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Senator Aric Nesbitt

@SenAricNesbitt

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Senate Republican Leader. State Senator for Michigan's 20th Senate District.

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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 month
Today, @GovWhitmer signed into law a budget that raids the teacher pension fund and provides ZERO per pupil funding increase for the first time in over a decade. Disgraceful.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
No debate. No discussion. Just raiding the teacher pension fund to pay for Democrat pet projects and give handouts to corporations.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
8 months
❌Increased income taxes on MI workers. ❌Mandated a California-style “Green New Deal” that will send rates soaring. ❌Pushing an additional $1.5 billion tax on workers, small biz, and non-profits. Not exactly the relief struggling Michigan families asked for.
@GovWhitmer
Governor Gretchen Whitmer
8 months
We promised to lower costs and make life better for Michiganders at every stage. And we're delivering on that promise.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
10 months
Our resolution calls on her to resign, because a member of Congress using language that calls for the eradication of the Jewish state renders them unfit to serve. It’s not politics. It’s a clear choice between right and wrong. If that “divides Democrats,” I got nothing for you.
@MalloryMcMorrow
Mallory McMorrow
10 months
Yesterday, the Republican minority leader of the Michigan State Senate introduced a resolution along with the entire Republican caucus calling for Congresswoman Tlaib to be expelled from the US House of Representatives (an entirely different level of government than the one we
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
It’s 5:00am and the Democrat majority just passed a budget that: - Denied an increase of per pupil funding in classrooms - Cut mental health and school security funding by $300 million - Raided $670 million from the teacher pension fund An irresponsible budget built on the
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
5 months
Banning sanctuary cities and counties in Michigan must be a top priority. Any further inaction will come with tragic consequences.
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
5 months
Reminder: Senate Republicans have introduced bills to end so-called "sanctuary" cities and counties in Michigan that refuse to enforce immigration laws. Lansing Democrats have not allowed a vote on the bills.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
6 months
Unfortunately, @GovWhitmer is the embodiment of Ronald Reagan’s warning - I’m from the government and I’m here to help. Her solution to every problem seems to be more and bigger government. It hasn’t worked in California or DC and it’s not working here.
@freep
Detroit Free Press
6 months
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's 2025 Michigan budget calls for 588 additional state employees
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
“Repeal of (Right to Work) will likely pass this week...Democrats are casting this as a blow for worker freedom. But forcing employees to join a union & have dues deducted from their paychecks against their will does not meet any definition of freedom.”
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
10 months
Last night, Lansing Democrats shoved through their “Green New Deal” that will effectively ban natural gas, make your utility bills more expensive, and put the reliability of our electric grid at risk. Another blow to struggling Michigan families and small businesses.
@CraigDMauger
Craig Mauger
10 months
Republican Michigan senators said the financial costs of the new clean energy requirements would be too high. Democratic lawmakers countered that the costs of inaction would be dire.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 month
. @GovWhitmer has signed the bloated state budget passed by the Democrat majority, built on an income tax increase and highlighted by handouts to big business, big labor, and liberal pet projects. All at the expense of struggling Michigan working families.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
3 months
The budget being pushed by @GovWhitmer and the Democrat majority is irresponsibly built on an income tax increase, a 1,200% trash tax increase, and raiding the teacher pension fund. Without those, it would be in the red. Michigan taxpayers deserve better.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
10 months
When you base your energy policy on far-left talking points, the impact on real people will be devastating. Lansing Democrats’ “green new deal” is a bad deal for Michigan families, farmers, and small businesses.
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
10 months
"Oh great, we're going to put up 260,000 acres of solar panels on farmland!? That's BRILLIANT!" U.P. dairy farmer @SenEdMcBroom was having none of Lansing Democrats' Green New Deal scheme that would require grazing farms all over Michigan. 👇🔥
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
Same old story with @GovWhitmer . More debt, higher costs for taxpayers, and proposed tax increases. Not mentioned by the article are two other disastrous decisions by Whitmer that put us in this position: ❌ Rejecting GOP ideas to significantly invest in our roads/bridges using
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
18 days
They misled the people of Michigan and their elected officials. Plain and simple. Whether on purpose or through incompetence is irrelevant. Claw back these subsidies & deny this corporate handout to a company aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 months
Michigan taxpayers should not be paying to incentivize the Biden border crisis. Instead of the Democrats’ proposal to give illegals immigrants driver’s licenses or legal assistance, we should be banning sanctuary cities and helping secure the border.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
11 months
Under Gov. Whitmer’s Green New Deal, being rushed through by Senate Democrats, higher energy bills and an unreliable grid are inevitable.
