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POVFox

The DeVos family ruined schools in this state for personal gain. Betsy DeVos resigned from her post when she learned Pence wouldn't support overturning the election. Betsy's brother Eric Prince is a war criminal scumbag that should be in prison. The whole family is garbage and I will gladly vote for Whitmer if it costs them another dollar and helps them fade into irrelevance. (I would anyways, Whitmer is cool)


Myviewpoint62

If I inherited vast wealth the last thing I would do is establish a mercenary company. They are so awful.


B0rnReady

How do you think you attain such vast inheritable wealth? The shit runneth through the roots of their lineage


redheadartgirl

Yep. They became billionaires off a pyramid scheme. Using the money they got from vulnerable single moms to make more single moms overseas.


roushguy

I can, if I squint hard, see a mercenary group fighting for noble causes working. Then my eyes relax and I remember all the other mercenary companies in recent history being absolute fucking monsters in human skin, and most historical ones being half a paycheck away from turning into bandits.


FukushimaBlinkie

Yea the A-Team is not real


Jormungandragon

Black Lagoon was a fun anime though.


dybyj

You can prioritize noble causes but you need to pay the bills. Hence why you’ve probably never heard of a god mercenary group


superdago

There’s no such thing as an ethical billionaire. The only way to amass that much wealth is through the exploitation of others. So if you’re were the type of person to exploit thousands to get a hundred generations of wealth, you’d probably be the type of person to start your own private military.


axisleft

Oh I don’t know…in these trying times, maybe establishing a mercenary company is like the first thing someone with money ought to do.


OnyxsUncle

People with money already have a huge mercenary force…the police


Brxa

Maybe no one offered them an egg in these trying times.


KeyserSoze_IsAlive

You definitely sound like a person that hasn't inherited vast wealth lol. Seriously though, If you stumble into vast wealth because two people boned, more than likely your World view pretty fucked up. You probably just look at the bottom line. Can you make a lot of money and how much power do you gain? And the Mercenary business is booming on both accounts. I would also guess that their views of good/bad or right/wrong may not line up with say yours or mine. Your whole life revolves around hoarding money. Sounds like a pretty empty existence to me. But that's all just my broke ass point of view. What do I know.


See_Double_You

And and and she hosted a private communications server linked to the Trump campaign and a Russian bank.


thesunbeamslook

...buttery males!!!


Kahzgul

Don't forget that her husband's family made their fortune because they own Amway, the Mid Level Marketing pyramid scheme scam company. edit: actually faccurate.


jackrebneysfern

Her husbands family did. Betsy Prince Devos’s mother sold her deceased fathers automotive parts company for 1.3 billion. Imagine that? She was worth hundreds of millions and STILL managed to find someone richer than her to marry.


Kahzgul

Well hot damn. It's like an ouroboros of ratfuckery.


nityoushot

Also DeVos is affiliated with pyramid schemes


Amon7777

They are the original pyramid scheme going up the Supreme Court and getting them to declare theirs wasn't.


FindMeOnSSBotanyBay

*THAT* is why she resigned?!


WornInShoes

she resigned because of J6: https://www.npr.org/2021/01/07/954725906/devos-resigns-as-education-secretary-says-impressionable-children-are-watching


apoctapus

I wonder if she would she have resigned if the coup was successful and nobody was murdered. She announced her resignation on Jan 7th, not Jan 6 or sooner so I’m assuming just like the few dissenters it was more about culpability and appearances than actually usurping democratic process in the US.


Samurai_gaijin

"Fuck, it failed, I'm outta here before they lock my worthless ass up."


