Lansing, MI – We’re about to find out if Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist is “ready” to do the right thing, or if he will cower under political pressure from his partisan handlers in Lansing.
270,000 Michiganders have had no voice in the Michigan Senate for 164 days and counting with no end in sight, as Governor Whitmer refuses to schedule a special election to protect her party’s slim grip on power in Lansing.
Last month Gilchrist called for a special election for the vacant 35th Senate District. Today Gilchrist became the acting governor while our Traveler-in-Chief takes her umpteenth trades mission, giving him the constitutional authority to schedule a special election himself.
“We’re about to find out in real-time if Acting Governor Garlin Gilchrist is brave enough to do the right thing and stand up to the Democrat powerbrokers in Lansing. We’re about to find out if he’s willing to stand tall for Michigan taxpayers without a voice, or if he will sit on his hands in cowardice at the direction of his absent boss,” said Zach Rudat, Advocacy Director for Michigan Freedom Fund. “Gilchrist knows what the right thing to do is. He knows Whitmer’s inaction is an injustice to taxpayers in the Great Lakes Bay Region. It’s time for Acting Governor Gilchrist to do the right thing and schedule this special election as soon as possible.”
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