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Republican Whittney Williams, a President Trump supporter who used to live in the U.S. illegally, on Monday announced that she would be launching a campaign to challenge Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens (D) for the 11th District seat Stevens flipped blue during the 2018 midterms.
Williams, 37, said in an announcement video that she was brought to the United States at the age of 10 from Taiwan without knowing a word of English.
My family overstayed their visas and, as a result, I spent the next 16 years living in the shadows as an illegal immigrant, Williams said.
Williams, the director of diversity for Michigans 11th Congressional District Republican Committee, married her husband and gained citizenship in 2013, her campaign said in a statement to news site Mlive.com.
Now as a citizen, I want to help change the Washington culture, she says in her announcement video. Im sick and tired of political games, and Im sure you are too. When Ill go to Congress as a pro-life conservative who supports strong border security, Democrats are going to have a hard time using their typical playbook against me.
Trump has made hardline immigration policies a keystone of his administration, including rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Obama-era action that allowed children brought into the country illegally to remain. A federal appeals court ruled in May that Trumps decision to terminate the program was unlawful.
Williams touted Trumps record on unemployment and the economy, while showing a picture of the so-called Squad of progressive minority congresswomen Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)
I want to further this economic success and fight back against the radical lefts socialist agenda, she said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/457960-pro-trump-republican-immigrant-to-challenge-dem-lawmaker-who-flipped
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,468 posts)If this woman who embraces a RACIST thinks she can win, she has another thing coming.
dlk
(11,425 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,468 posts)An amoral man to start with.
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)Just....
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Kid Berwyn
(14,642 posts)They do, of course, but pretend not to know because that is all the GOP does in Washington pretend to do and know nothing.
Celerity
(42,630 posts)vercetti2021
(10,150 posts)Probably the highlight of his year lmao
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Not really, Whittney; we just describe your positions and the programs you favor, and informed voters will make the right choice.
Takket
(21,421 posts)Stevens win was quite historic........ if you look at the history of the seat it has been red for a VERY long time. I think though that, GOP cheating aside, Stevens can win re-election. Fingers crossed.
RandySF
(57,587 posts)I used to live in Downriver in what is now Debbie Dingell's district.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Flipping MI-11 was a special treat last November.