Former President Donald Trump blasted Michigan Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gretchen-whitmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gretchen Whitmer</a> on Wednesday for paying people to take illegal aliens into their homes.
&#8220;In Michigan, radical left Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer is handing out $500 a month in cash to anyone who accepts illegal aliens into your homes,&#8221; Trump said in a video posted on social media. &#8220;Isn&#8217;t that nice? She&#8217;s calling this scam the &#8216;Newcomer Rental Subsidy.&#8217; In other words, she&#8217;s calling illegal immigrants, many coming from jails, many coming from mental institutions, many are terrorists — she&#8217;s calling them &#8216;newcomers.'&#8221;
&#8220;And it&#8217;s all funded by federal taxpayer dollars distributed by crooked Joe Biden. He&#8217;s the most crooked president we&#8217;ve ever had and he&#8217;s by far the worst president we&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;In other words, Biden and Whitmer are selecting and stealing your money to give free housing to illegal alien migrants and then asking you to quarter these foreign armies in — that&#8217;s what they are, they&#8217;re armies, they&#8217;re coming in at levels that we&#8217;ve never seen ever in our country before — but quarter these foreign armies in the spare bedroom that you happen to have next to your children.&#8221;
Trump said that it was a terrible idea for people to let unvetted illegal aliens stay in their homes.
&#8220;Biden, Whitmer, and the radical Left Democrats care more about illegal aliens than about American citizens or our military, our vets, they care much more about illegal aliens,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Thanks to their inflation disaster, you can&#8217;t afford to buy a house, you can&#8217;t afford the increase in rent — yet they&#8217;re taking your money and giving it to so called &#8216;newcomers,&#8217; it&#8217;s such a nice name, who illegally charged across our border.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a scandal and this is a disgusting insult to hardworking American taxpayers,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I will end it on day one. And when I take the oath of office, America is going to be strong, powerful, and rich again. When I&#8217;m president, instead of asking you to cram illegal aliens into your homes, I&#8217;ll tell the illegal aliens that they must not come into our country. They have to go back to their homes in their countries.&#8221;
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He said that if he is re-elected, the U.S. will have &#8220;the largest and most efficient deportation effort in the history of our country &#8212; bigger than that of Dwight Eisenhower, a president from a long time ago.&#8221;
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Former President Trump Holds Super Tuesday Election Night Event At Mar-A-Lago

Trump Blasts Governor Whitmer For Paying People To Take Illegal Aliens Into Homes: ‘A Disgusting Insult’

