{"id":1975315,"date":"2023-07-17T15:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sister-sister-gretchen-whitmer-gives-max-contribution-to-sisters-new-york-congressional-campaign\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T15:51:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:51:49","slug":"sister-sister-gretchen-whitmer-gives-max-contribution-to-sisters-new-york-congressional-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sister-sister-gretchen-whitmer-gives-max-contribution-to-sisters-new-york-congressional-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen Whitmer fully supports sister&#8217;s NY campaign with max donation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fsister-sister-gretchen-whitmer-gives-max-contribution-to-sisters-new-york-congressional-campaign%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=1975315&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>\n \u200c <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u2062  \u200d \u2063 \u200b<\/p>\n<h2>Michigan governor&#8217;s father also \u200cfunnels\u2064 thousands \u200dto \u200cLiz \u200dWhitmer Gereghty\u2062 amid difficult primary \u2062fight<\/h2>\n<p> \u200c <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<figure>\n \u2063   \u2064<figcaption>Gov. \u200bGretchen \u2064Whitmer and sister Liz Whitmer\u200b Gereghty (Via Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n \u2062\u200b <\/p>\n<p>Michigan Democratic \u200cgovernor Gretchen \u2063Whitmer contributed \u2064the maximum \u2063amount \u2064to her sister&#8217;s \u200cNew York \u200dcongressional\u200c campaign, financial disclosures reviewed\u200c by \u200dthe <em>Washington Free \u2063Beacon<\/em> show.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 \u2064 <\/p>\n<div>\n \u2062\u2064 \u200c  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200d   \u200d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<p>Whitmer in April sent $3,300 to boost\u200d her sister \u2062Liz Whitmer Gereghty&#8217;s\u2063 contentious \u200bprimary fight against former liberal \u200ccongressman\u2062 Mondaire\u200c Jones \u200cin New \u200cYork&#8217;s \u206217th\u200b Congressional\u200c District. \u200dTwo \u2063months later,\u2064 in June, Whitmer\u2064 sent\u200d Gereghty \u2062another\u2062 $3,300 to \u200bfund her sister&#8217;s potential general election campaign, according to federal\u200b disclosures. Whitmer&#8217;s father also\u2062 sent \u2062Gereghty \u200c$6,600, the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2023\/02\/federal-election-commission-hikes-fec-contribution-limits-ahead-of-2024-election-cycle\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">maximum amount<\/a>\u200c an individual \u2064is \u2062allowed\u200d to give \u200ca candidate in a\u200b single \u2062election cycle, while\u2064 Whitmer&#8217;s ex-husband \u200cgave \u200cGereghty $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 contributions come\u200c as \u2063Gereghty faces accusations of\u200c outsourcing\u200d her campaign to \u2063her sister&#8217;s Michigan as\u200c she runs to represent \u200dNew York \u2063in Congress. Gereghty, who \u2064has lived \u2062in New York \u2062for\u2064 two\u2064 decades, \u2062has nonetheless \u200ccourted \u2062support from Michigan&#8217;s \u200bcongressional delegation\u2063 and \u200dhired a campaign\u200d manager \u2062who \u2063most \u200crecently worked\u200c in\u2062 the \u200dGreat \u200bLakes\u200d State.\u2062 Jones ally \u200cand &#8220;Squad&#8221; \u2064member Rep. Jamaal \u200dBowman (D., \u2064N.Y.)\u200c has subsequently questioned \u2062Gereghty&#8217;s\u2062 New York bonafides.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c \u200c <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t\u200c even know\u200c [Whitmer&#8217;s] sister lived in\u2062 the district,&#8221; Bowman told <em>Politico<\/em> in April. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t \u200cknow many\u2063 people \u2064who \u200bknow \u200bher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Neither\u200b Gereghty nor\u200c Whitmer \u2064returned requests for comment. Whitmer&#8217;s contributions helped \u2064Gereghty\u2062 raise more\u2063 than $400,000 within \u2063her campaign&#8217;s\u200c first 10 \u200dweeks, and Gereghty\u200d has also received \u200cendorsements from \u2062liberal\u200d groups such as \u200bEMILY&#8217;s List.