{"id":2259923,"date":"2024-06-04T19:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T23:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-lawmaker-accuses-sba-of-trying-to-keep-michigan-blue-for-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T19:59:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T23:59:41","slug":"republican-lawmaker-accuses-sba-of-trying-to-keep-michigan-blue-for-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-lawmaker-accuses-sba-of-trying-to-keep-michigan-blue-for-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP legislator claims SBA aims to sway Michigan for Biden"},"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%2Frepublican-lawmaker-accuses-sba-of-trying-to-keep-michigan-blue-for-biden%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=2259923&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--><p>The\u2062 House Small Business Committee conducted a hearing\u200b where Rep. Eli Crane accused \u200dthe \u200dSmall Business Administration \u200bof promoting \u2062voting for President\u2064 Joe Biden in Michigan to secure the state\u200d for the Democrats in the upcoming election. Concerns were raised over \u200bthe SBA&#8217;s\u2063 collaboration with Michigan in voter registration efforts, deemed \u2062as election interference by \u200csome witnesses. The\u200b SBA&#8217;s actions\u200c align with Biden&#8217;s directive for federal agencies\u200b to enhance voting access. The involvement of various federal agencies in voter registration \u200cactivities \u2062was highlighted \u2062during\u2063 the hearing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>During a congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hearing<\/a>, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/JGVJzUtvXyU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> the Small Business Administration is working to get out the vote for President Joe Biden in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a> and keep the swing state blue this November. <\/p>\n<p>The House Small Business Committee held a hearing on Tuesday scrutinizing the SBA\u2019s involvement in voter registration efforts in Michigan, a swing state both parties view critical to locking in a win this November. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden applauds as Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman speaks during an SBA Women\u2019s Business Summit in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Witnesses testifying before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oversight-committee-calls-on-university-of-pennsylvania-to-provide-information-on-anonymous-chinese-donations\/\" title=\"Oversight Committee Calls On University Of Pennsylvania To Provide Information On Anonymous Chinese Donations\">committee expressed concern<\/a> over the SBA\u2019s actions, including Elaine Parker, who called such actions \u201celection interference.\u201d Parker is the president of the Job Creators Network Foundation. <\/p>\n<p>In March, SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman announced what she called the \u201cfirst-of-its-kind collaboration\u201d with the Michigan Department of State to \u201chelp connect Michiganders to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenbucks-tentacles-expand-as-judge-shuts-down-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Bidenbucks' Influence Grows Following Lawsuit Shutdown\">vital voter registration information<\/a> from the State of Michigan so that more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-to-partially-reopen-indoor-dining-in-nyc-for-valentines-day-if-positivity-rates-hold\/\" title=\"Cuomo To Partially Reopen Indoor Dining In NYC For Valentine\u2019s Day, \u2018If Positivity Rates Hold\u2019\">small business owners<\/a> can exercise their right to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepEliCrane?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepEliCrane<\/a> puts it simply: the SBA is going into Michigan to get out the vote because President Biden needs to win that swing state.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a normal or fair process. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3GYE6wVvPC\">pic.twitter.com\/3GYE6wVvPC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 House Committee on Small Business (@HouseSmallBiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseSmallBiz\/status\/1798037724810866869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The SBA\u2019s directive follows a 2021 executive order from Biden ordering all federal agencies to promote \u201caccess to voting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Witness Stewart Whitson told Crane that since Michigan \u201cis a key battleground state, it doesn\u2019t require a lot of votes for it [SBA] to make a significant impact.\u201d Whitson is the senior director of federal affairs for the Foundation for Government Accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Whitson went on to explain the SBA\u2019s involvement in the voter registration process in swing states.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is part of the executive order. It commanded every single executive agency to take part in this whole of government get out the vote effort to benefit the Biden administration. SBA is one of those tools,\u201d Whitson said.  <\/p>\n<p>Under oath, Whitson stated that the federal government had given \u201cunlimited funding, resources, reach, and power of the federal government and its agencies in every state.\u201d The witness went on to claim that the SBA is not the only federal agency conducting voter registration on behalf of the Biden administration. <\/p>\n<p>Whitson said the Department of Health and Human Services turned more than 1,400 federally qualified health centers into voter registration \u201chubs,\u201d the Department of Labor Services has turned 2,300 job centers into voter registration centers, and the Department of Education is \u201callowing\u201d federal work-study funds to help college students support left-wing groups register voters in Democratic strongholds. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Eli Crane, then a Republican candidate for the 2nd Congressional District in Arizona, is introduced by former President Donald Trump as Trump speaks at a \u201cSave America\u201d rally Friday, July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Arizona. (AP Photo\/Ross D. Franklin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crane pointed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naomi-osaka-calls-comments-made-by-tokyo-2020-president-yoshiro-mori-ignorant\/\" title=\"Naomi Osaka calls comments made by Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori \u2018ignorant\u2019\">recent comments made<\/a> by Tyler Robinson, special adviser to the SBA, in which he, according to Crane, said, \u201cSBA Administrator Guzman is the most traveled Cabinet member, visits battleground states with Democrat members of Congress to help them and Biden get reelected.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cShe indirectly campaigns for the president by announcing or highlighting investments in certain communities by the Biden-Harris administration to sway support,\u201d per Crane.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the SBA\u2019s actions were partisan, Whitson said, \u201cAbsolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s what campaigns do, right? Campaigns engage in get-out-the-vote efforts. And they don\u2019t try to get out the vote of every kind of voter. They try to get out the vote of the voters that will put them in office. And so that\u2019s the problem, now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-puts-susan-rice-in-charge-of-effort-to-expand-vote-by-mail\/\" title=\"Biden Puts Susan Rice in Charge of Effort to Expand Vote by Mail\">federal executive branch<\/a> is engaging in this. A federal executive branch led by a member of one political party and using that apparatus to engage in a get out the vote scheme,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/elections\/president\/2024\/battleground-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polls<\/a> have Trump leading in Michigan by 0.5%, a razor-thin margin. <\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Trump lost Michigan to Biden 47.8% to 50.6%. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) alleged during a congressional hearing that the Small Business Administration is pushing for votes to support President Biden in Michigan, aiming to maintain the state&#8217;s Democratic stance for the upcoming election. 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