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
11 months
If there's one state Michigan shouldn't model our energy policy on, it's California. Yet that's exactly what Lansing Democrats are trying to do. Here's what you can expect if they pass their California-style Green New Deal. 👇
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
Repealing Right to Work action will effectively put a ‘closed for business’ sign on the state by drying up economic development opportunities, driving out businesses, weakening our communities, and endangering the stability of Michigan families.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
Michigan ranks 49th nationally for population growth under your leadership, as other states are poaching more and more of our residents. But yeah, that’s hilarious.
@GovWhitmer
Governor Gretchen Whitmer
1 year
Michigan: Always living in Ohio’s head ✨rent free✨
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
5 months
My heart breaks for this tragic loss of life. How many more victims of our country’s open border crisis is it going to take for real action to happen? Our communities and families deserve better.
@nypost
New York Post
5 months
Illegal immigrant allegedly kills Michigan woman in carjacking gone wrong
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
24 days
It’s now up to the states to deal with the failures of Biden’s border czar, Kamala Harris. Unfortunately, the Democrat majority in Lansing refuse to even hold a hearing on our bills that would help fight this problem.
@FOX2News
FOX 2 Detroit
24 days
Police busted five undocumented immigrants in the midst of a home invasion in Troy on Thursday, a police source confirmed with FOX 2.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
10 months
Rep. Pauline Wendzel nails it. Whether it’s banning natural gas, ignoring predictions of an unreliable grid, or raising energy costs for Michigan families, @GovWhitmer ’s “Green New Deal” will be devastating for our state.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
10 months
Under this proposal: ❌State bureaucrats will force solar/wind farms on local communities. ❌ Natural gas will be banned. ❌ Monopoly utilities can jack up your rates to cover the costs of these “green new deal” mandates. Michigan families took a hit last night.
@jonathanoosting
Jonathan Oosting
10 months
Michigan House passes climate change reform, mandating clean energy by 2040 and allowing state to decide solar/wind farm locations via @BridgeMichigan @Kelly_M_House
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
State government is sitting on $9 billion of YOUR money, and Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to keep every penny of it from you. Republicans will fight just as hard to put your money back in your pocket.
@Simon_Schuster
Simon D. Schuster
1 year
Inbox: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office has ruled that decreases in the state income tax due to revenue increases under a 2015 law are temporary, not permanent.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
You literally schemed to raise the income tax by $700 million from last year. You then raided $670 million from the teacher pension fund. Your budget was about $1.4 billion in the red if you didn’t raise taxes and refuse to make long-term debt payments.
@GovWhitmer
Governor Gretchen Whitmer
2 months
We're setting Michigan up for success and making record investments that will benefit everyone across the state, all without raising taxes by a penny! That's right, another balanced, bipartisan budget in the books that will make a real difference in people's lives. Here's how 👇
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
No job growth expected through 2030. Our population is shrinking. Other states are running circles around Gov. Whitmer and Lansing Democrats, and Michiganders are paying the price. We already lived through the Great Recession - the last thing we need is a Great ReGretchen.
@BridgeMichigan
Bridge Michigan
1 year
Michigan flatlining on jobs: No job growth expected through 2030
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 years
Congrats to @SenStabenow , who collects a $78,000 per year pension from the state while also making $174,000 per year as a U.S. Senator. Thanks to @MISenDems , she's one step closer to paying ZERO state income tax. 1/2
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
6 months
But tell me more about how we need a home school registry 🙄
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
6 months
Lansing Democrats have spent much of the past year watering down standards for students, teachers, and schools. How's it working out? Well, the superintendent of Michigan's largest school district admits 6 out of every 10 students are chronically absent. 🤦‍♀️
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 months
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@crainsdetroit
Crain's Detroit Business
4 months
Demand on Michigan food banks is outpacing even pandemic levels
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
“The unions want captive members they can dun for dues that can go to political causes they favor. Repaying unions is the priority for these officials, and harm to the economy is barely worth a chuckle.”
