Posted on 06/27/2022 5:58:02 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Michigan Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer says she's added 25,000 "good-paying auto jobs" during her tenure. The state has actually lost thousands of auto jobs on her watch, labor statistics show.
In a June 2 press release, Whitmer said she was "proud" to announce Michigan has "added nearly 25,000 auto jobs since I took office." The Democrat roughly three weeks later repeated the claim, writing in a "mobility and electrification" fact sheet that she "is ensuring Michigan lives up to its legacy as the place that put the world on wheels by creating nearly 25,000 good-paying auto jobs."
Bureau of Labor Statistics data, however, contradict that claim. Whitmer inherited 169,500 auto jobs when she became governor in January 2019, according to the agency. As of May 2022, that number is 166,700—a decrease of nearly 3,000 jobs.
Whitmer's deceptive declaration shows how the Democrat is attempting to rebound on economic issues following her stringent stay-at-home orders, which shuttered local stores but deemed marijuana dispensaries, lottery ticket vendors, and big-box retailers "essential." While Whitmer has touted leading the "best economic recovery in Michigan history," a June WalletHub report ranked Michigan 46th in unemployment claim recovery.
Michigan Rising Action communications director Mary Drabik said Whitmer's "gaslighting" on auto jobs is "not surprising."
"When Gov. Whitmer's claims are this far detached from reality, it becomes difficult to believe anything she says," Drabik told the Washington Free Beacon. "But coming from the governor who claims her nursing-home policies saved lives and vacationed in Florida while telling Michiganders to avoid flying south, the gaslighting is not surprising."
Whitmer's office acknowledged that the governor's claim stems from "the number of jobs announced since January 2019," some of which are not yet actualized. Still, Whitmer communications director Bobby Leddy said the governor "is proud of her record of job creation, particularly in the auto industry, as we move to cement Michigan's legacy of manufacturing." Leddy did not address why Whitmer's statistic does not account for jobs that have left the state since 2019.
This is far from the first time Whitmer has faced criticism for failing to deliver on a claim. In April 2020, the Democrat pledged to give back a portion of her salary for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. But Whitmer ended the pledge just five months later in September, even as her indoor gathering restrictions and public face mask requirements lasted for 15 months.
Whitmer, who implemented a policy that required nursing homes to accept positive coronavirus patients who were discharged from hospitals, is up for reelection in November after a roller coaster of a first term. Whitmer's national profile exploded during the beginning of the pandemic thanks to her harsh restrictions and public feud with then-president Donald Trump. Whitmer went on to ramp up those restrictions, which sparked large protests, particularly as the Democrat defied her own rules.
Whitmer's potential Republican opponents include political commentator Tudor Dixon, chiropractor Garrett Soldano, and businessman Kevin Rinke. Republican voters will choose their nominee during Michigan's August 2 primary.
Fact: The UAW costs jobs
Zealots are never nice
Lots of Mule jobs on the horizon.
Gee another Democrat lying just like the Biden Regime.
Michigan will continue to be “blown away” if her tenure continues.
Grandholm certainly is helping.
I don’t have faith in the michigan voter.
This witch will probably be overwhelmingly reelected
Why is her broom not displayed in that pic?
Ms. Whitmer is pathological...................
Didn’t they just reelect this thing ?
Quote: “ I don’t have faith in the michigan voter. This witch will probably be overwhelmingly reelected”
Especially when they disqualify the leading GOP candidates.
From wiki:
“The 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer is running for re-election to a second term. The deadline for candidates to file for the August 2 primary was April 19.”
Of course she lied- she’s a politician.The only politicians who don’t lie are the dead ones- and that’s only because their lips can’t move. But, they can still vote for DemonRat candidates :0)
I don’t have faith in the michigan voter.
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Those voters will get the government they deserve.
>I don’t have faith in the michigan voter. This witch will probably be overwhelmingly reelected
Fraud denier or just trolling?
There hasn’t been an honest state vote since before 2000 at least. The union thugs roll up with their window blockers in Detroit and the vans of ballots come in after the margin of cheat needed is known.
Even with that, the trium****ate of Witchmer, Nessie, and Benson have had to pull out unprecedented dirty tricks:
- Infiltrating Craig’s and other campaigns to spoil the petition process with obvious fakes so that they’d be run off the ballot entirely;
- Engaging FBI, who already botched the false-flag “kidnapping” conspiracy, to raid Ryan Kelley and frog-march him on a trespassing charge; use the charge to get a red-flag gun seizure order; and then have the MSM bleat endlessly about how Kelley’s been arrested and dangerous because of the charge and the seizure. (The same FBI that wouldn’t breathe Hillary’s name in 2016 because She Was A Candidate).
So that describes what the Dems know about how MI voters feel. They know MI hates Witch, and they’re intending the same schema that got Newsome and Trudeau back in.
Lying sack of sacajawea.
They aren’t called ‘deceptocrats’ for nothing.
Her accounting method is to count additions and ignore subtractions.
Try that with a checkbook ...
Boy...
You really hurt my feelings..
NOT..
Take a look at my history here..
I know what the bush league chamber of commerce worshipping republiCAN’Ts in this state are doing...
They set Ryan up with the J6 committee and Cheney...
They did all of this because that’s who and what they are...
If you believe anything else, then you are nieve, and possibly a plant from the Michigan republiCAN’Ts...
Wake up..
Pal
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