Amazing work by @AbdulElSayed tonight showing his vision for a better Michigan and stronger America. Wiped the floor with Florida Mike!
Debates shouldn’t just be about winning - but about sharing why you are the best candidate to rep the people. But man, Rogers is embarrassing.
@ivandiazbotello Oh yes. There are definitely divides on those issues and all fair to critique. This specific vote was just an attempt to set Dems up to look bad either way we voted.
🚨🚨BREAKING: MICHIGAN MONEY OUT OF POLITICS PASSES HOUSE, 25 DEMOCRATS VOTE AGAINST
We just passed another accountability measure, Michigan Money Out of Politics, to bar special interests from influencing elections and canceling out YOUR vote.
Nearly half of Democrats voted AGAINST the measure instead of helping us get dark money out of politics.
@ivandiazbotello I voted no on this but I will say, let’s not give Matt hall what he wants - dems fighting. Majority Leader Brink’s made clear before the vote that she would not be taking this up in the Senate, meaning our vote was would have no actual impact at the end of the day.
An official with the campaign to ban Michigan electric utilities and major contractors from giving $ to political leaders says he's confident the proposal's backers will have enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
More here: https://t.co/PFwAdiBIl8
Pollster Richard Czuba: Benson has consolidated Dem support. In February, Duggan took 22.8% of Rs & 29.8% of Ds. In May, Duggan is taking 24.3% of Rs – but only 16.3% of Ds. 'Mike Duggan is now hurting the Republican candidate more than the Democratic candidate by 8 points.'
@mjwgoblue@MIForward_Net Why haven’t Republicans? Same reason, there is too much money in our politics that we must defeat through the people at the ballot.
This is based on ideas included in legislation several of us introduced, but we have not been given a hearing.
The leadership we need in Lansing - let’s fix our broken system of dark money and secret back room deals. Extend FOIA to the legislature and pass the BRITE Act. We can do better for the people!
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said if she's elected governor, she'll pursue sweeping changes to Michigan's transparency standards by making more government documents available for disclosure and banning secret spending aimed at influencing elections. https://t.co/W7GI2pmdBl