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Gretchen Whitmer

Illegal Immigration

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Michigan

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Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer slammed former President Donald Trump after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-state-is-now-a-border-state-trump-visits-michigan-to-address-illegal-immigrants-alleged-murder-of-25-year-old-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">visited</a> her state on Tuesday to address the murder of 25-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/once-deported-illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-25-year-old-michigan-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ruby Garcia</a>, who was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant.
Whitmer appeared on <a href="https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/the-source-with-kaitlan-collins/episodes/7d9f7e52-f162-11ee-8d4d-b38a0f638880" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> with host Kaitlan Collins Tuesday night to discuss a range of issues, including Trump&#8217;s comments on illegal immigration. The former president spoke at a campaign event with law enforcement in Grand Rapids on Tuesday afternoon, where he warned that the ongoing border crisis under President Joe Biden has turned &#8220;every state&#8221; into &#8220;a border state.&#8221;
&#8220;The former president was in Grand Rapids today, and he was capitalizing on a horrible tragedy that happened here,&#8221; Whitmer said. &#8220;There is a family that is grieving the loss of Ruby Garcia, and she was a real person with a real story. And it&#8217;s a horrible story that happened.&#8221;
&#8220;All of that being said, [Trump] came in to perpetrate the continued storyline that he had done everything to keep us safe, which is boloney,&#8221; Whitmer continued. &#8220;We know that under the Trump administration, he actually called me, the governor of Michigan, to ask that we send the National Guard to help with surveillance on the southern border, and we helped him out because he couldn&#8217;t get it done.&#8221;
The Michigan governor also blamed Trump for Congress failing to pass legislation containing certain border and immigration reforms, which Biden had requested be signed into law before he took further action to address the border.
&#8220;He&#8217;s also the reason that the negotiation in Washington, D.C., didn&#8217;t come to fruition. He torpedoed a deal that would&#8217;ve had the strongest border security in decades in this country that President Biden put on the table. He told Republicans to walk away and they did,&#8221; Whitmer said.
Trump had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-brands-bipartisan-border-deal-the-stupid-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">branded</a> the border legislation the &#8220;Stupid Bill&#8221; and said Republicans shouldn&#8217;t vote for it &#8220;unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut down the INVASION of Millions &amp; Millions of people, many from parts unknown, into our once great, but soon to be great again, Country!” GOP leaders in the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-shoot-down-senate-border-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opposed</a> the bill, arguing that &#8220;it fails in every policy area needed to secure our border and would actually incentivize more illegal immigration.&#8221;
During his Tuesday speech in Michigan, Trump called Whitmer &#8220;a terrible governor,&#8221; who along with Biden, is &#8220;stealing your money to give free housing to illegals and then asking you to quarter these people.&#8221;
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Whitmer responded to Trump&#8217;s criticism, telling Collins that &#8220;those talking points don&#8217;t matter a whole lot to people every day.&#8221;
&#8220;Michiganders are hardworking people. They want leaders who see what they&#8217;re struggling with and work to solve those problems, and that&#8217;s exactly what I will continue to stay focused on, and I know that&#8217;s what President Biden will continue to stay focused on,&#8221; she added.
Republican leaders in Michigan have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-republicans-sound-alarm-on-state-program-potentially-giving-illegal-immigrants-up-to-500-per-month-in-rental-assistance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised concerns</a> about a new &#8220;Michigan Newcomer Rental Subsidy Program&#8221; established by the Whitmer administration that hands out up to $500 a month to refugees and migrants. The GOP lawmakers said the program could be helping people who entered the country illegally pay for housing in the state.
“Gretchen Whitmer’s rent subsidy program makes handouts available to illegals who were caught in the country and then frantically claimed asylum to avoid deportation,” Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall told The Daily Wire last week. “The Whitmer administration must come clean about this dubious program to the taxpayers who are paying for it. Michiganders shouldn’t have their dollars taken to reward those who broke our immigration laws.”

Gretchen Whitmer Lashes Out At Trump Following His Michigan Visit Focused On Illegal Immigration

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Republican leaders in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> are raising concerns about a new program established by Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration that hands out up to $500 a month to refugees and migrants, whom many on the Left are now calling “newcomers.” The GOP lawmakers said the program could be helping people who entered the country illegally pay for housing in the state.
The “<a href="https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/-/media/Project/Websites/ogm/Newcomer-Rental-Subsidy/Newcomer-Rental-Subsidy-NRS-Program-Summary.pdf?rev=47a14095789744b592698549c0afa19f&amp;hash=152E8DB0EDCEBAD84D80166173CF668A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan Newcomer Rental Subsidy Program</a>” was launched last year by the Office of Global Michigan (OGM), which is partnering with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). The program’s <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/services/newcomer-rental-subsidy?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> says it offers assistance to refugees asylees, Special Immigration Visa (SIV), victims of human trafficking, Cuban and Haitian entrants, Afghan Nationals, and Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees.
Republican state leaders say that illegal immigrants facing deportation proceedings could potentially benefit from the program. Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall and state Rep. Joe Aragona, the Republican vice chair of the Housing Subcommittee, wrote a letter to OGM Director Poppy Sias-Hernandez earlier this week, requesting more information on what the housing subsidy program entails and who is receiving the state funds.
“Gretchen Whitmer’s rent subsidy program makes handouts available to illegals who were caught in the country and then frantically claimed asylum to avoid deportation,” Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall said in a statement to The Daily Wire. “The Whitmer administration must come clean about this dubious program to the taxpayers who are paying for it. Michiganders shouldn’t have their dollars taken to reward those who broke our immigration laws.”
The Daily Wire has reached out to Whitmer’s office for comment.
Migrants who cross the border illegally are often considered “asylum seekers” after filing <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum/obtaining-asylum-in-the-united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defensive claims</a> upon entering the U.S. In fiscal year 2023 alone, over 474,000 defensive claims were <a href="https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1344871/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a>, and there are currently over one million claims pending, according to the Justice Department.
The Michigan Republicans’ concerns about the rental subsidy program were heightened when an illegal immigrant, who had been deported in 2020, re-entered the country and was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/once-deported-illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-25-year-old-michigan-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> earlier this week for allegedly murdering a 25-year-old woman in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed in a statement to The Daily Wire on Tuesday that Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, re-entered the U.S. unlawfully “at an unknown date … without inspection by an immigration official.” He was arrested after Ruby Garcia was found dead last Friday on the side of a road from apparent gunshot wounds.
To qualify for rental assistance, applicants must be at or below 60% of Area Median Income, receive federal assistance, and be “experiencing housing instability,” according to <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/services/newcomer-rental-subsidy?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OGM</a>. Those accepted into the program can receive monthly help with housing, ranging from $300 for an individual up to $500 for a family of six or more.
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MSHDA says those receiving assistance must show all available documentation of “earned and unearned income for household members that live in the same household that are age 18 or older.” Income can still be verified, however, as long as the enrollee submits a written explanation of why there is no documentation, such as being paid in cash.
House Republican Leader Hall told The Daily Wire that the program could benefit &#8220;those who broke into our borders.”
“Americans watch with horror as Democrats respond with carelessness to our border crisis — a humanitarian disaster that resulted in a murder right here in Michigan,” Hall said. “Joe Biden refuses to secure the border and faithfully execute our laws. Gretchen Whitmer is offering taxpayer-funded benefits to those who broke into our borders. Sanctuary cities and counties shield illegals from immigration officials. These politicians must stop aiding and abetting illegal aliens and get serious about securing our border and keeping people safe.”

