{"id":2391268,"date":"2025-01-16T15:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-dem-says-party-wont-change-rhetoric-that-lost-them-the-race\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:01:40","slug":"michigan-dem-says-party-wont-change-rhetoric-that-lost-them-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-dem-says-party-wont-change-rhetoric-that-lost-them-the-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Dem says party won&#8217;t change &#8216;rhetoric that lost them the race&#8217;"},"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%2Fmichigan-dem-says-party-wont-change-rhetoric-that-lost-them-the-race%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=2391268&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-the-ever-given-ship-that-blocked-the-suez-canal-on-fire\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show The Ever Given Ship That Blocked The Suez Canal On Fire?\">text appears<\/a>\u200b to \u2062be HTML code related to a webpage\u200d that includes elements such as a \u2062&#8221;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button, \u2063search functionality, and a \u200bmenu\u200b icon for mobile devices. 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State Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3271715\/trump-applauds-disillusioned-florida-lawmaker-switch-to-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hillary Cassel<\/a>&nbsp;of Florida switched to the&nbsp;Republican Party after Rep. Susan Valdes did so earlier this year. The Michigan lawmaker will remain a Democrat, however.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to caucus with them because of their talking points and the fact that they are disconnected,&rdquo; Whitsett said Thursday on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Faulkner Focus<\/em>. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re still using the same rhetoric that lost them the race. I know how to read a bill. So I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t need someone to tell me how to vote. Clearly, they have messed up the whole entire voting system as it is, so why would I do that? I&rsquo;m better off just being by myself, read my bills, and get things done for my district.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2759438&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=0d2ba0211e738fcda56cd44d719367fe\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whitsett said President-elect Donald Trump helped her raise over $840,000 for her campaign. She ran unopposed in the 2024 general election. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.followthemoney.org\/entity-details?eid=44064475&amp;default=candidate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Open Secrets\">Open Secrets<\/a> reported that Whitsett fundraised just over $86,000 for this latest race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump flipped Michigan in 2024 after the state elected President Joe Biden in 2020. 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