{"id":1566165,"date":"2022-07-22T10:23:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566165"},"modified":"2022-07-22T10:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T14:34:21","slug":"vindictive-gop-candidate-launches-unconventional-line-of-attack-to-unseat-dem-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vindictive-gop-candidate-launches-unconventional-line-of-attack-to-unseat-dem-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Vindictive\u2019: GOP Candidate Launches Unconventional Line Of Attack To Unseat Dem Gov"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fvindictive-gop-candidate-launches-unconventional-line-of-attack-to-unseat-dem-gov%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=1566165&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-21-at-2.56.37-PM-e1658429975924.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Michigan GOP gubernatorial frontrunner Tudor Dixon attacked Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as \u201cvindictive\u201d and unresponsive during an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon, who leads the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/michigan-state-elections-bureau-might-5-gop-candidates-invalid-signatures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/michigan-state-elections-bureau-might-5-gop-candidates-invalid-signatures\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1658516841001000&#038;usg=AOvVaw23W2a1tjrnLqqQ6OrLrab0\">pack<\/a> of Republicans running for governor, is a conservative media personality, manufacturing businesswoman and mother. Dixon told the DCNF that Whitmer has not listened to the needs of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s been nonresponsive. She\u2019s actually been vindictive,\u201d Dixon said. \u201cShe\u2019s gone after people, businesses and even parents who have questioned her responses to the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dixon said her message resonates with a state struggling to rebound from COVID-19 lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started my campaign after watching the effects of the policies of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during the pandemic and being a mom, just seeing what the other parents were going through and the battles that parents were going through just to have their kids be able to attend school in person,\u201d Dixon said.<\/p>\n<p>During the height of the pandemic in April 2020, Whitmer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/pandemic-lockdowns-governors-covid-andrew-cuomo-gavin-newsom-gretchen-whitmer-phil-murphy-tom-wolf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed<\/a> one of the country\u2019s most intensive stay-at-home orders, essentially banning people from gathering and traveling between properties except for \u201cessential\u201d services. Whitmer\u2019s COVID-19 policies were challenged in court and eventually declared unconstitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations to Gretchen Whitmer.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to her Green New Deal politics, 8,000 people are losing their jobs. Their families will be crushed.<\/p>\n<p>Gretchen Whitmer has cost Michigan thousands of Auto jobs in just 4 years. She just keeps lying about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XH0t4zbp6T\">https:\/\/t.co\/XH0t4zbp6T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tudor Dixon (@TudorDixon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TudorDixon\/status\/1550143672565604352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe need confident leadership that knows that the state can come back when we have the opportunity, and then we can be the best again,\u201d said Dixon. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/14\/whitmer-michigan-lead-republicans-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/14\/whitmer-michigan-lead-republicans-poll\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1658516841001000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1O6ZFQK7F2RIGTNj0dMs2E\">(RELATED: Democratic Michigan Gov\u2019s Massive Lead Over Republican Candidates Spells Trouble For GOP: POLL)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest Mitchell Research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/docs\/2022\/Mitchell-MIRS_MI_GOP_Pimary_Poll_FIELD_COPY_7_-17-18-2002.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/docs\/2022\/Mitchell-MIRS_MI_GOP_Pimary_Poll_FIELD_COPY_7_-17-18-2002.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1658516841001000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0gxkl0yTPaWjPKMl00gWkd\">poll<\/a> shows Dixon is gaining ground in the Republican primary with 28% of voters supporting her campaign, ahead of Kevin Rinke, Garrett Soldano, Ryan Kelley and Ralph Rebandt. Rinke received 20% support, 15% said they would support Kelley, 10% supported Soldano, 1% supported Rebandt and 26% of Republican voters remained undecided.<\/p>\n<p>A Detroit News poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/07\/19\/tudor-dixon-slim-lead-michigan-republican-governor-primary-toss-up-poll\/10085377002\/?gnt-cfr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/07\/19\/tudor-dixon-slim-lead-michigan-republican-governor-primary-toss-up-poll\/10085377002\/?gnt-cfr%3D1&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1658516841001000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0t7FEWz_luUwLP9fa21MOA\">found<\/a> that 60% of Republican voters think an endorsement from former President Donald Trump is somewhat or very important in deciding which candidate to support.<\/p>\n<p>Whitmer is running unopposed in the Democratic primary and will face the winner of the Aug. 2 GOP primary in November. A Detroit News poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/michigan\/2022\/07\/13\/poll-where-michigan-voters-stand-on-races-for-governor-secretary-of-state-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found<\/a> on July 13 that Whitmer leads all her GOP challengers in head-to-head competition.<\/p>\n<p>Rebandt told the DCNF that he does not \u201cbelieve the polls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManipulated polls are being used to manipulate voters,\u201d Rebandt said.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Whitmer, Rinke, Kelley and Soldano did not respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Mitchell Research Center poll was conducted via a phone survey of 501 potential voters in the Republican primary on July 17-18, with a margin of error of 4.4%.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;She&#8217;s gone after people, businesses and even parents&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":872,"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-1566165","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\/1566165","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\/872"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566165\/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=1566165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}