Michigan Republicans Sound Alarm On State Program Potentially Giving Illegal Immigrants Up To $500 Per Month In Rental Assistance

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Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer said she expects many voters to check the “uncommitted” box in her party’s presidential primary on Tuesday.
Whitmer appeared on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/gov-whitmer-anticipates-a-sizable-number-of-uncommitted-votes-in-mi-primary-205013061539?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_mj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”</a> as Michigan voters headed to the polls to select their preference for the Democratic presidential nominee. While President Joe Biden is expected to be the clear winner over Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) in the Democratic contest, his numbers will likely be hampered as the state’s large Muslim population has expressed frustration with Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. Michigan is home to around 200,000 Muslim voters, a demographic that largely <a href="https://apnews.com/article/votecast-trump-wins-white-evangelicals-d0cb249ea7eae29187a21a702dc84706" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supports Democrats</a>.
The Michigan governor, who is also a co-chair of the Biden-Harris re-election campaign, began her segment by emphasizing the importance of the swing state’s diverse voter base, adding that the 2024 election would be close in Michigan.
“Today, I anticipate that we will see a sizable number of people vote uncommitted,” Whitmer said. “As we know, our huge Arab, Palestinian, and Muslim communities are going to voice some of their opinions with regard to how we’re handling what’s happening over in Gaza and Israel.”
“We also have a robust Jewish community here, and these are two very important communities that have lived in harmony in this state for decades,” she added. “And there’s a lot of people who are hurting.”
Earlier this month, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) — a Muslim who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-house-votes-to-censure-democrat-rashida-tlaib-for-supporting-genocide-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">censured</a> by the U.S. House for her anti-Semitic comments — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tlaib-calls-for-protest-vote-against-biden-over-israel-hamas-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for her constituents to “vote uncommitted” as a way to protest Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war.
“We don’t want a country that supports wars and bombs and destruction. We want to support life. We want to stand up for every single life killed in Gaza,” Tlaib said.
“This is the way you can raise our voices, to make us even more visible,” she added later. “Right now, we feel completely neglected and just unseen by our government. If you want us to be louder, then come here and vote uncommitted.”
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Whitmer’s admission that she expects Muslim voters to heed Tlaib&#8217;s call comes after the governor encouraged Democrats in Michigan to back the president, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/27/biden-faces-anger-from-key-arab-american-voters-in-michigan-primary-.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arguing</a> that “any vote that’s not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term.”
Trump currently leads the president in polling in the swing state by five points, according to the RealClearPolitics <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/michigan/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling average.</a> Biden <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-michigan.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took Michigan</a> in 2020, coming in 154,000 votes ahead of Trump, who <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won</a> the state over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by just over 10,000 votes in 2016.

