MIGOP Launches Attack On Gretchen Whitmer For Banishing Kids From Classrooms, Failing to Reopen Schools Quickly
LANSING, MICH – The Michigan Republican Party released its latest ad targeting Gretchen Whitmer for earlier controversial education mandates that prevented classrooms from opening, drastically setting back children’s educations with consequences that will be felt for years to come.
“Gretchen Whitmer shut down schools with the stroke of her pen and the bully pulpit. More than 1.5 million Michigan students were displaced from their schools, friends, and any sense of normalcy at the governor’s whim for months on end,” said Paul Cordes, Chief of Staff of the MIGOP. “Unsurprisingly, we now have clear evidence that students who were forced into remote learning actually learned less than their peers who had access to in-person schooling. Whitmer has done immeasurable damage to our kids. If she had put half as much effort into opening schools, as she did putting two-year old toddlers in masks, Michigan students would have been in the classroom.”
The Michigan Republican Party’s latest ad follows one unveiled in January that highlighted all of the scandals and missteps under Gretchen Whitmer’s administration that led to lives and livelihoods being ruined. This is the earliest the Michigan Republican Party has spent against an incumbent governor. Recent polls continue to show how vulnerable Gretchen Whitmer is, losing to a generic Republican and her approval ratings continuing to plummet.
The ad can be viewed here. For more information, please visit: www.retirewhitmer.com
Ad Script
Gretchen Whitmer in 2018: “We will make Michigan a place where every child can get a great education…”
Newscast voiceover: “Michigan is shaping up to be the latest battle ground for education after the state Democrat party dismissed parents and what their kids learn inside of the classroom”
Newscast voiceover: “See right now, it’s just the tip of the iceberg…”
On screen newspaper headline: “Whitmer vetoes plan to give $1,000 scholarships for elementary reading help”
Newscast voiceover, con’t: “… your kids are OURS… that is their mentality.”
On screen newspaper headline: “Gov. Whitmer’s Veto Denies Students Opportunity”
On screen newspaper headline: “Whitmer veto axes $35M per-pupil increase for charter schools”
Newscast voiceover: “Students at Detroit Public Schools will be starting 2022 … at home.”
Gretchen Whitmer voiceover: “A great education…”