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
10 months
Just another scheme from @GovWhitmer to raise taxes on working families, while her and legislative Democrats dole out your tax dollars to multinational corporations.
@detroitnews
The Detroit News
10 months
Finley: If we tax them, they will come
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 months
Whether it's the 'Death to America' rally held weeks ago or these most recent events in Ann Arbor, it is a dereliction of duty for our Governor to remain silent in the face of such hateful, dangerous rhetoric. Whatever happened to "Hate has no place here?"
@EFischberger
Eitan Fischberger
4 months
NEW: @UMich 's new "Liberated Encampment Zone" is handing out pamphlets calling for "death to America" and a third intifada. H/T @rubin_a1 & @jbis9051
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
10 months
The Line 5 project is critical for our environment and the energy needs of Michigan families. Today, my colleagues and I called on the Biden administration, Governor Whitmer, & Attorney General Nessel to stop dragging their feet, get out of the way, and let this tunnel be built.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
10 months
The story is always the same. These “green new deals” based on far-left talking points and presidential ambitions are costly, destructive, and unworkable. If @GovWhitmer and Democrats do this in Michigan, they’ll have no one but themselves to blame for the disastrous effects.
@NYPostOpinion
NY Post Opinion
11 months
The wheels are coming off New York’s insane alternate-energy plans
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
5 months
The Democrat majority first tried to ignore Biden’s open border chaos. When that failed, they accused Republicans and law enforcement of politicizing the dangerous crime it created. Now, Democrat leaders say “sanctuary cities aren’t even a thing.” MI families deserve better.
@wxyzdetroit
WXYZ Detroit
5 months
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard warned they are seeing more high-end home invasions in the county that they believe are from South American crime rings.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
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@Kzoo_Gazette
Kalamazoo Gazette
2 months
Study: 38% of Kalamazoo County households below 'survival' income
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
5 months
The Democrat majority in the MI Senate just voted to give more of your taxpayer dollars to corporations. Decades of evidence show these handouts do not work. Not sure how many layers of lipstick are on this pig, but it’s still a pig & it’s time we put it out to pasture.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
7 months
Over 150k individuals in Michigan made the free choice to leave their union since 2013. Having the government force those same workers back into the unions they freely decided to leave is the antithesis of freedom. It’s un-American.
@Taxeconomist
Jonathan Williams
7 months
A sad day for Michigan, as workers lose and the state’s economic outlook falls. This will undoubtedly make the job of growing jobs and population in Michigan even more challenging. @ALEC_states @SenAricNesbitt @RepMattHall @AFPMichigan @MackinacCenter
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
10 months
Congresswoman Tlaib is not fit to serve within the dignified office she holds, and Michigan’s leaders should unite their voices in calling for her resignation. This is not a partisan issue, but an issue of common moral decency.
@ChadLivengood
Chad Livengood
10 months
Michigan GOP senators call on @RashidaTlaib to resign via @nannburke & @detroitnews
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
A GOP-passed law was triggered earlier this year giving all MI workers a permanent income tax cut. Gov. Whitmer, AG Nessel, & Democrats are fighting like hell to raise it next year. Pretty simple. We believe it’s your money, and you should keep more of it. They don’t.
@DNBethLeBlanc
Beth LeBlanc
1 year
Suit challenges Michigan's plan to end income tax cut after a year via @detroitnews
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
3 months
To the struggling Michigan families who saw their income taxes increased, their kids’ education standards reduced, and their grocery bills kept high… We did it. We won a Webby! 🤦‍♂️
@Minegar
Andrew Minegar
3 months
Headline for this morning for @MIRSnews . "Bringing Barbie Back Whitmer Wins Webby" @GovWhitmer took home a 2024 @TheWebbyAwards for her governor @Barbie campaign last year.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
One year ago, Gov. Whitmer and Democrats blocked a gas tax pause, with prices at $4/gallon & inflation at the highest point in 40 years. Now, she wants to raid the school aid fund to create a special carve out, while increasing the income tax next year.
@WSJM
News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM
1 year
WSJM News: Governor Whitmer Wants Sales Tax Pause On Electric Vehicles #local #state #wsjmnews
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
3 years
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
Let's be clear about what this means. If @GovWhitmer follows through on this coordinated scheme to kill permanent tax relief, every Michigander will be hit with a tax hike at the same time many economists are expecting a recession.