Gretchen Whitmer Expects Large Number Of ‘Uncommitted’ Votes In Dem Primary After Urging Voters To Back Biden

Gretchen Whitmer Expects Large Number Of 'Uncommitted' Votes In Dem Primary After Urging Voters To Back Biden

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2024 Primaries

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Muslims

Rashida Tlaib

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said during an interview over the weekend that Democrats in her state who do not support President Joe Biden are inadvertently supporting former President Donald Trump.
Whitmer made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Dana Bash on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; while discussing the state of the 2024 presidential race inside of Michigan.
&#8220;One of the tests of what is going to happen in November could come in this primary on Tuesday,&#8221; Bash said. &#8220;And the question is, how deep Democratic divisions are over a lot of issues, the biggest of which I think in your state is the war in Gaza. Some of the leaders, very vocal, respected leaders inside your state, Rashida Tlaib is one of them, they&#8217;re pushing Democrats to vote uncommitted on Tuesday, instead of voting for President Biden, in order to send a message and to protest what the president is doing. This is a real serious campaign by people like Rashida Tlaib and others.&#8221;
&#8220;How many uncommitted votes do you think we&#8217;re going to see on Tuesday?&#8221; Whitmer asked. &#8220;How worried are you?&#8221;
Whitmer responded: &#8220;Well, I&#8217;m not sure what we&#8217;re going to see on Tuesday, to tell you the truth. I can tell you this, that Michigan has been so fortunate to be the home of a robust Arab, Muslim, Palestinian community and a robust Jewish community. We have lived in harmony as neighbors for decades. And there&#8217;s a lot of pain all across all of these communities because of what&#8217;s happening halfway around the world.&#8221;
&#8220;I know that we have got this primary, and we will see differences of opinion. I just want to make the case, though, that it&#8217;s important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote that&#8217;s not cast for Joe Biden supports a second Trump term. A second Trump term would be devastating, not just on fundamental rights, not just on our democracy here at home, but also when it comes to foreign policy,&#8221; she continued.
&#8220;This was a man who promoted a Muslim ban. This is, I think, a very high-stakes moment. I am encouraging people to cast an affirmative vote for President Biden. I understand the pain that people are feeling. And I will continue to work to build bridges with folks in all of these communities, because they&#8217;re all important to me, they&#8217;re all important to Michigan, and I know they&#8217;re all important to President Biden as well.&#8221;
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President of Latvia Egils Levits Hosts Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer

Gretchen Whitmer: Michigan Democrats Who Don’t Vote Biden Are Helping Trump

Governor Gretchen Whitmer said during an interview over the weekend that despite what polling may show right now, this fall&#8217;s upcoming presidential election will be &#8220;close&#8221; in the state.
Whitmer made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; when pressed about President Joe Biden&#8217;s weakness in polling numbers.
&#8220;I think everyone should always focus on Michigan,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s always going to be close in this state. Even though we did something that hadn&#8217;t been done in 40 years by flipping the House and the Senate and all Democratic controlled at the moment. It&#8217;s- the work is never done. You cannot make any assumptions about what the next election is going to bring, based on the last one in a state like this. You got to show up. You got to do the work and show people that you really care about them.&#8221;
Whitmer said that her state was a purple state and that it was &#8220;absolutely&#8221; up for grabs in 2024.
Brennan then pressed Whitmer about polling that showed that voters overwhelmingly believe that former President Donald Trump would be better for the U.S. economy than Biden.
Whitmer said that she believes that there are several indicators that the U.S. economy is moving the right direction but acknowledged that the cost of living was still way too high and that not enough young people are able to buy homes.
Whitmer criticized Biden for the crisis on the U.S. southern border, saying that it&#8217;s &#8220;an emergency and it&#8217;s not been working for a long, long time.&#8221;
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Gretchen Whitmer: Presidential Race Is ‘Going To Be Close’ In Michigan

