A year of coronavirus deepens Michigan’s political division
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
Michigan National Guard soldiers stand in front of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. The National Guard was activated and the Michigan State Police increased their presence due to threats of violence.
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Michigan’s first positive cases of coronavirus came March 10, but it became real for state lawmakers only a few weeks later.
State Rep. Isaac Robinson, D-Detroit, died on March 29 with the suspected cause being COVID-19. Democrats and Republicans both mourned his death, with many noting the representative’s “big heart.”
Right after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, dozens of U.S. companies announced they would halt political donations to the 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to overturn Donald Trump’s presidential election loss. Two months later, there is little sign that the corporate revolt has done any real damage to Republican fundraising. If anything, the biggest backers of Trump’s false election-fraud narrative - such as Missouri Senator Josh Hawley and Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene - have been rewarded with a flood of grassroots donations, more than offsetting the loss of corporate money.
Right after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, dozens of U.S. companies announced they would halt political donations to the 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to overturn Donald Trump’s presidential election loss. Two months later, there is little sign that the corporate revolt has done any real damage to Republican fundraising. If anything, the biggest backers of Trump’s false election-fraud narrative - such as Missouri Senator Josh Hawley and Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene - have been rewarded with a flood of grassroots donations, more than offsetting the loss of corporate money.
There is little sign that the corporate revolt following the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has done any real damage to Republican fundraising.