@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
State government is sitting on $9 billion of YOUR money, and Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to keep every penny of it from you. Republicans will fight just as hard to put your money back in your pocket.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
7 months
Last year, Governor Whitmer and the Democrat majority spent the whole year making it more expensive to raise a family and do business in Michigan. Unfortunately, her State of the State address yesterday appeared to double-down on those efforts.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 years
Had @GovWhitmer worked w/ the #MILeg instead of going it alone, there would be no sudden urgency on unemployment benefits or other measures. She even VETOED a bill we passed to extend benefits and continue other measures to combat the effects of #COVID19 !
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
A budget built on higher income taxes and raiding the teacher pension fund. Cutting mental health and school safety funding by $300 million dollars. And no increase in per pupil funding for students. No one should be proud of this abomination.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
Schools, families, and working Michiganders are all shocked by this budget. Because @GovWhitmer built it upon raising your taxes and refusing to increase per pupil funding for our students. All while families are still paying sky high prices at the grocery store and gas pump.
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
2 months
“Superintendents were shocked when the budget…did not increase per-pupil funding, the first time without an increase since the 2020-21 school year, as the pandemic bore down on Michigan. They also said they were disappointed to see cuts to mental health funding…”
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
We started this year with a $9 billion surplus. Governor Whitmer's current budget proposal would put us at a deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars. A bipartisan, fiscally responsible budget should be the way forward. Not a partisan spending spree.
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
They couldn’t move fast enough to put up the “Closed for Business” sign on our state. The fact that they did it by abolishing worker freedom and carving out special perks for their campaign backers at the expense of Michigan taxpayers makes it even worse.
@CraigDMauger
Craig Mauger
1 year
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed bills to repeal Michigan's right-to-work law and to restore the prevailing wage requirement.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
8 months
Legislative Republicans fought and won to deliver a permanent cut to your income taxes this year. Unfortunately, @govwhitmer and AG Nessel are fighting like hell to raise them in 2024. Editorial: Whitmer tax rebate a hike in disguise
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
Gov. Whitmer and legislative Democrats have been fighting like hell to raise your taxes next year. It's time they put Michigan's struggling families first, not union bosses and big corporations.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
6 months
This isn’t a potential problem somewhere on the horizon. This is happening now in major cities across the country. Michigan needs to send a message that we’re going to enforce the law, protect our communities, and keep our families safe.
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
6 months
Illegal immigrants are overwhelming sanctuary cities like Chicago, New York, and Denver. Sens. Jonathan Lindsey and @MicheleHoitenga have introduced bills requiring Michigan communities to enforce immigration laws. Democrats refuse to allow a vote.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 years
“Taxpayers should tell Whitmer to keep her unfair, skimpy rebates and give them the long-term tax relief they have a right to under state law.”
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
6 months
To combat the effects of Biden’s open border crisis, Senate Republicans want to eliminate sanctuary cities & crackdown on those who smuggle fentanyl into our communities. @GovWhitmer ’s proposal? Ask MI residents to house the wave of migrants illegally crossing our borders.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
After their first 100 days in power, Gov. Whitmer and Democrats told Michigan families to “buckle up.” They weren’t kidding.
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
1 year
Democrats are repeating the same mistakes that led to our state's Lost Decade, and Michiganders are paying the price.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
7 months
Without Lansing Democrats’ income tax increase, @GovWhitmer ’s budget proposal would be at a deficit. Instead of going on another spending spree, why not propose a budget that isn’t dependent on taking more from hardworking Michigan families?
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
“If allowed to stand it will allow Democratic lawmakers and the governor to raise taxes on Michigan residents without facing the accountability of taking a vote to do so. And that is Nessel's intent.”
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
6 months
After blowing through a $9 billion budget surplus in a matter of months, @GovWhitmer and Lansing Democrats are now having to bilk $700 million from taxpayers to keep growing the size of government.
@jonathanoosting
Jonathan Oosting
6 months
NEW: Michigan Court of Appeals upholds Nessel, Whitmer admin determination that last year's income tax cut (triggered by high tax revenues) was only temporary.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
5 months
This vile rhetoric should be denounced by everyone in a position of authority – especially our President, @govwhitmer , and Democrat legislators who continue to make excuses for Hamas’ violence, like @darrincamilleri . We must stand unified against this abhorrent behavior.