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Michigan state government agencies must move to 100% “zero-emission” vehicles (ZEVs) by 2040, per an executive order signed by Democratic Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gretchen-whitmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gretchen Whitmer</a> on Tuesday.
Whitmer’s order requires state agencies to shift the state government’s fleet of around <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/dtmb/Law-and-Policies/Legislative-Reports/FY2021/2021_Fleet_Plan.pdf?rev=f9a5c6589b5e492f8f92af8ea6eb3150" target="_blank" rel="noopener">9,000 vehicles</a> to electric beginning with light-duty cars by 2033 and moving on to medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2040. The governor’s directive came just a week after she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gretchen-whitmer-signs-one-of-the-nations-most-extreme-green-energy-mandates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> one of the most extreme green energy bills in the nation, requiring utility providers to transition to completely carbon-free energy generation by the end of the next decade.
“Michigan is on the cutting-edge of mobility and electrification,” Whitmer’s executive directive <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MIEOG/2023/12/05/file_attachments/2706506/ED%202023-5%20%28signed%29.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>. “Our world-leading auto industry is making the switch to electric, and we continue to attract battery, semiconductor, and clean energy investments from other states and nations. We must usher the future of mobility and clean energy into Michigan by winning projects and leading by example in state government.”
“Getting this done will help drive demand of Michigan-made electric vehicles, lower gas and maintenance costs for the state since ZEVs cost far less to fuel and maintain and reduce air and noise pollution in our communities,” Whitmer added in a <a href="https://michiganadvance.com/blog/whitmer-signs-directive-transitioning-the-states-fleet-to-zero-emission-vehicles-by-2040/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
The executive order was short on details about the cost of transitioning the entire state government’s fleet of vehicles to electric. A 2021 <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/dtmb/Law-and-Policies/Legislative-Reports/FY2021/2021_Fleet_Plan.pdf?rev=f9a5c6589b5e492f8f92af8ea6eb3150" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget stated that the Michigan government has 8,788 on-road vehicles, which include dozens of buses and semi-trucks. Among the state agencies included in Whitmer’s directive is the Michigan State Police, which uses hundreds of coupes and sedans and over 1,000 SUVs for law enforcement.
State agencies can request exemptions from the directive for certain vehicles, but must “offer alternative emission reduction options including hybrids,” according to Whitmer’s press release.
Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall slammed Whitmer&#8217;s EV directive, telling The Daily Wire that the Democrats&#8217; EV and green energy push is hurting the automotive industry and hard-working Michiganders.
“Joe Biden and Gretchen Whitmer’s green energy schemes are accelerating the decline of Michigan’s automotive manufacturing industry, and the governor’s decision to replace all of Michigan’s state fleet with electric vehicles is just the latest step on this destructive path,&#8221; Hall said. &#8220;Michigan families have determined that EVs are too expensive and unreliable for them, which is why these vehicles are just sitting on car lots around the state.&#8221;
Whitmer said the switch to EVs will help Michigan car manufacturers that are rapidly moving to EV production as the Biden administration pushes American car companies and consumers to get on board with its <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/17/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-private-and-public-sector-investments-for-affordable-electric-vehicles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> to have “50 percent of all new vehicle sales be electric by 2030.” Of the nearly 9,000 vehicles operated by Michigan state government agencies, only three are electric, according to Whitmer’s communications director Bobby Leddy, The Detroit News <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/12/05/gov-whitmer-directs-state-govt-vehicle-fleet-to-go-electric/71813588007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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The governor’s executive directive is on par with her push for Michigan car manufacturers to embrace EVs as the future of transportation. In February, Whitmer <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/michigan-won-2500-jobs-3-billion-investment-from-ford-facility-in-marshall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> plans for an EV battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, saying it is “expected to create 2,500 good-paying jobs” while helping “support Ford’s goal of producing two million electric vehicles annually by 2026.”
That plan, however, came to a screeching halt in September when Ford <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2023/09/25/ford-motor-company-electric-vehicle-battery-plant-marshall-pausing/70963467007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paused</a> the construction of the Marshall battery plant. Now, Ford says it&#8217;s <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2023/11/21/ford-marshall-electric-vehicle-battery-plant-reduce-plans-jobs/71664207007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scaling back</a> its commitment to the Marshall plant, cutting 800 jobs and over $1 billion.
Ford, one of Michigan’s “big three” car manufacturers, recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ford-gets-9-2-billion-loan-from-biden-admin-for-ev-battery-factories-biggest-check-since-2009-bailouts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> a $9.2 billion loan from the Biden administration intended to help construct three electric vehicle battery plants — none of which are in Michigan — after the motor company projected the EV push would cost it $3 billion in 2023. That projection was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ford-loses-billions-on-electric-cars-embraces-hybrids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bumped up</a> to $4.5 billion in losses over EVs a few months later, meaning Ford lost around $32,000 for every EV it sold during the second quarter of 2023.
“Democrats’ artificially accelerated shift to EVs will eliminate Michigan jobs at existing factories,&#8221; Hall told The Daily Wire. &#8220;And their mandates for unreliable green energy will lead to higher electricity prices on manufacturers — imposing additional costs on Michigan’s automotive industry that will kill more Michigan jobs and move more manufacturing overseas.”

