LANSING––As Mike Pence visited West Michigan in a desperate attempt to distract from Donald Trump’s failures, Michigan Democrats slammed Pence, Trump, and their cronies in Congress for their broken promises to Michigan’s working families. Here’s what they’re saying:
The Detroit News:
Michigan Democratic Party Chairwoman Lavora Barnes blasted Trump and Pence in a press release about his visit, connecting the stop to gubernatorial losses Republicans have suffered this year in Louisiana and Kentucky.
“Mike Pence saw this too and that’s why he’s here,” Barnes said. “He sees Michigan rejecting Donald Trump’s broken promises and knows that will cost Donald Trump the presidency.”
MLive:
“Mike Pence and Donald Trump have broken the promises they made to Michiganders, and they’re terrified of losing because of it,” said Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes in a statement…
Pence’s visit drew criticism from local Democrats like Bryan Berghoef, a Democrat seeking the party’s nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, in 2020. Berghoef is also a pastor at Holland United Church of Christ.
“The political approach of our current President is to sow politics of division, denigrate all who disagree with him, and regularly disregard the truth,” Berghoef said. “I and many others are disappointed that fellow people of faith like Mike Pence and Bill Huizenga have stood idly by, or worse, have supported such tactics. We can and must do better.”
State Rep. Jon Hoadley, D-Kalamazoo, also criticized his district’s Republican congressman for standing with the Trump administration’s agenda. Hoadley is running for the Democratic party’s nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph.
“Congressman Upton and the Trump/Pence administration have failed to do anything to address skyrocketing health care and prescription drug costs, failed to act on climate change and failed to deliver any relief to working families struggling to get by,” Hoadley said in a statement.
Holland Sentinel:
While the Trump campaign received votes from a large swath of evangelical Christians, Holland United Church pastor and House candidate Bryan Berghoef, D-Holland, said the actions of the Trump administration are divisive and polarizing.
“We are living in incredibly divisive times and are as polarized as ever,” Berghoef said during a media call with the Michigan Democratic Party. ”… The political approach of our current president is to sow politics of division, denigrate all who disagree with him, and regularly disregard the truth. I and many others are disappointed that fellow people of faith like Mike Pence and Bill Huizenga have stood idly by, or worse, have supported such tactics. We can and must do better.”
