The national economy is reeling during the #COVID19 pandemic, but MI Republicans have made the 2020 election play that they can blame everything on @GovWhitmer and people will forget Donald Trump is president. It's a bad bet. Me in the @MichiganAdvance michiganadvance.com/2020/08/01/sus…
You can't separate what's going on in DC from Michigan. Republicans in Washington left town without a fiscal deal, leaving millions of unemployed Americans and state governments in the lurch (yes, many red states are in worse shape than we are). michiganadvance.com/2020/08/01/sus…
Nationally, the picture is grim: COVID-19 deaths have soared past 150,000 and the nation’s gross domestic product plummeted by a jaw-dropping 33% last quarter. michiganadvance.com/2020/08/01/sus…
But Michigan Republicans want you to buy our issues are all Whitmer's fault. “Michigan shut down more sectors of business than most states. There were bound to be severe budgetary consequences,” state Rep. Julie Calley (R-Portland) declared. michiganadvance.com/2020/08/01/sus…
Now studies have shown that Whitmer’s strict stay-home order likely saved tens of thousands of lives during the pandemic. Dr. Fauci said #COVID19 is worse in the U.S. than Europe because state shutdown orders didn’t go far enough and ended too soon. michiganadvance.com/2020/08/01/sus…
While Republicans are constantly attacking Whitmer on #COVID19, she's actually one five governors whose approval ratings have increased since late April (when the gun-toting, right-wing protests against her began). michiganadvance.com/2020/08/01/sus…
Business lobbyists and Republicans have long made the deadly calculation that you can separate public health from economic health. But the economy in Michigan, America and the the world will never get back on track until we are able to contain the virus. michiganadvance.com/2020/08/01/sus…
So as we tackle our budget crisis, here’s what Republicans are hoping you don’t remember. Before he left office in 2019, GOP Gov. Rick Snyder signed a $1.3 billion pork-slathered Republican spending bill that sapped $500 million from state coffers. michiganadvance.com/2020/08/01/sus…
The plan Snyder signed was jammed with more than $100M for lawmakers’ pet projects, including $10M for a ski jump in the Upper Peninsula and a $10M grant benefiting former Michigan Republican Party Chair Bobby Schostak.
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We could have used some of that money during this pandemic recession, don't you think? Republicans keep gambling that voters will blame Whitmer for all of this and Trump will win, but that's really looking like a sucker's bet. michiganadvance.com/2020/08/01/sus…