Whitmer Orders All State Government Vehicles To Be 100% Electric Days After Signing Extreme Green Energy Bill

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer <a href="https://www.wnem.com/2023/11/28/watch-live-whitmer-signs-michigan-jobs-michigan-energy-bill-package/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> Democrat-proposed energy bills Tuesday, giving the state some of the most rigid energy mandates in the nation.
The Democrats’ green energy plan — a package of three bills passed along party lines — requires utility providers to transition to completely carbon-free energy generation by the end of the next decade, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/michigan-democrats-clean-energy-301c639cc089fca26a746ad2f4baff3d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The mandate, which is even more fast-tracked than the green energy bill passed in <a href="https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/topics/renewable-energy/clean-energy-serving-california#:~:text=Senate%20Bill%20100%20(2018)%20set,zero%20carbon%20energy%20by%202045.">California</a>, will force utility companies to generate half of their energy through renewable sources by 2030, 60% by 2035, and 100% by 2040.
“With passage of these game-changing bills, Michigan will become a national leader on clean energy,” Whitmer said in a <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2023/11/08/governor-whitmer-statement-on-passage-of-clean-energy-legislation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> earlier this month. “These bills will help us make more clean, reliable energy right here in Michigan, creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, and lowering utility costs for every Michigander by an average of $145 a year.”
Still, some far-Left environmental activists were not completely happy with the legislation, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/whitmer-signs-clean-energy-package-make-michigan-carbon-free-2040-rcna126977" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticizing</a> the mandate for allowing utility providers to use carbon capture technology and saying that it fails to “adequately reduce greenhouse gas emissions while bringing more pollution to Black, Brown, Indigenous and poor communities.”
Republicans in the state House and Senate on the other hand said the mandate would effectively ban natural gas and take control of hundreds of thousands of acres of land for renewable energy.
Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt told The Daily Wire in a phone interview that Michigan&#8217;s power outage problem, which is already <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/09/05/michigan-power-outage-rates-double-the-national-average" target="_blank" rel="noopener">double</a> the national rate, would only get worse thanks to the Democrats&#8217; bill.
“This does nothing to correct the issues on the distribution system. All this does is increases the likelihood of power outages and decreases reliability,” said Nesbitt.
Nesbitt added that the law will also “industrialize” Michigan farmland, meaning that the law&#8217;s land requirement for renewable energy will “preempt” residents from having any say in how local land is used.
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“Currently, 50,000 acres are used for renewable energy. This will mandate that over 350,000 new acres of land will have to be pushed into renewable energy,” he said.
An <a href="https://www.mackinac.org/pressroom/2023/new-energy-bills-would-increase-costs-and-blackouts">analysis</a> from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy also found that the new green energy mandate will cost residents an extra $2,746 a year while giving them less reliable electricity. Republican House Floor Leader Bryan Posthumus told The Daily Wire, “Without a doubt, these mandates will lead to higher costs and lower reliability.”
&#8220;In government, you literally get what you pay for,&#8221; Posthumus added. &#8220;By mandating wind and solar, only the governor has taken many other necessary and useful options off the table to score points with the coastal elites. Michigan could have been the national leader in how to do renewable the right way. Instead, Whitmer chose the strong-arm approach with an eye on a 2028 presidential run. It really is truly disappointing.&#8221;
Many residents of Marquette Township, Michigan, which is in the state&#8217;s Upper Peninsula, voiced frustration with their Democratic Representative Jenn Hill after she joined Democrats in passing the energy mandate. After a meeting last week, Forsyth Township Supervisor Joe Boogren said questions were not being answered on the issue, TV6 <a href="https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/11/20/tensions-high-townhall-about-energy-laws/">reported</a>.
“We can read. We’re not as dumb as you think we are or make us out to be, and we wanted to talk to you as elected officials to elected official and ask you questions that mean something, not go for this,” Boogren said.

