LANSING — The Michigan Independent reported today that Sandy Pensler – who joined the chaotic Republican Senate primary field last week – is out of touch and on the wrong side of issues that matter to Michiganders.
The story noted that Pensler called Roe v. Wade “terrible” and “tyrannical.” Pensler said that he has “the same position on being pro-life as President Reagan and President Trump.” He is an advocate of DeVos’ plan to gut public education in Michigan. Pensler also backed the 2017 Trump tax giveaway which “slashed tax rates for very wealthy individuals like himself and for corporations like his own,” calling it “rocket fuel on a hot economy” and “a generational opportunity.” He endorsed a complete repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
Read the Michigan Independent’s reporting on Sandy Pensler’s dangerous views:
The Michigan Independent: Meet Sandy Pensler, the pro-Trump Republican who just joined the Michigan Senate race
- [Pensler:] “My wife and I think that abortion is a bad thing and that government should do what it can to limit it. I think Roe v. Wade was a terrible decision by a court, really an almost tyrannical decision by nine people on the rest of the country.”
- “I have the same position on being pro-life as President Reagan and President Trump,” Pensler said in a July 2018 debate.
- His campaign page for that race touted his support for “choice and competition in our schools” and for “reforming entitlement programs.”
- He endorsed the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which slashed tax rates for very wealthy individuals like himself and for corporations like his own, and called it “rocket fuel on a hot economy” and “a generational opportunity.”
- According to the Midland Daily News, at a February 2018 GOP event, Pensler indicated he did not support minimum wage laws or social safety net programs to help poorer individuals: “I would love to raise minimum wage. But, it does the wrong thing. Those people don’t get entry-level work. They don’t know how to work…”
- That July, he endorsed repeal of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, which today provides affordable health insurance care for more than 322,000 Michiganders.
- Pensler said on WXYZ-TV in Detroit… “First of all, we have to completely repeal Obamacare, ACA, whatever you want to call it, and we have to put market mechanisms in place.”
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