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Michigan Policast for Monday, June 22, 2020
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- Segment one: The latest polls are bad news for Trump
- Segment two: Biden campaign notes
- Segment three: Michigan and the pandemic
- Segment four: Political Notes
- Segment five: What’s John James Not Saying This Week?
- Segment six: Elizabeth Welch on our justice system and the role of the Michigan Supreme Court
- Transcript
- Comments
The latest polls are bad news for Trump
- Fox News Poll: Biden widens lead over Trump; Republicans enthusiastic, but fear motivates Dems | Fox News
- Fox Poll results
- EPIC▪MRA STATEWIDE POLL – Polling Dates: May 30, 2020 through June 3, 2020 (pdf)
- EPIC▪MRA STATEWIDE POLL – Polling Dates: May 31, 2020 through June 4, 2020 (pdf)
- All EPIC MRA polls
- Real Clear Politics | Michigan: Trump vs. Biden
- Dingell: ‘I don't believe these numbers' showing Biden with big lead
- Chris Wallace grills Trump campaign adviser on Tulsa rally: “The arena was empty”
- Sick staff and empty seats: How Trump's triumphant return to the campaign trail went from bad to worse
- Trump's Tulsa rally was a flop
ICYMI – Biden accomplished something no candidate has achieved since Carter in 1976: he's polling at over 50%.
In 2016, POUTS only had to win undecided/3rd party voters.
Now he needs to sway voters who already support *Biden* in order to get reelected.https://t.co/5LeGxFSoHk
— Monty 🇺🇸Hamilton's Battery🇺🇸 Boa (@MontyBoa99) June 15, 2020
MOMENTS AGO: President Trump arrives at the White House from Joint Base Andrews. He is holding a ‘Make America Great Again' hat. pic.twitter.com/e94ILNFP44
— The Hill (@thehill) June 21, 2020
Once viewed as a reset button for a presidency beset by crises and self-inflicted wounds, Tulsa became a disappointing microcosm of Trump’s blindspots and wishful thinking that left him predictably upset. How it all went wrong w @kaitlancollins https://t.co/7ooJmJIAgh
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) June 21, 2020
Something much more serious than an internet troll happened to Trump tonight. His fans in a deeply red state either aren't as enthusiastic as his campaign hoped or they're not buying his message that they can stop worrying about the virus.
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) June 21, 2020
Biden campaign notes
- Joe Biden Begins First General Election TV Ad Blitz – The New York Times
- Biden for President official website
- Biden campaign announces $15 million ad blitz in six battleground states
- Biden campaign launches first general election ad blitz
NEW: @TeamJoe + @DNC raise $80.8 million in May, with an average online donation of $30.
— More than half of our donors in May were new
— More than tripled online donors since February.
— Over 1.5 million new supporters in the last few weeks https://t.co/ddOPbS0xF0— TJ Ducklo (@TDucklo) June 15, 2020
Michigan and the pandemic
- For now, Michigan is a success story in flattening the coronavirus curve | Bridge Magazine
- COVID-19 modeling site: Michigan ‘on track to contain' virus
- COVID Act Now – Michigan
- British study: Whitmer stay-home orders saved lives, perhaps tens of thousands
- Imperial College | Report 23: State-level tracking of COVID-19 in the United States
- Whitmer's health advisers: Take it slow reopening Michigan
- State declined nursing homes' idea to put COVID-19 patients elsewhere
- GOP-backed Unlock Michigan wants to repeal Whitmer's emergency powers
- Gov. Whitmer hits back at bid to repeal emergency powers
- Federal judge orders Michigan gyms reopened June 25; Whitmer to appeal
- Michigan may have lost millions to over 100,000 fake unemployment claims | Bridge Magazine
#Michigan has moved to green on our COVID Warning Dashboard, indicating that they are on track to contain COVID.
Cases are steadily decreasing and Michigan’s COVID preparedness meets or exceeds international standards across our key metrics. pic.twitter.com/7ZPBuETI4x
— Covid Act Now (@CovidActNow) June 16, 2020
Here in Michigan, we WANT people to get tested: https://t.co/QfjJs7fNUx
— Zack Pohl (@ZackPohl) June 21, 2020
Political Notes
- Local gay leaders encouraged by U.S. Supreme Court’s support of LGBT employees
- Michigan schools need $1 billion to reopen safely, group tells Whitmer
- Anti-abortion group given 2nd chance for petition ⋆ Michigan Advance
- Mich. LGBTQ rights leaders prepare for next steps after SCOTUS ruling ⋆ Michigan Advance
- Gary Peters introduces Senate bipartisan community policing bill (Detroit News)
- Peters Introduces Community Policing Bill (Press release)
- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel pushes police reforms, with limits | Bridge Magazine
- Black Officers Say Discrimination Abounds, Complicating Reform Efforts
- Trump: Mail-in voting presents ‘biggest risk' to reelection – YakTriNews.com
- Barr echoes Trump's concerns about mail-in voting, says it could ‘open the floodgates of potential fraud' | TheHill
- Michigan ballot application mailings to dead people raise GOP hackles
- ADVANCEMENT PROJECT AND ACLU SUE MICHIGAN SECRETARY OF STATE OVER UNLAWFUL VOTER PURGING (2008)
- Terri Lynn Land, Michigan GOP Senate Candidate, Violated Federal Voting Law (2014)
Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Connecticut are all sending voters absentee ballot applications, and New Hampshire and Massachusetts have eased requirements for absentee voting. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) also signed an executive order Friday to send every registered voter in California a mail-in ballot. ~source
What’s John James Not Saying This Week?
- Adam Schiff claims he is ‘disturbed' by revelations in John Bolton's book after he refused to testify before his committee during impeachment
- John Bolton: Ten biggest claims in his Donald Trump book
- Mary Trump: Why has president's niece penned damning memoir?
- Trump Jr. says John James is ‘all for' the president's agenda
The Engine House is an amazing establishment owned by two incredible Michigan firefighters, who have spent decades serving their fellow Michiganders and the Nation. It was an honor to have lunch there with a combat Veteran and truly great American, @JohnJamesMI, this afternoon! pic.twitter.com/dwJY97q3b3
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) June 18, 2020
Elizabeth Welch on our justice system and the role of the Michigan Supreme Court
- Elizabeth Welch For Supreme Court
- Elizabeth Welch on LinkedIn
- Our Justice System During This Critical Moment in History
- Why I’m Running for the Michigan Supreme Court
- Employment attorney Elizabeth Welch breaks down the COVID-19 CARES Act
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