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Liberal comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-maher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Maher</a> laughed at California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom this week for running what is widely viewed by many as a &#8220;shadow campaign&#8221; for president.
Maher made the remarks during his HBO show &#8220;Real Time&#8221; on Friday while talking with Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), who recently entered the Democratic presidential primary race against President Joe Biden.
&#8220;I endorsed the idea,&#8221; Maher told Phillips in reference to him entering the race to challenge Biden, &#8220;because I did an editorial a couple weeks ago calling [Biden] Ruth Bader Biden. And look, we both struggle with the same thing. We like Joe Biden, right? And we think he&#8217;s done a good job. Ruth Bader Ginsburg did a good job and did not know when to quit, and that&#8217;s why you&#8217;re here.&#8221;
&#8220;And it&#8217;s not like others are doing this in a — sort of a — shadow campaign,&#8221; Maher chuckled. &#8220;I mean, Gavin Newsom, our governor, seems to be all over the world.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, they&#8217;re going to the battleground states in the primary — they&#8217;re really doing it, but I feel like at least you are honest, and you&#8217;re saying, &#8216;No, I&#8217;m gonna do it.&#8217; Just do it.&#8221;
Phillips said that he tried to encourage Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer to primary Biden, but his attempts were unsuccessful.
&#8220;And she&#8217;s one of those who&#8217;s running a shadow campaign,&#8221; Maher fired back.
&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s waiting until 2028,&#8221; Phillips said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m making the contention to all of you tonight that I&#8217;m not sure that we will have a 2028 election in the way that we expect to happen if the inevitable happens and it is President Biden against Donald Trump. I mean, the numbers are astounding everybody. If we don&#8217;t start to acknowledge that — there&#8217;s this bizarre and very dangerous culture of silence in Washington, in certain political-industrial complex circles, that is dangerous — I mean, dangerous. And we&#8217;re putting blinders on. It&#8217;ll make 2016 look like a joyful year.&#8221;
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On Friday, three men charged with being part of a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were found not guilty after a two-week trial.
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BREAKING The final three defendants in the Whitmer kidnapping case have all just been acquitted on all counts in Antrim County court in Michigan. Eric Molitor, Bill Null and Michael Null were found not guilty by the jury after a 2 week trial. <a href="https://t.co/vrYPc9qusB">pic.twitter.com/vrYPc9qusB</a>
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In early October 2020, the FBI announced they had arrested 13 men suspected of orchestrating a plot to kidnap Whitmer and overthrow the state government. Roughly half of the group belonged to an organization called the Wolverine Watchmen. Six men were charged in federal court; the other seven were charged with state crimes. The six men charged in federal court were Adam Fox, Ty Garbin, Barry Croft Jr., Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta. The seven men charged with state crimes were Pete Musico, Joseph Morrison, Shawn Fix, Eric Molitor, Michael Null, William Null, and Paul Bellar.
Eric Molitor, Bill Null and Michael Null were found not guilty by the jury on Friday.
Barry Croft, Jr. was sentenced to 19 years and seven months in prison; Adam Fox was sentenced to 16 years in prison; Joseph Morrison was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison; Paul Bellar was sentenced to 7 to 20 years; Pete Musico was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months, later reduced to 2 years and 6 months; Ty Garbin was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months, later reduced to 2 years and 6 months; and Kaleb Franks was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Harris and Caserta were found not guilty; no sentencing has been announced yet for Fix and Higgins.
Whitmer later targeted former President Trump, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/520255-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-responds-to-kidnapping-plot-says-trump/">saying</a>, “Just last week, the president of the United States stood before the American people and refused to condemn white supremacist and hate groups like these two Michigan militia groups. Hate groups heard the president’s words not as a rebuke, but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. When our leaders speak, their words matter. They carry weight. When our leaders meet with, encourage or fraternize with domestic terrorists, they legitimize their actions and they are complicit.”
“Our head of state has spent the past 7 months denying science, ignoring his own health experts, stoking distrust, fomenting anger and giving comfort to those who spread fear and hatred and division,” Whitmer added.

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Do you ever ask yourself, &#8220;Is this still the United States of America?&#8221;
If not, that might be your response after the latest story out of Michigan, where Republicans are warning that a new hate speech bill could place individuals in jail for &#8220;misgendering&#8221; and hurting the &#8220;feelings&#8221; of others.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-hate-speech-bill-would-make-it-a-felony-to-make-someone-feel-threatened" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire previously reported</a>, the bill would make it a hate crime to cause someone to “feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.” If this bill becomes law, then &#8220;sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” would be included as protected classes, and violators would be guilty of a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of $10,000.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a bill that intends to bring prosecution for hurt feelings,&#8221; state Representative Brad Paquette (R-MI) <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michigan-hate-speech-law-prosecute-misgendering" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Washington Examiner over the weekend.
&#8220;The bill is founded in pure narcissism and victim mentality that&#8217;s built upon gender theory. It&#8217;s one that seeks to force others who adamantly disagree with gender theory to live in another&#8217;s delusion,&#8221; he added.
Paquette took it a step further, saying that this was part of a larger assault on America as we know it.
&#8220;I think gender theory is one of the biggest threats to our nation,&#8221; Paquette said to The Examiner.
The bill has already passed Michigan&#8217;s House and now sits with the Democrat-controlled state senate.
Folks like the Wolverine State&#8217;s Attorney General Dana Nessel say that the law is needed because the current ones are &#8220;woefully inadequate to address the rise and escalation of crimes that we’re seeing today.&#8221;
Other Republicans, such as state Representative Steve Carras, argue that the law is too broad and would run roughshod over freedom of speech.
&#8220;This legislation opens the door to severe penalties for words,&#8221; Carra told The Examiner. &#8220;Despite some speech being completely reprehensible, one of the wonderful things about our country is that you have the right to say it without fear of government retaliation or oppression.&#8221;
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It is expected that Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will sign the bill if it lands on her desk. Last week, she outlawed conversion therapy for minors.
As this author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rapid-reaction-major-dem-donor-let-off-the-hook-for-alleged-campaign-finance-fraud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussed last week</a>, consider how insane this moment in American history is: A sizable chunk of the Democratic Party believes that not only can men and women change their sex and gender through bodily mutilation but that minors should also be allowed to do so. The Democrats are so adamant in this belief that states are pushing for laws that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-state-senator-warns-parents-to-flee-state-after-gender-affirmation-bill-advances" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strip parental authority away</a>. Congress has to host hearings on the matter in hopes of exposing how barbaric this practice really is.
Now, Michigan Democrats want to punish those who fail to comply with their leftist ideology. Totalitarians are all the same, and their new issue to expand power is transgenderism.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