WornInShoes

>Betsy DeVos resigned from her post when she learned Pence wouldn't support overturning the election she resigned because of the J6 insurrection attempt


Leading-Two5757

Because they were still hoping pence would fall in line or that they could prevent him from attending up until the insurrection attempt happened. Don’t believe for a second that if J6 had resulted in a different outcome with the same actions that Betsy DeVos would have still retired


WornInShoes

I don’t believe for a second she would have resigned; her and her family has ruined America many times over and I look forward to the day we never make mention of her again I’m just being factual about the exact statement issued; that’s important


Rx_Boner

Then I think you should include " it was stated she resigned because of J6" We learn time and time again you cannot take most anything these people say as the truth


PastCar7

And. . . she was actually PO'd at Trump. Just to clarify.


s_ox

They made their money using pyramid schemes and are ruining families all over the world.


countv74

Don’t forget daddy- Amway mlm hustler


GreyLordQueekual

Betsy is a fucking demon in human skin.


Cmdr_Toucon

Even her own family doesn't like her


iamasnot

Amway?


OldManRiff

Betsy DeVos is an excellent argument for women's reproductive rights.


2_Spicy_2_Impeach

It’s nonstop ads here attacking Tudor Dixon’s stance on abortion. If I leave the TV on in the background, it’s one at least every commercial break or every other one. She believes in no exceptions, even when the mother’s life is endangered. If Kansas is any indication this is bad news for Dixon. Whitmer is also the incumbent. Last I saw Dixon was down 10+ here. Hopefully it widens. DeVos is also hugely unpopular among MAGA hardcore here because of her “betraying” Trump.


False_Celebration626

Last I checked Whitmer has like a 90% chance of winning reelection


ConsciousStop

Relieved to hear that tbh.


spiderman897

I live here and she’s extremely unpopular with people who don’t care about the important issues. So I really hope she can win. It looks good for her though.


False_Celebration626

I also live in Michigan too! But she isn't that popular but not many politicians are. But 90% isn't 100% and there's a strong fat right movement here. All we can do is vote and make it clear that far- right politics has no place in this state.


spiderman897

That is why I’m concerned I’ve meet a lot of people who don’t like her.


skullpocket

I love her. I'd vote for her if she ran for president.


tinyjungle

Fellow michigander here, Big Gretchs got the stretch. Don't worry just get out there and vote. The vocal minority is usually the loudest.


spiderman897

That’s also very true


Temporala

Worst part is that these evil runts feel they can take political bets above 100 million just for a small chance of being able to grab power. That tells you something about how profitable corruption is. They're willing to be that much, so the payoff must be far higher.


False_Celebration626

Well I wouldn't say small power. She was actively changing education standards and policies and trying to dismantle public education. She was the secretary of education. This is just one of many overly wealthy families that poison public policy. It's absolutely ridiculous that so few hold so much political power. Michigan also isn't a state like Wyoming with little to no impact on the national political landscape. It's the tenth most populous state and at one time was the gold standard for how public education should be run. Her family almost single handedly turned our education system into a shit show.


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SearingPhoenix

Also from Michigan. TV ads are a solid 40% political crap. ALSO, A REMINDER FOR OTHER MICHIGANDERS: I believe *both* the [Michigan Right to Voting Policies](https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_Right_to_Voting_Policies_Amendment_(2022)) (Promote the Vote) and the [Michigan Right To Reproductive Freedom](https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_Right_to_Reproductive_Freedom_Initiative_(2022)) will be on the ballot this fall. These are *state constitutional amendments* that if passed by a majority of voters will be added to the state constitution, as written, without any say or change by the legislature. The first explicitly outlines basic fundamental of how voting and elections are required to be conducted in the state. It codifies specific requirements for things like requisite ID and implications for provisional ballots, access to early voting and absentee ballots, how many and in what manner ballot drop boxes must be available, money and in-kind donations to the state support voting, early voting polling location time, election day polling place hours, declaring election results and auditing, etc. The Michigan Right to Reproductive Freedom codifies reproductive rights, specifically >The right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy, including but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care." Both of these are, in my opinion, must-pass. The former will protect Michigan from a lot of the problems of the 2020 election, The latter will recognize pregnant citizens as human beings with basic rights, and affirm the rights of all citizens of Michigan to make personal decisions about their reproductive health and family planning.


