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RandySF

(60,808 posts)
Mon Jan 1, 2024, 06:10 PM Jan 2024

MI: The GOP bet big on tax cuts for the rich. They got historic labor victories instead [View all]

wo years ago, Republicans appeared to be riding high.

The economy was shaky, as were President Joe Biden’s poll numbers, and everyone was sick of COVID.

We were primed for an epic red wave in the midterm elections, most pundits proclaimed.

The only problem was the voters didn’t agree. In 2022, Democrats built on their U.S. Senate majority, won key governorships and narrowly lost the House.

Meanwhile in Michigan, voters resoundingly reelected Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the rest of the Democratic ticket, and handed her the first Democratic Legislature since Ronald Reagan was president. They also approved abortion rights and voting rights measures by strong margins.




https://michiganadvance.com/2024/01/01/susan-j-demas-the-gop-bet-big-on-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-they-got-historic-labor-victories-instead/

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