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“At the end of the day, we have political systems, we have political parties and political parties exist for a reason,” Jonathan Kinloch, the chairman of the Democratic Party Organization in Michigan’s 13th U.S. Congressional District told The Detroit News. “They do not belong to themselves. They belong to the members and precinct delegates of the Democratic Party,” Mr. Kinloch said. That was the response from the Michigan Democratic Party chairman on the censure of Michigan State Representative Karen Whitsett. Why is Rep. Whitsett being censured? Because she committed the ultimate sin, in the eyes of the Democrat Party: She...

Michigan state Rep. Karen Whitsett, a Democrat, said Saturday she won’t be silenced as her own party is planning to censure her after she praised President Trump for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Ms. Whitsett praised the president at the White House after she took chloroquine to recover from COVID-19, a drug the president has touted. In a subsequent study, however, the drug has since been determined unsuccessful in treating coronavirus patients, despite initial anecdotal success stories. Ms. Whitsett told Fox News she believes her own party is censuring her because of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who has faced...

A Democratic Michigan state lawmaker slammed Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after party officials reportedly plan to censure her for meeting with President Trump. During a Friday appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Democratic Michigan state Rep. Karen Whitsett blasted Whitmer for attempting to "silence" her after thanking the president for touting hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, as a coronavirus treatment that she claimed saved her life. "Why they would expel me is beyond words for me. This is something that I did not expect. I started out with a simple 'thank you' to the man who is the president of the United...

On Fox News Friday night, Michigan State Representative Karen Whitsett told Tucker Carlson that text messages she's been receiving from Governor Whitmer have not been pleasant ever since the Democratic state lawmaker credited President Trump for her personal recovery from the Wuhan coronavirus. The lawmaker now faces a censure from her Democratic colleagues for crediting the president for her recovery. Tucker Carlson asked Whitsett if the governor ever called the representative to simply say, "I'm so glad you didn't die?" "Actually, it was not as pleasant as that," Rep. Whitsett began, "and the text messages that we have had since...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday met with recovered coronavirus patients at the White House. State Representative Karen Whitsett of Michigan, who credited President Trump for her treatment with hydroxychloroquine, met with the president as well as other patients from California, Michigan, and Arkansas. “I was afraid for my life,” Whitsett said, noting that the hospitals surrounding her were full. “I honestly felt like I was going to die.” She said she was concerned about her life, as she had chronic Lyme disease, before she took hydroxychloroquine and felt better. Trump said that he wanted Whitsett to visit his personal White...

Michigan Democratic state Rep. Karen Whitsett praised President Trump for mentioning hydroxychloroquine. "It saved my life," she said. "If he hadn't talked about it on TV I never would have known to ask my doctor to prescribe it for me." Michigan's Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expressed extreme displeasure "with Ms. Whitsett's selfish behavior. The Democratic Party is battling to save the country from this monster getting reelected. The last thing we need is for one of our own to break ranks and praise him for anything." "First of all, there is no proof that this drug saved Ms. Whitsett's life,"...

Oregon State Senator Doug Whitsett is a strong conservative who is fighting dam removals on the Klamath River against a throng of environmental lunatics. Now the local paper is trying to run a "poll" to undermine his efforts. Let's fix that! http://www.heraldandnews.com/#vmix_media_id=103574561