LANSING — As this pivotal election year continues, Republicans made fools of themselves this week when they tried to erase Trump’s extreme anti-abortion stance, new evidence of Auditor General Ringler meddling in the 2020 election broke, and Mike Roger’s Florida residence was exposed. Don’t take our word for it, roll the tapes!

Trump started the week off by releasing a bogus statement on abortion claiming he would leave the matter of abortion rights for states to decide – a bald-faced lie given everything he’s said and done. Then the Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Lavora Barnes condemned Michigan Auditor General Ringler for his blatantly partisan involvement in the 2020 election, and finally, Mike Rogers was called out for barely even living in Michigan – despite currently running for Senate here. 

Amid this chaos from the right, Black Maternal Health Week kicked off on Thursday to highlight the significant health disparities that impact pregnancy and birth for Black women. Chair Barnes highlighted how the Biden Administration and Michigan Democrats have been fighting for better, more accessible, and more affordable health care to ensure every parent gets the quality care they deserve.

This was a busy week, but with Tuesday’s special elections just around the corner, there is certainly more to come!

Check out the highlights reel from this week below:

First, Michigan Dems held Trump accountable for the radical, anti-abortion agenda that he has pushed and will continue to push if re-elected — no matter what he claims. He proudly gutted Roe, and there is no telling the further damage he would do to reproductive freedom if given another chance: 

Michigan Advance: Whitmer “confident” Trump will sign a federal abortion ban if given the opportunity

• Whitmer said Trump is still taking pride in letting politicians interfere in private medical decisions for women and assertions from Trump that abortion should be left up to states and voters as a people’s issue are disingenuous. 
• “We know exactly how bad Trump has been for women and reproductive freedom, and we are confident he would sign into law the national abortion ban he and his party have wanted for so long. He said he thinks women should be punished for choosing abortion, and we should take him at his word,” Whitmer said…
• There’s a lot at stake in November, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Lavora Barnes said in a statement Monday…“Let’s be clear, Trump is not only extremely proud of overturning Roe v. Wade, he supports the nightmarish abortion bans happening in states across the country — full stop. With today’s statement, Trump stands in lock step with the MIGOP, who would tear down our reproductive freedom here in Michigan if given the chance,” Barnes said.