The Michigan gubernatorial race is nearly over and they left nothing on the table during a debate with candidates Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon who faced off on Tuesday, October 25 in Oakland University in Rochester Hills.
The debate, one week before the general election on Tuesday, November 1, laid many controversial issues (and pain points) out on the table including abortion rights and road repair.
The two fierce opponents also talked about school safety and the economy, FOX 2 Detroit reported.
The debate kicked off with Proposal 3, a ballot initiative for abortion rights.
“The way to protect women and ensure that future generations will have the same rights we have had for 49 years is by adopting Proposal 3,” Whitmer said in the article. “And I will be a yes vote.”
“It is not codifying Roe in our constitution, bis ut it would be the most radical abortion law in the entire country,” Dixon said during the debate. “The only place that has something similar is China,” Dixon said in the article.
Dixon is backed by former education secretary Betsy DeVos’ family (and endorsed by former Pres. Donald Trump) is shown as a staunch right wing advocate against gay rights, which includes a policy proposal that would ban transgender girls from competitive sports based on the “gender they identify with,” according to the article.
Over the summer, the Oakland County Circuit Court granted the governor’s request for a temporary restraining order after a decision from the Michigan Court of Appeals cleared the path for county prosecutors to prosecute doctors and nurses for doing their jobs. The governor’s legal efforts continue to ensure women have control over their bodies and that doctors and nurses can do their jobs without fear of jail time.
The two opponents also showed differences with where they stood on economic issues.
“She says she will work with anyone on anything, and that she’d bipartisan, but she actually vetoed quite a bit of opportunity to put money back into the pockets of the people,” Dixon said in the article.
“Mrs. Dixon plans to balance a budget giving $12 billion dollars away and not shifting costs onto you,” Whitmer added.
They also discussed violence in schools.
“I support secure storage, I support red flag laws, I support background checks,” Whitmer said in the article. “When Mrs. Dixon was asked do you support secure storage – which is what Oxford parents were asking for, she says ‘I don’t know what it is.'”
“I would like to have armed security at our schools, I would like to make sure that we have a one entry point,” Dixon said in the article. “I would also like to implement some of that (Michigan State Police 2018) plan that talks about how to identify that child that struggles with mental health.”
“We have been trying that for 30 years, it’s not working,” Whitmer added. “It is time to try proven policies.”
“Yet she’s been governor for four years and a career politician for 20 and she hasn’t seemed to come up with an answer for this yet,” Dixon said in the article.
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