plan: turn a remote spot in Northern California into the world's first gay-majority county. Their ultimate obstacle would come from the least expected enemy.|url=https://medium.com/truly-adventurous/gaytopia-9d297f8d0d61/|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127142520/https://medium.com/truly-adventurous/gaytopia-9d297f8d0d61|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cannabis===
[[File:Steve kuykendall-Dana Rohrabacher.jpg|thumb|Dana Rohrabacher (right) with [[Steven T. Kuykendall]]]]
Rohrabacher supported the legalization of [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] for both [[Medical cannabis in the United States|medical]] and [[Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|recreational]] purposes. He spoke against the policy of cannabis prohibition as early as May 2013, calling it a "colossal failure" in an op-ed penned for the ''[[Orange County Register]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rohrabacher|first1=Dana|title=The colossal failure of marijuana prohibition|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/marijuana-508206-federal-prohibition.html|access-date=January 22, 2017|work=Orange County Register|date=May 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607142718/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/marijuana-508206-federal-prohibition.html|archive-date=June 7, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> He further outlined his views in a May 2014 op-ed in ''[[National Review]]'', arguing that the prohibition of cannabis has incurred a number of undesirable costs upon free society, such as an increase in gang violence, soaring incarceration rates, unconstitutional seizure of private property through [[Civil forfeiture in the United States|civil forfeiture]], corruption and [[militarization of police]] forces, and negative impacts on minority communities and relationships with [[Latin-American]] countries.<ref name="NR oped">{{cite news|last1=Rohrabacher|first1=Dana|title=Let States Decide on Pot|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/379018/let-states-decide-pot-dana-rohrabacher|access-date=November 16, 2016|work=National Review|date=May 29, 2014|archive-date=November 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117063825/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/379018/let-states-decide-pot-dana-rohrabacher|url-status=live}}</ref> Rohrabacher has called on fellow Republicans to reconsider their stance towards cannabis, citing core [[Conservatism|conservative]] principles such as limited government, individual liberty, respect for the [[Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Tenth Amendment]], and respect for the [[doctor–patient relationship]] that Rohrabacher says lend support to loosening current laws.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Davis|first1=Aaron C.|title=GOP congressman: Republicans should embrace marijuana legalization|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/gop-congressman-republicans-should-embrace-marijuana-legalization/2014/11/14/49e20ad8-6b77-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html|access-date=November 16, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117144405/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/gop-congressman-republicans-should-embrace-marijuana-legalization/2014/11/14/49e20ad8-6b77-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html |archive-date=November 17, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also notes conservative leaders such as [[Milton Friedman]], [[William F. Buckley]], and [[Grover Norquist]] that have espoused similar drug policy views.<ref>{{cite press release|date=May 13, 2014|title=Rep. Rohrabacher: Get The Feds Off Marijuana Meds Enforcement|url=https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-rohrabacher-get-the-feds-off-marijuana-meds-enforcement|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109065345/https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-rohrabacher-get-the-feds-off-marijuana-meds-enforcement |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2016, Rohrabacher announced his endorsement of California's Proposition 64, the [[Adult Use of Marijuana Act]].<ref>{{cite news|title=California's Adult Use Of Marijuana Act Endorsed By Longtime Congressman Dana Rohrabacher|url=http://www.yeson64.org/news/press-releases/californias-adult-use-of-marijuana-act-endorsed-by-longtime-congressman-dana-rohrabacher|access-date=November 16, 2016|publisher=Yes on 64|date=April 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116164542/http://www.yeson64.org/news/press-releases/californias-adult-use-of-marijuana-act-endorsed-by-longtime-congressman-dana-rohrabacher |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rohrabacher is a strong proponent of [[states' rights]] when it comes to cannabis policy. He has introduced the [[Rohrabacher–Farr amendment]] for a number of years beginning in 2003, to prohibit the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] from spending funds to interfere with the implementation of state medical cannabis laws.