#80: Good News Out of Michigan

Decency triumphs over MAGA misogyny and bigotry

I hope this in indicative of what we will do as a country come November.

We can find ways to support local candidates - even those in (R)-Fascist strongholds.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen

WOW: Robert Regan, the Michigan Republican who said he would tell his daughters "if rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it" just lost his seat (in a district Trump carried by 16 POINTS) to Democrat @caglanville. Big pickup in Michigan's HD-74.

Greg Sargent @ThePlumLineGS

Dems just scored a big upset in a Michigan state House district that Trump won by double digits twice. While the GOP candidate was a real MAGA loony, Dem Carol Glanville tells me she won in part by going bigger, by attacking extreme GOP radicalization:

washingtonpost.comOpinion | An upset win over the ‘enjoy rape’ MAGA candidate speaks volumesDemocrats need to offer a bigger response to relentless right-wing insurrectionism and culture-warring.