Posted on 11/04/2022 2:16:05 AM PDT by Morgana
Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has settled on a closing pitch for voters ahead of next week’s midterms: save abortion to save the economy.
The embattled governor believes Democrats shouldn’t make a false choice between emphasizing abortion or the economy on the campaign trail, she told Politico. In her view, the two issues are inextricably tied together.
“I hear from businesses all the time that they are feeling the weight of the ‘she-cession,’ meaning women leaving the workplace during Covid,” Whitmer said. “If we want women to come back into the workplace in Michigan, we better not take away their right to be full citizens and make decisions about their own health care. That’s what’s at risk here.”
Whitmer said she believes Michigan, if it protects abortion access, could lure workers from neighboring states that implement strict abortion bans. She also thinks there will be a mass exodus of workers out of Michigan if the tide turns in the opposite direction.
“I’m going to be working to draw investment into Michigan once we lock women’s rights into law,” Whitmer said. “We have the best workforce, low cost of living, high quality of life and women can make decisions about their bodies. That’s the story I want to be able to tell.”
Other Democrats, both in Michigan and other states, are deploying the same messaging. Stacey Abrams, the Democratic nominee for governor in Georgia, recently said protecting abortion access is a key part of dealing with inflation, because it allows individuals to make economic choices about their family planning.
In addition to Whitmer’s re-election campaign, Michigan voters will have a choice to make in the midterm elections on an abortion-related ballot measure. Proposal 3 would amend the Michigan Constitution to include a broad right to “reproductive freedom,” which legal experts say would negate the state’s 1931 abortion ban along with other, newer regulations.
Recent polls have shown the “yes” side of Proposal 3 with a fairly sizable lead, with 54% of likely voters saying they would vote in favor of the change. As for Whitmer, she holds a narrow advantage over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon going into the home stretch of the campaign.
This governer needs to be put on trial for murder in the case of nursing homes and covid.
Hey Gretch,
When do men get to be “full citizens” and legally allowed to murder who they consider “inconvenient people” for them?
All she needed to add was that that babies should be of “undesirables” and she’d be up for a Margaret Sanger award.
Save the economy, get rid of Gretchen!
That “woman” is full out demonically controlled.
The bloodlust of the left can never be satiated.
I remember growing up it was the Ds who claimed to oppose the supposed Rs idea that people were only economic units
“That ‘woman’ is full out demonically controlled.”
Really. Both Whitmer and Hochul have “that look”.
It is ALL the DEMONIC DEMOCRATS CARE ABOUT!! That AND SEXUAL DEVIATIONS!
I could live with that. 👍
“I’m going to be working to draw investment into Michigan once we lock women’s rights into law,” Whitmer said. “We have the best workforce, low cost of living, high quality of life and women can make decisions about their bodies. That’s the story I want to be able to tell.”
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Of course big business wants open access to abortion. Those extra mouths don’t work and they cost a company money. Better for their slave labor force to abort their babies and get back on the job. Chop chop!
Whitless locking down Mi’s economy caused the she-cession. What a witch.
Better looking = Not as fat... 🤓
If she really wanted women in the workforce, she would not have shut the entire state down.. Non-essential is what she called the entire state of Michigan’s populace. Eff this witch.
It’s a Cruella DeVille look.
They do.
Something about the eyes.
There’s a woman here in our community who is a flaming liberal and fancies herself someone important who has the same vibes. I don’t trust her. She’s very condescending for one thing. She doesn’t come across as trustworthy or sincere, even though she always acts gracious and demur.
Very strange.
You’re a mean one, Mrs. Grech
You really are a beast
As caddly as a cactus, charming as a thief
Mrs. Grech
You’re a monster, Mrs. Grech
Your heart’s an empty hole
Your brain is full of reptiles, horrors in your soul
Mrs. Grech
The Devil is in your smile
Your heart’s an empty hole
You’ve got horrors in your soul
Mrs. Grech
You’re a vile one, Mrs. Grech
The Devil’s in your smile
You have all the tender kindness
Of violent juveniles.
Mrs. Grech
You’re a foul one, Ms’ Grech
You’re a twisted, evil wretch
Your heart is full of spiders, soul is full of vermin
Mrs. Grech
The Devil is in your smile
Your heart’s an empty hole
The Devil is in your smile
Your heart’s an empty hole
You’ve got horrors in your soul
Let’s start with elected democrats. Seems more efficient.
Exactly — if it is okay to murder the unborn for the sake of economics, should it not be okay to get rid of the homeless and the drug addicts? After all, it can be shown that getting rid of them would be beneficial for the economy.
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