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sullum|first1=Jacob|title=The Federal Ban on Medical Marijuana Was Not Lifted|url=http://reason.com/archives/2016/01/04/the-federal-ban-on-medical-marijuana-was|access-date=November 16, 2016|work=Reason|date=January 4, 2016|archive-date=November 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129110302/http://reason.com/archives/2016/01/04/the-federal-ban-on-medical-marijuana-was|url-status=live}}</ref> The amendment passed the House for the first time in May 2014,<ref>{{cite press release|date=October 26, 2016|title=Rohrabacher Urges Continuation of Medical Marijuana Amendment|url=https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-urges-continuation-of-medical-marijuana-amendment|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129210038/https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-urges-continuation-of-medical-marijuana-amendment |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> becoming law in December 2014 as part of an [[omnibus spending bill]].<ref>{{cite press release|date=December 16, 2014|title=Rohrabacher, Farr Hail Medical Marijuana Amendment in Funding Bill|url=https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-farr-hail-medical-marijuana-amendment-in-funding-bill|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209021923/https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-farr-hail-medical-marijuana-amendment-in-funding-bill |archive-date=December 9, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|date=June 4, 2015|title=Rohrabacher Hails Passage of Medical Marijuana Amendment|url=https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-hails-passage-of-medical-marijuana-amendment|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109031557/https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-hails-passage-of-medical-marijuana-amendment |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Additional legislation that Rohrabacher has introduced includes the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act<ref>{{cite press release|date=April 12, 2013|title=Rep. Rohrabacher Introduces Bipartisan "Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2013"|url=https://rohrabacher.house.gov/press-release/rep-rohrabacher-introduces-bipartisan-respect-state-marijuana-laws-act-2013|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109101652/https://rohrabacher.house.gov/press-release/rep-rohrabacher-introduces-bipartisan-respect-state-marijuana-laws-act-2013 |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Veterans Equal Access Act.<ref>{{cite press release|date=November 21, 2014|title=Rohrabacher: Allow VA Doctors to Prescribe Medical Marijuana|url=https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-allow-va-doctors-to-prescribe-medical-marijuana|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109032258/https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-allow-va-doctors-to-prescribe-medical-marijuana |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Rohrabacher has called on the [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]] / [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] to remove cannabis from the list of [[Controlled Substances Act#Schedule I controlled substances|Schedule I drugs]].<ref>{{cite press release|date=August 11, 2016|title=Rohrabacher Condemns DEA Refusal to Reschedule Medical Marijuana|url=https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-condemns-dea-refusal-to-reschedule-medical-marijuana|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108204225/https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-condemns-dea-refusal-to-reschedule-medical-marijuana |archive-date=November 8, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|date=January 22, 2015|title=Rohrabacher praises Holder on seizures, urges removal of pot from Schedule I|url=https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-praises-holder-on-seizures-urges-removal-of-pot-from|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109030251/https://rohrabacher.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rohrabacher-praises-holder-on-seizures-urges-removal-of-pot-from |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2017, Rohrabacher co-founded the [[Congressional Cannabis Caucus]] – along with Reps. [[Don Young]] (R–AK), [[Jared Polis]] (D–CO), and [[Earl Blumenauer]] (D–OR) – to help advance policy change regarding cannabis at the federal level.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Margolin|first1=Madison|title=Cannabis Now Has Its Own Congressional Caucus|url=https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/cannabis-now-congressional-caucus|access-date=June 5, 2017|publisher=Leafly|date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226094628/https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/cannabis-now-congressional-caucus|archive-date=February 26, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Patent reform===
Rohrabacher was an opponent of the [[America Invents Act]], a bill that is attempting to change the current Patent System. Rohrabacher opposes changing from a "first to invent system" to a "first to file system" saying it "hurts the little guy". Rohrabacher commented: "Make no mistake, 'first to file' weakens patent protection. It is likely to make vulnerable individual and small inventors, who don't have an army of lawyers on retainer. These 'little guys' have been the lifeblood of American progress and competitiveness for more than 200 years. Our system was designed to protect individual rights, and it has worked for all – not just the corporate elite." Rohrabacher went on to comment in a ''[[Politico]]'' op-ed: "We're told this is necessary to harmonize with Japanese and European patent law. But those systems were established by elitists and economic shoguns interested in corporate power, not individual rights."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53564.html|title=Opinion: Patent reform hurts 'little guy' – Rep. Dana Rohrabacher|author=Dana Rohrabacher|work=Politico|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=October 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020172001/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53564.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Space===