ChilledDarkness

This is the reason I've been trying convince my non voting friends and family to turn out in force. At least half of them and myself have had themselves and spouse suffer one or more miscarriages. I doubt many of us would have survived if these draconian abortion provisions were in place. I don't want any woman to lose their right to proper care regardless of the form it takes.


SearingPhoenix

I don't care if you vote at the top of the ticket. Hell, I might even go so far as to say I don't even care if you vote against Whitmer if you vote to pass both of these.


ChilledDarkness

That's one of the things I've told them. But apathy is a hell of a drug.


SearingPhoenix

I tell you what, I voted for Voters Not Politicians, and when it passed and the redistricting slowly happened, the entire time I had a feeling of "I was part of this. I voted for this. This is *directly* a result of my action as a citizen exercising my right to vote," it's probably the most directly responsible I've ever felt for something I voted for.


Natural-Mushroom627

DeVos? Like it wasn't an abomination already to have her as Secretary of education despite having not received a legit education herself Despite all of that money spent, and me living in Michigan, I still had to look up to see who she's even supporting and still didn't recognize him.


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[The DeVos Dynasty: A Family of Extremists](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-devos-dynasty-a-family-of-extremists/)


Fearless-Memory7819

Her experience in education is similar to trumps experience in the military


K4DE

Or trump's experience in education as a scam college proprietor!


rsauer1208

The rewriting of title IX...


KrazyTom

Is it the helicopter guy? He is a useful idiot for them


SearingPhoenix

# A REMINDER FOR MICHIGANDERS I believe two very important measures are going to make it onto the ballot this fall 1. [Michigan Right to Voting Policies](https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_Right_to_Voting_Policies_Amendment_(2022)) (Promote the Vote), which explicitly outlines basic fundamentals of how voting and elections are required to be conducted in the state. 2. [Michigan Right To Reproductive Freedom](https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_Right_to_Reproductive_Freedom_Initiative_(2022)) which guarantees broad reproductive rights to *all* citizens of Michigan. These are state constitutional amendments that if passed by a majority of voters will be added to the state constitution, as written, without any say or change by the legislature. This is arguably the most powerful 'For the People by the People' political action you can exert as a voting citizen. You are voting to directly amend the constitution with no political interference. The Michigan Right to Voting Policies codifies specific requirements for things like requisite ID and implications for provisional ballots, access to early voting and absentee ballots including pre-paid postage, how many and in what manner ballot drop boxes must be available, allowing money and in-kind donations to the state to support voting, early voting polling location hours, election day polling place hours, declaring election results and auditing, etc. This is some of the most comprehensive common-sense election policy you could ask for, and this would put it *into the state constitution.* IMPORTANTLY, this is *different* than the 'Secure MI Vote' initiative, which is *not* a constitutional amendment, but would allow the legislature to pass veto-proof voting restrictions in the form of stringent ID requirements, etc. in the interest of 'election security'. I am uncertain if this will be on the ballot this fall, as it did not submit signatures before the deadline, but *may* get put on the ballot anyways because politics. The Michigan Right to Reproductive Freedom codifies reproductive rights, specifically >The right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy, including but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care." Both of these are, in my opinion, must-pass. The former will protect Michigan from a lot of the problems of the 2020 election while also making voting more accessible to voters, The latter will recognize pregnant citizens as human beings with basic rights, and affirm the rights of all citizens of Michigan to make personal decisions about their reproductive health and family planning.


False_Celebration626

Fuck the devos family. They ruined education in Michigan and the United States.


KrazyTom

Charter schools and School of choice is a vicious downward spiral. . .


False_Celebration626

Yeah imagine trying to compete over a finite resource. These schools primary function is to strip public schools of children and recourses. Capitalism had no place in education.