‘Pure Narcissism’: GOP Reps Sound Alarm Over Michigan’s New Hate Crime Bill

'Pure Narcissism': GOP Reps Sound Alarm Over Michigan's New Hate Crime Bill

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In speeches before it was approved by the Democrat-controlled Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee, Michigan residents <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11997731/Michigan-residents-slam-Democrat-led-2-4-billion-proposal-Chinese-green-energy-plants.html">expressed their fury</a> over a proposed electric vehicle battery plant owned by a Chinese company to be built in Big Rapids.
The corporate bylaws of Gotion High-Tech, the parent company of Gotion, which owns the plant, mandate that Gotion carry out “Party activities in accordance with the Constitution of the Communist Party of China.” Last October, Michigan Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer celebrated the proposal for the plant, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/residents-erupt-michigan-democrats-approve-funding-for-chinese-backed-green-energy-project-im-angry">asserting</a> it would strengthen Michigan as the “global hub of mobility and electrification.”
But on Thursday, residents and local officials had a different perspective at the hearing.
“I am gravely disappointed that our representatives are serving the demands of our governor over the request of our citizens. I can attest, however, that our community is now united in ways they would have never been before. They do not want this,” Hannah Saez, the clerk of Big Rapids Township, stated. “Thousands of Michiganders will be watching today. I know you all receive daily emails and phone calls. I know you&#8217;re under pressure. I know you&#8217;ve probably been coerced. I beg of you to do what is right here even if corruption is knocking at your door.”
Kyle Luce, the supervisor of Barton Township, said 85% of his constituents opposed the plant.
“Our citizens are concerned with the timeframe that&#8217;s going on here,” he said. “The timing seems to be sped up exponentially to, in our opinion, try to seal the deal and get this done before people have a chance to speak out, residents have a chance to speak out. And individuals, the fine senators, are digging up information daily about the CCP involvement.”
“We&#8217;re primarily a farm community and we&#8217;re concerned about our environment,&#8221; he added. ‘I’m here just to speak and ask you to either turn this down or table it until further investigation could be done.”
“I’m angry,” local resident Marjorie Steele snapped. “I’m angry that this vote was slipped into the agenda today with as little information as possible so that people like me wouldn’t know it was happening. I’m angry that you, our elected officials, have ignored my community&#8217;s pleas to table this vote until some small semblance of due diligence can be performed. I can promise you that we will not stop at the local level.”
“We are tired of being abused and we are not alone,” she continued. “This is not just a Mecosta County issue. Townships and counties across the state are uniting, sharing resources, manpower and grassroots activism. Your votes today, senators, are lines drawn in the sand.”
One resident said the plant was part of China’s intention to “overthrow the United States without firing a shot.”
“I think that any Chinese communist plant buying up 700 acres of Michigan land is a concern to all citizens throughout the state,” Cheryl Vitito declared. “This CCP-controlled company represents communism and is a threat to our way of life and our God-given and constitutional freedoms. We don&#8217;t want the CCP here by way of the Gotion plant as they have no regard for the value and dignity of human life.”

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‘Overthrow The United States Without Firing A Shot’: Michiganders Rip Chinese-Owned EV Battery Plant

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