When covering Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s visit to Michigan today, please consider the following statement:
“Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s gaslighting tour of Michigan is frankly insulting. The dangerously liberal California elitist is more focused on titkok trends and celebrity endorsements than the stock market crash, looming war in Europe AND the Middle East, and the border crisis. These are the issues that keep Michiganders up at night. Michiganders see Kamala Harris and Tim Walz turning a blind eye to the kitchen table issues giving us heartburn, and that’s why Michigan will send President Trump to the White House in November.”
— Team Trump Michigan Communications Director Victoria LaCivita
On Background:
Last week’s job report confirmed what Michigan voters already knew – Kamala Harris is not equipped to lead the country.
- Increasing to 4.3 percent, the unemployment rate is now at its highest in over two and a half years since October 2021.
- July’s jobs report came in “MUCH weaker than expected” as unemployment surged. Now, thanks to Kamalanomics, economists are warning that the U.S. is in the early stages of a recession.
- From gas to groceries , Michigan families continue to suffer from high inflation on everyday goods.
- Inflation in the state is 19.9%, spiking average household costs over $1,002 a month.
- Michiganders have spent $9,524 more on transportation, more $4,342 more on energy, $3,866 more on food and $3,969 more on shelter on average since January 2021.
- Gas prices hit record highs in the state on Harris’s watch.
- According to a YouGov poll, Americans trust President Trump to handle the economy and inflation over Harris by a 14-point margin.
- While Michigan workers are struggling, foreign-born workers thrive in Kamala’s economy.
- Over the last year, 1.2 million native-born Americans Lost employment, while 1.3 million foreign-born workers found jobs. Kamala Harris’ dangerously liberal policies are benefitting ILLEGAL immigrants rather than Americans.
- Michiganders are suffering from the repercussions of “Border Czar” Harris’ border crisis:
- Nearly ten million illegal immigrants have entered America under Kamala’s reign as Border Czar.
- Kamala has opened our border to violent gangsters andsuspected terrorists.
- Recently, an illegal immigrant in Shelby Township was arrested for sexually assaulting a minor and was attempting to flee the country at the time of his arrest.
- Democrat policies have created sanctuary areas across the Wolverine State in places like Lansing, Ingham County, Kalamazoo County, and Wayne County.
- Under Governor Whitmer, Michigan’s Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity is offering $500 per month to residents who agree to house illegal immigrants, “newcomers,” in their homes.
- Illegal immigrants are taking advantage of Harris and Biden’s immigration system to victimize Americans across the state.
- In March 2024, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, a 25-year-old illegal immigrant from Puebla, Mexico, killed a Michigan woman in a drunken carjacking attempt.
- 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids, Michigan was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds.
- In March 2024, Two girls under the age of 13 were sexually assaulted by an illegal immigrant who broke into their home, threatening to kill them if they screamed or tried to escape.
- In February 2024, Luis Fabian Bernal-Sosa, an illegal immigrant, was convicted of murdering a 22 year old woman in Kent County, Michigan.
- At the time of the murder, Leah Gomez was sitting inside her car with her 1-year-old daughter.
- In October 2023, it was reported that criminal gangs from central and south America were targeting high-end homes in Oakland County, Michigan to commit burglaries.
- In October 2023, four men who were in the United States illegally, were charged with committing multiple smash-and-grab robberies at a mall in Troy, Michigan.
- In 2023, Axios (Detroit) reported that Democrats in the Michigan House and Senate reintroduced the Drive SAFE (Safety, Access, Freedom and the Economy) package, which would allow undocumented individuals to obtain Michigan driver’s licenses.
- In March 2024, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, a 25-year-old illegal immigrant from Puebla, Mexico, killed a Michigan woman in a drunken carjacking attempt.
- In 2021, undocumented immigrants made up 1.2% of Michigan’s population
- The Fentanyl epidemic stemming from our Southern Border has had a major impact on Michigan communities.
- The number of opioid overdose deaths in Michigan grew by 31.5 percent from 2019 (2354) to 2021 (3096).
- In 2021, 73.8 percent of Michigan’s drug overdose deaths involved fentanyl.
- The number of opioid overdose deaths in Michigan grew by 31.5 percent from 2019 (2354) to 2021 (3096).
- Since Harris took office as vice president, roughly 27.8 tons of fentanyl have crossed the southern border, enough to kill roughly 12.6 billion people.
- Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans age 18 to 45, with the number killed by the drug up 94 percent since 2019.
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