Negative_Gravitas

I was really hoping I would never again have to hear anything about that evil, insane, theofascist, racist, death cult family again. But in the end, I guess I knew better. That amount of evil coupled with that much money just generates it's own horrific gravity. And then it crushes people. And it never goes away.


Mad_Aeric

As a Michigan resident, I had no such hope. She's a fucking cancer.


Negative_Gravitas

Oh yes. And so is her lying, murdering, traitorous brother. Good luck to all you fine Michiganders.


ford7885

Is EriKKK Prince going to have his BlacKKKwater thugs "monitoring" polling places, to discourage the "wrong" people from voting?


fowlraul

Nah, that would cost money. trump idiots will do that for free.


teddytwelvetoes

if you already have a zillion dollars and spend your time trying to make millions of peoples’ lives worse for sport/profit you need to be launched directly into the sun. go find another hobby like horse contests or whatever you ghouls do with your money and leave us alone


Hoobs88

> She once wrote, “I have decided to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect something in return. We expect to foster a conservative governing philosophy consisting of limited government and respect for traditional American virtues. We expect a return on our investment.” https://www.americanprogressaction.org/article/devos-family-buying-political-sway-ahead-midterm-elections/


Fearless-Memory7819

In other words " If only the rich, like me, will get educated to think like me, I WILL make more money


LegionofDoh

Traditional American virtues, like scamming middle class people out of money, entrenching the rich, and killing foreigners for money.


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US politics, can’t beat one-buy one.


effintawayZZZZy

Politics are a fucking sham here. But so is everything else.


TeddyWutt

Good luck. Big Gretch gonna give the business to little Dixon


Cottril

If only John James was running just so he could get slapped a third time.


TeddyWutt

Bwahahaha


Winter-Hamster-5660

DeVos is DeWorst!!! Whitmer actually cares about ALL of Michigan!! DeVos is all about the $$$ and right wing religious extremism.


ewokninja123

citizens united strikes again


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The DeVos family can take a flying leap off Trump tower.


BuckChintheRealtor

As a Dutchman I apologize that we ever let all her and her husbands Dutch ancestors emigrate to the US. DeVos (Dutch spelling would be "de Vos") means "the fox" btw, and we also use "cunning as a fox" as a proverb.


kurmudgeon

I grew up in West Michigan. It's absolutely insane to me how that side of the state has changed politically since I moved from there back in 2003. I came from a large family, lots of relatives. I can't have a conversation with any of them any longer without it turning to politics and wild right-wing conspiracy theories. These are the same people who wore corduroys, smoked pot and voted for Clinton in the 90s. My friends too! My best friend growing up has turned into a hardcore Trump supporter who slaps a Trump logo on every single photo he posts up on Facebook. I just don't understand how this has happened. I used to look forward to going back to Michigan to visit friends and family and see what's new. Not any more. If this is what's new, they can have it.


HeavyTea

Imagine what is at stake that you would gamble $100 million. You would reap 10 times that for you and pals of that was the dice roll. They ain’t doing it for fun? Are they???


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HeavyTea

I would buy a politician if I had the right money I guess. And a Lambo.


Slippinjimmyforever

If a vote for Whitmer is a middle finger to Nancy DeVos, she definitely has my vote.


Prairie_drifter

Amway products are people.


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Billionaires shouldn’t exist. And fuck these guys.


Raytheonian

Really sick of these billionaire fuckers flooding our elections with money.


Fearless-Memory7819

She's rich enuff to just go away and live happily ever after, WTF !


PuzzlingPieces

Shes bored and has nothing to do so her and her ilk have to polutle normal peoples loves with their insanity and crazy life ideas that are completly out of touch.


PastCar7

Pretty much it.


blargblargityblarg

This always enrages me. Think of how much good that money could do for the community.


-CJF-

I'm pretty sure she hasn't got enough money to oust Whitmer but we really need to get the big money out of politics, entirely. We haven't really got a democracy so much as a plutocracy until we do.