<\/p>\n<p>This is likely not \u2062the\u200b first time Gereghty has leaned \u200con her \u2062sister\u200d to fuel\u2064 her own political\u2062 prospects. As \u200da \u200cschool\u200b board member in \u200bthe\u200b Katonah-Lewisboro School \u2063District, which sits\u200b roughly 50 \u200cmiles northeast \u2063of Manhattan, \u200dGereghty became a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/sister-telepathy-as-gretchen-whitmer-endorsed-covid-sports-shutdown-so-did-her-sibling\/\" \u2062target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\">top opponent<\/a> of plans \u2063to play\u200d high\u200b school sports\u2063 in the fall of 2020,\u2063 arguing \u200cthat sports were \u2062not\u200c an \u200b&#8221;equitable\u200c use of the \u2064school&#8217;s \u2064resources.&#8221; Hundreds of\u200d miles \u2062away,\u200b in\u2064 Michigan, \u2064Whitmer \u200dvehemently opposed plans\u2064 to hold\u2063 fall football seasons \u200dat the high\u2062 school\u2063 and\u200b college levels, \u2062as football\u2063 &#8220;is a\u200b very intimate sport \u2063where\u2064 you are up in one another&#8217;s faces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>Following\u200d Gereghty&#8217;s\u2062 input,\u200c district \u200dofficials opted \u200bto only allow\u2062 for\u2062 varsity\u200d athletics,\u2062 a move that prompted criticism \u200dfrom\u2062 parents\u200c of \u200bfreshman\u200d and\u200d junior varsity \u2064athletes. Whitmer similarly\u200d praised the\u200d Big Ten Conference for \u200bcanceling\u200b fall\u200d sports, saying the decision \u200bwould &#8220;keep\u200b their student-athletes \u2062safe\u2062 and\u200d their \u200dfamilies safe.&#8221; \u2063Whitmer\u2064 later\u200c flip-flopped \u200con\u200b the \u200dissue when the Big \u2063Ten decided\u2062 to\u200c hold a \u2063football season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>As part of \u2064her campaign, Gereghty \u200dhas attacked \u200c&#8221;extremist Republicans&#8221; \u2063for &#8220;banning books&#8221;\u200d and\u2064 &#8220;fearmongering\u2063 about \u200dcrime.&#8221; Next \u2063year, she\u2064 will square\u2064 off \u200dagainst Jones in a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/knives-out-in-new-york-squad-backed-democrat-launches-house-campaign-against-gretchen-whitmers-sister\/\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">primary\u200c fight<\/a> \u200cthat Democrats expect to\u2062 get messy. Jones \u200crepresented \u2063New\u200b York&#8217;s 17th\u200c Congressional \u200cDistrict\u2064 from \u20632021 \u200bto 2023 but opted \u200bto run \u200cfor a \u200dnearby Brooklyn seat \u2064last \u2064year, \u2064a\u2062 race he lost.\u2064 Gereghty has \u200dalready \u2063criticized Jones \u2064for moving districts to \u2062&#8221;chase a congressional seat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u200c\u2064 <\/p>\n<div>\n \u200c \u200b  \u2062<\/p>\n<p><a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2063target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u200b  <\/p>\n<p><a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The primary&#8217;s\u200d winner will \u200cface \u2063off\u200c against \u2064Republican incumbent\u200c Mike Lawler \u2063next\u2064 November. \u200dLawler in 2022 defeated\u2064 then-Democratic \u2062Congressional\u200d Campaign Committee chair Sean Patrick Maloney by less than\u200c 1 point. \u200cLawler\u2062 has\u200c so \u200dfar focused\u200b his ire\u200d on Jones, <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lawler4ny\/status\/1680612624608772096?s=20\" target=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noopener\">calling<\/a> \u200dthe former congressman\u2064 a \u200c&#8221;radical\u200d leftist&#8221; \u2064who is &#8220;trying \u200cto \u2064distance himself\u200c from \u200chis \u2063previously \u2063stated positions.&#8221; Jones,\u200c who is known\u2064 for his \u200dprogressive politics, \u200bhas \u2062supported \u2062the movement to\u200b defund police,\u200c called to &#8220;abolish cash bail,&#8221; \u2063and \u200bexpressed\u2062 support \u200cfor Medicare for All \u2063and\u200b the Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<p><em>Charles \u200dHilu contributed \u2062to this\u200c report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer contributed the maximum amount of $3,300 to her sister Liz Whitmer Gereghty&#8217;s New York congressional campaign, according to financial disclosures reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. 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