{"id":1058902,"date":"2021-11-27T05:13:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T10:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058902"},"modified":"2021-11-27T05:14:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T10:14:01","slug":"bad-leadership-detroit-businessman-blasts-gretchen-whitmers-economic-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-leadership-detroit-businessman-blasts-gretchen-whitmers-economic-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bad Leadership\u2019: Detroit Businessman Blasts Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s Economic Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbad-leadership-detroit-businessman-blasts-gretchen-whitmers-economic-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058902&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"32.409356725146\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">After issuing draconian lockdowns, Michigan governor spiked bill to end Biden unemployment benefits early<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1229386433-736x490-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1229386433-736x490.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1229386433-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1229386433-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1229386433-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1229386433-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1229386433-1400x931.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tMichigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D.) speaks during a mobilization event at Belle Isle Casino in Detroit, Mich., with former president Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden, on Oct. 31, 2020. \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 November 27, 2021 5:00 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"97.377938517179\">\n<p><span>Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer&#8217;s &#8220;bad leadership&#8221; on the economy has &#8220;decimated&#8221; the state&#8217;s small business environment, a Detroit businessman who launched a campaign to unseat the Democrat said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The small business climate in Michigan has been decimated. The governor chose winners and losers, and she supported national corporations over the people of Michigan when she did her lockdowns,&#8221; Detroit businessman Kevin Rinke told the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;Small businesses continue to struggle to ramp back up. \u2026 They need employers, and their structure has been altered dramatically because of the governor&#8217;s subsidization of unemployment.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rinke, a former auto dealership owner, announced his own Republican gubernatorial campaign Monday, pledging to &#8220;put an end to Governor Whitmer&#8217;s assault on our values and our way of life&#8221; in 2022. He has already centered his campaign on the economy, education, and law and order\u2014a strategy that mirrors the GOP playbook in Virginia, where Republican Glenn Youngkin delivered a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/gop-inclusion-trumps-neo-nazi-cosplay-in-race-to-succeed-blackface-democrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>shock upset<\/span><\/a><span> over Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whitmer faced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/weed-up-hoes-down-in-whitmers-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>bipartisan criticism<\/span><\/a><span> during the onset of the pandemic over her lockdown orders, which shuttered many small businesses but allowed big-box corporations to remain open. Roughly one year later, the Democrat <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/07\/20\/gov-whitmer-vetoes-gop-push-end-300-federal-jobless-benefit\/8029975002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>vetoed<\/span><\/a><span> a Republican proposal to end President Joe Biden&#8217;s enhanced federal unemployment benefits early as employers faced a widespread labor shortage. Michigan has since recovered its lost jobs at a lower rate than 17 GOP-led states that cut the benefits months ahead of Biden&#8217;s September expiration date, according to Labor Department data released in October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Michigan needs to provide better for its people,&#8221; Rinke said. &#8220;The governor isn&#8217;t doing that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whitmer did not return a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to Whitmer&#8217;s pandemic-related economic policies, Rinke lambasted the governor for her ongoing effort to shut down Line 5, a major pipeline that runs through Michigan and transports up to 540,000 barrels of oil, natural gas, and propane per day. Roughly 88 percent of Michigan households use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/documents\/energy\/shopp16-17_616999_7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>propane<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/documents\/energy\/michigan_energy_overview_605784_7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>natural gas<\/span><\/a><span> to heat their homes, and both energy sources have experienced sharp rises in price under the Biden administration. For Rinke, there is &#8220;no question&#8221; Whitmer&#8217;s anti-pipeline activism would exacerbate the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;If you go north of Midland, people rely on propane gas to heat their homes, and Michigan winters are severe. You&#8217;ve got inflation for gasoline, you have inflation for food,&#8221; Rinke told the <\/span><i><span>Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;How does that help the people of Michigan, shutting down the number one source of gas? What does it do to their lifestyle?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While Rinke is happy to talk about Whitmer, he plans to put his money where his mouth is. The Republican has pledged to spend $10 million of his own money on the race and paired his campaign announcement with a six-figure ad buy. &#8220;We&#8217;re talking about knocking off the number three person in the Democratic Party,&#8221; Rinke said. &#8220;This is going to be a very expensive primary and general election.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rinke enters a crowded GOP field in his bid to challenge Whitmer. Other Republican candidates include former Detroit Police Department head James Craig and Michigan State Police captain Mike Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections After issuing draconian lockdowns, Michigan governor spiked bill to end Biden unemployment benefits early  Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D.) speaks during a mobilization event at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}