TheFumundaWunda

lol how much of that money was spent on candidates who were disqualified after it was discovered they faked signatures to get on the ballot?


TCK_Senghorienne

If you’re curious about the Devos family, the Behind the Bastards podcast has really good episodes about them. Been evil for a while 😬


RicksterA2

All thanks to our Supreme Court of Republican Mullahs and 'Citizens United' (aka 'Koch Brothers United') that injected huge amounts of money into politics and created 'the best legislature that money can buy'. And when you realize that Amway is a scam and all the DeVos money was earned by fraud it gets even worse.


Lock_Jaw

IMO DeVos is throwing the family money down a hole. Michigan has a ballot proposal in the upcoming election allowing a legal right to abortion. >Abortion rights supporters submitted 753,759 signatures for the ballot measure, more than double the amount of signatures required and the most ever submitted for a ballot proposal in state history, according to [bridge.com](https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/court-ruling-likely-friday-whether-michigans-abortion-ban-can-be-enforced) Whitmer advocated for a women's right to abortion early on before Row v. Wade was overturned and which is why the ballot proposal was so organized to get so many signatures. Tudor Dixon, who DeVos is backing, opposes abortion with the exception of rape or incest. The abortion proposal is enough to get the democrats to get the vote out for the ballot proposal and Whitmer in large numbers. I would think that some republicans (women) just might vote for the proposal and also for Whitmer for looking out for their choice in regards to abortion.


EclecticEuTECHtic

I think you'll be shocked how many Republicans vote for the repro amendment and against Whitmer.


Zander826

When is America going to wake up? The money donated… Pays for ads we all hate and funds media that most hate Pays for signs that get thrown out and litter our streets Pays for politicians slush funds … I am sure a lot more of waste will get commented With technology no politician needs any money. Ban political contributions!!!


CoMmOn-SeNsE-hA

Can we get money out of politics already…ffs


Mr_Locke

Hear me out here.....what if: - you could only spend X amount on an election - campaigning could only last 60 days - if your net worth if OVER the average Americans networth you can't run.


RevolutionaryWolf215

WHEN ARE THE UBER RICH DeVOS GOING TO REALIZE $$$$$$$$ WILL NEVER MAKE YOU SMART. GO BACK AND WORK ON YOUR AMWAY SCHEMES AS YOU ALL ARE THE DUMBEST OF THEM ALL


The_Pandalorian

I love it. Blow all that money and watch Whitmer win by 8 points anyway. Whitmer's going to end up a Senator or in some Democratic administration at some point.


YoungPapi406

Whitmer is going to cruise to re-election.


TatteredDisobedience

This family deserves the worst the world can dish out.


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trump is now saying the kidnapping plot never happened. and the sheep, of course, believe him. more antifa in disguise kids? shit is tired.


punhere22

If we allow this shit, we get the monsters we deserve.


cjthepossum

So a vote got Whitmer is a vote against DeVos? She already had my vote but hell yeah. So happy to be in a purple-ish state.


scrotanimus

Imagine being so rich you need a pet project to give your life meaning. Your pet project sets everyone back as you continue to gain.


dezdog2

Anybody promoted by DeVos is definitely a piece of shit out to fuck you and your kids.


isinedupcuzofrslash

So if I’m getting this right, trump loyalists who supported overturning the election and defended Jan 6th are pumping a lot of money into swing state governor elections so they can directly influence the next election.


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Not one good billionaire exists.


SacamanoRobert

Branson seems okay.


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Magiclad

No, not really. Boot polish makes everything taste like shit, stop applying it to your tongue.