Rohrabacher was chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics from 1997 to January 2005<ref name=biography>{{cite web |title=Biography – Past Accomplishments |publisher=Rohrabacher Congressional Webpage |url=http://rohrabacher.house.gov/Biography/ |access-date=2008-06-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625212356/http://rohrabacher.house.gov/Biography/ |archive-date=2008-06-25}}</ref> and has been active on space-related issues. In 2000, [[Space.com]] described Rohrabacher as "a strident advocate for supremacy in space, a philosophy shaped along a winding road from [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] activist to White House speech writer in the Reagan administration". In 2007, Rohrabacher introduced a bill that would direct NASA to develop a strategy "for deflecting and mitigating potentially hazardous near-Earth objects".<ref>{{cite news |last=Stein |first=Jeff |title=The End Might Be Nearer Than You Think |publisher=CQ Politics |date=2008-05-16 |url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=hsnews-000002877953 |access-date=2008-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521112020/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=hsnews-000002877953 |archive-date=2008-05-21 }}</ref> Rohrabacher has applauded the [[Apollo]] astronauts, calling them unofficial ambassadors. Rohrabacher stated "I applaud their efforts and accomplishments over the past fifty years. And I encourage all Americans to join with me in thanking them for their accomplishments and for the international role they have played in serving as unofficial Ambassadors to the world on our behalf."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rohrabacher.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=243037|title=Rohrabacher Congressional Webpage|access-date=2017-08-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602051627/http://rohrabacher.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=243037|archive-date=2011-06-02}}</ref>

On July 18, 2017, Rohrabacher asked a panel of space experts testifying before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology if civilizations could have existed on Mars in the past. Kenneth Farley, a project scientist on NASA's Mars Rover 2020 Project, said: "I would say that is extremely unlikely."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/07/19/nasa-wanted-to-talk-about-science-a-congressman-wanted-to-ask-about-martian-civilizations/|title=NASA wanted to talk about science. A congressman wanted to ask about Martian civilizations.|last=Selk|first=Avi|date=2017-07-19|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-08-14|archive-date=August 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811060655/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/07/19/nasa-wanted-to-talk-about-science-a-congressman-wanted-to-ask-about-martian-civilizations/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Tax reform===
Rohrabacher voted against the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]]. Despite efforts made by Republicans to change the bill to be more generous regarding cap deductions on new [[home mortgage]]s, Rohrabacher remained staunch at voting nay on the bill, as the more than half of the new mortgages in his district are above the $750,000 cap.<ref name="LynchRD1220">{{cite web|last1=Lynch|first1=Dennis|title=How the new tax bill could negatively affect LA homebuyers|url=https://therealdeal.com/la/2017/12/20/how-the-new-tax-bill-could-negatively-affect-la-homebuyers/|publisher=The Real Deal Los Angeles|access-date=December 20, 2017|date=December 20, 2017|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222050902/https://therealdeal.com/la/2017/12/20/how-the-new-tax-bill-could-negatively-affect-la-homebuyers/|url-status=live}}</ref> He stated on his [[Facebook]] page that "Due to the pressure of several members like me, the bill was improved, but not enough for my constituents."<ref name="Wisckol">{{cite news|last1=Wisckol|first1=Martin|title=All but two area Republicans vote for tax reform|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/19/all-but-two-area-republicans-vote-for-tax-reform/|newspaper=Orange County Register|access-date=December 20, 2017|date=December 20, 2017|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222042701/https://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/19/all-but-two-area-republicans-vote-for-tax-reform/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2020 presidential election===
{{See also|Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election}}
After leaving office, Rohrabacher participated in "[[Stop the Steal]]" rallies in support of Donald Trump. On January 6, 2021, Rohrabacher was filmed breaching a [[United States Capitol Police]] barricade during the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]], although he was not charged with an offense.<ref name=2021Capitol>{{cite news |last=Staggs |first=Brooke |date=June 14, 2021 |title=Dana Rohrabacher breached Capitol police barricades on Jan. 6 |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2021/06/14/dana-rohrabacher-breached-capitol-police-barricades-on-jan-6/ |work=[[Orange County Register]] |access-date=June 15, 2021 |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625145646/https://www.ocregister.com/2021/06/14/dana-rohrabacher-breached-capitol-police-barricades-on-jan-6/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>