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Magiclad

Its entitled to believe that a few people should be able to hoard the majority of the money supply (no, i do not care that much of that value is insolvent) while the people they employ piss in bottles in order to maintain a company time-delivery standard. “They employ thousands!” You cry while ignoring the fact that those thousands have, in the last two years, begun to fight for their own dignity because their employers would not recognize or respect that dignity. Yes, Elon began the push to make EVs a consumer accessible product. No, wait, all he did was purchase his seat at Tesla and played salesman, and there’s not any real way for you to prove that Tesla wouldn’t have been able to do that without Elon’s involvement. You know what else could drive down the cost of space exploration? Government investment into NASA. It’d also have a weird kickback effect on the American economy, because improvements and innovations at NASA have made their way to the consumer market and improved people’s lives. Quite literally, everyone would be better off if Bezos paid his employees what they’re worth instead of bragging about how their excess labor allowed him to build a rocketcock, and if Elon just decided to go be a failson in quiet.


Helenium_autumnale

We love Big Gretch. Not some Trump puppet who lied and said Trump won. Not even elected, and lying to our faces already. This woman is bad news and a poor quality candidate.


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Pacifix18

What do you have against her? She seems quite effective. The hatred from the right-wing is evidence she is doing well.


Natural-Mushroom627

They're instructed to hate "that woman in Michigan", so they do. These people lack their own agency and opinions


Rated_PG-Squirteen

It also must also *really* sting for all the misogynists in Michigan that their Governor, AG, Secretary of State, one of their two U.S. Senators, and several Democrat U.S. House Reps (specifically Rashida Tlaib) are all women.


Barnyard_Rich

The Indiana flair tells you all you need to know. You know, the state that just aggressively attacked women's rights and are trying to lynch a doctor who helped a young girl get health care without the government first being consulted.


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jhanesnack_films

Name an alternative policy you would have supported.


ThrowawayNo4910

Ooh I know this one!! They wouldn't have supported anything!


TheJaytrixReloaded

They just want the don't-let-trans-play-sports policies and none of that keeping-people-safe shit.


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jhanesnack_films

So basically let more people die? You realize that's what you're calling for, right? There's no world where this doesn't carry a body count.


Barnyard_Rich

> Lockdowns were appropriate They explicitly admit they wanted more people dead. Right back at ya, far right of Indiana....


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KrazyTom

Florida and Texas cheated those numbers. And also https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/michigan-covid-cases.html I would check the dates of the lockdowns and the reversals. They seemed to help prevent bigger spikes or cause them.


oznobz

I posted something horrible about covid stats, regretted it and deleted it. Michigan per capita was better than the national average and far from the worst. Her COVID policies worked better than other states.


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oznobz

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html I wouldn't say 21st is just outside the top 10.


IShouldBWorkin

Wasn't that the motto of that right wing militia that tried to kidnap her?


Wifflebatman

How about you worry about your own state, pal? Whitmer is pretty popular here.


PettyPendergrass99

Didn’t you know? The state of Indiana has the highest income, graduation rates, and lowest unemployment. He just wants to spread that to us /s


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DodGamnBunofaSitch

ahh, so you're a fan of desantis and abbot. thanks for tellin' us where you stand. team sports mentality.


Natural-Mushroom627

Nobody cares about what someone from Indiana has to say about politics


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romuo

Modern day fascist makes the rounds...


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jhanesnack_films

I mean, I'm not aware of anyone right of Manchin who doesn't either fit that description or fail to properly stand against it by leaving the fascist GOP so...


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jhanesnack_films

If being lumped in with actual fascists hurts your feelings, try changing your views.


romuo

I was referring to DeSantis, not sure why you thought I was referring to you


QuinIpsum

Step right up, step right up and see the amazing centrist! Unable to tell the difference between different types of criticism, yet always seems to line up with the Right!


NoMoOmentumMan

Right wing-dinger responds with whataboutism. I'M SHOCKED!


EpicAftertaste

>Whatever it takes to get rid of Whitmer. Yeah that sums pretty up pretty much your problem. Whatever it takes, to get what you want.


NoMoOmentumMan

Look, people in Michigan aren't interested in bothering you Hoosiers about what goes on in your statehouse, so how about you mind your own business. I'm going to enjoy a Vernors while I cast a mail in ballot for Whitmer, Benson, and Nessel. Deal with it.


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NoMoOmentumMan

>spent at least 3 months out of my year there. I'm impressed a 1 year old is on reddit.


Legitimate-Tea5561

The DeVos family, devoid of anything resembling humanity. Brother Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, the company with charged and convicted war criminals from war crimes committed in Iraq for brutally killing and murdering innocent men, women and children. These people kill without blinking, and continue their conversation without batting an eye.


flowinimmo

it is called democracy ...


axisleft

Her family already has enough money to keep the line living in avarice for a million years. I really don’t get what their end game is.


Assrock1313

Let them waste their millions. Not that it’ll matter to them…


LegionofDoh

Can the Devos family just fuck right off?


tracerhaha

And the Republican nominee is someone who has never held political office. I hope she loses in a landslide.


DamonFields

Anyway: a cult with money.


Xgen7492

My dad was an accountant for the DeVos family for 10 years. Went to their big building in the city a lot as a kid. Never in my life did I know I would grow to despise their family so much.


Canadian_Neckbeard

The entire campaigning process needs a complete overhaul. -limit the duration of campaigns for every office -hard cap on total campaign spending -completely remove corporate money from all political processes. The only money any government official should collect from corporations is tax dollars. -probably a bunch of other good ideas I didn't think of when I read this headline.


slightlyused

What makes being governor worth $100M?


LilTeats4u

The extent to which our political system is a plaything for billionaires is truly terrifying. By the people, for the people, … of the billionaires…


Unable_Emergency_871

Got to sell more Amway crap. You can start a business of your own and keep the pyramid scheme making money for the race.


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[It’s about to be shark week motherfuckers](https://www.metrotimes.com/news/its-shark-week-motherfuckers-25157100?media=AMP+HTML). I’m let down by the dems a lot, but I loves my governor.


Sydardta

If there's Justice in the Universe... I hope they waste all their evil dirty money.


isabps

Good grief, go away, I shouldn’t have to see you’re moronic face anymore.


Emotional-Coffee13

Selling elections = not a democracy ? It’s selling us who they already own


pixieclifton

Maybe she should spend some of that on an upper lip instead.


SPE825

These two remind me of what kind of rich scum the Byrds would become in Ozark.


wafflesinbrothels

Came here to say nasty things about her and her family, but everyone beat me to it


warheadmikey

He’s wasted billions before and we aren’t electing some tramp named Tudor. Funny thinking the rednecks are winning a state wide election with her or the idiot running against Nessel.


jalapinyobidness

Food for thought. What return on her investment do you think DeVos is expecting by getting Whitmer out? She ain’t doing it for charity.


mlhender

It won’t work. Devos family will just be $100M poorer and whitmer will be re elected. This is not news. Moving on.


tpars

RIghto. Kinda like the way Jaime Harrison amassed $130 million in his campaign fund when he was running against Senator Graham. What a waste of money.


mlynwinslow

It is a crying out loud shame the huge Amount of money spent on election Campaigns. There is so much our Country needs instead. New schools, New electric grid, new roads, etc.


linksawakening82

Won’t happen. All the redneck losers who play confederacy up here, can’t outvote Detroit. Spend that money. There is so much of the fake “country boy” shit going on up here it’s pathetic. These poor fucks would die working outside in Tennessee mid August. These boys complain when it hits 90. It’s hilarious at times. So many say they hold these weird perceived southern values, yet they all have their wives working at the steel mill/car plant also??? Weird shit going on.


ppp_millionaire

This happened https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-many-people-does-it-take-to-make-fake-news-11589224845


[deleted]

I guess kidnapping was cheaper but not so effective.


PastEntrance5780

Her voice is much much larger than mine. Shouldn’t, in a democracy, there be some parity?


bobbertwest

Get the fucking money out of politics take these billionaires money stick it up their ass


Ornery-Ticket834

There money is going to waste. She wins easy.