@guypbenson
Guy Benson
5 months
A few months ago, President Biden & Gov. Whitmer indignantly condemned a WSJ op/ed calling Dearborn, MI, "America's Jihad Capital." A few days ago, participants in a pro-Jihad rally in Dearborn chanted "death to America" in Arabic. Have we heard anything from Biden or Whitmer?
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
6 months
You can't make this stuff up. We gave Democrats a chance to protect Michiganders from the fentanyl streaming across Joe Biden's open border. They voted to protect butterflies instead.
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
6 months
🚨HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Lansing Democrats are opposing our call to vote on bills to tackle the fentanyl crisis and end so-called sanctuary cities. Instead of voting on these bills to protect Michiganders, they're voting on a bill to protect...butterflies. 🦋
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@FoxBusiness
FOX Business
22 days
401-CHAOS: Wall Street is turning red over a global market meltdown as Americans grow fearful of a possible recession around the corner.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 months
Wait until they find out how Hamas feels about free speech.
@stevegrubershow
Steve Gruber
4 months
University of Michigan students set up tent encampment, demand divestment from Israel The encampment copied a similar encampment last week on lawns at Columbia University in New York City that led to police arresting more than 100 students
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
25 days
“There are indications that 1 in 5 full-service restaurants will shut down. Everyone else will do a combination of shrinking their total employment and trying to find a way to change their business model.”
@BridgeMichigan
Bridge Michigan
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Michigan minimum wage increase is ‘nightmare’ for restaurants, industry says
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@SenAricNesbitt
Senator Aric Nesbitt
8 months
Unfortunately, @GovWhitmer & Lansing Democrats went the opposite direction, raising income taxes for 2024, while also proposing an additional $1.5 billion tax increase on workers, small businesses, & non-profits. No need to wonder why the Uhaul business is booming in MI...
@GovStitt
Governor Kevin Stitt
8 months
My New Year’s resolution? Cut Oklahoman’s taxes.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
9 months
Today, @GovWhitmer & Lansing Democrats doubled down on forcing costly energy mandates on Michigan families, farmers, and small businesses, while also effectively banning natural gas and giving unelected bureaucrats the power to force solar and wind farms on local communities. 1/2
@CraigDMauger
Craig Mauger
9 months
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is about to sign a major overhaul of state energy policies into law in Detroit. The changes include a 100% clean energy standard for utilities to hit by 2040.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
27 days
More devastating, real-world effects due to the failure of "Border Czar" Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s open-border chaos.
@detroitnews
The Detroit News
28 days
Man accused in Shelby Twp. sex assaults had been deported, officials say
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
Call me old fashioned, but maybe we should focus more on kids learning to read and promoting education accountability, rather than expanding the bloated bureaucracy.
@CraigDMauger
Craig Mauger
1 year
NEWS: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is preparing to create a new state department focused on promoting preschool access and higher education in Michigan, according to four sources with knowledge of the plan but who weren't authorized to speak publicly on it.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 years
This has been an incredibly challenging year. Thank you to Dr. Dommer from Bronson Healthcare System for joining me to talk about the importance of steps we can take to minimize the virus from spreading. Let's help our hospitals, nurses and doctors protect our most vulnerable!
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
11 months
The energy plan being rushed through by Gov. Whitmer and Lansing Democrats would be devastating to Michigan’s future.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
Nothing is more bipartisan than Dairy Day at the Capitol for two dairy farm kids. #mileg
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
5 months
In Michigan, our Governor still hasn’t condemned the gross “Death to America” rally held in her state. She does, however, find the time to do things like whatever the heck this is.
@GovWhitmer
Governor Gretchen Whitmer
7 months
Professor Potato and I are teaming up to share some news that will revolutionize higher education in Michigan. This isn't just small potatoes, it's a game-changer!
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
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I strongly condemn the hateful, threatening rhetoric coming out of protests at the University of Michigan. Jewish students fearing for their safety need to hear the same from their Governor. Silence is complicity.
@ADLMichigan
ADL Michigan
4 months
Calls for Intifada aren't calls for peace. For student, parent and public resources to counter incidents like this one @UMich , visit our website
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
While Democrats refuse to negotiate on a bipartisan budget, Gov. Whitmer is overseas doling out MI tax dollars to the French. I’d rather we spend your money on fixing crumbling bridges or local roads, but that’s just me 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 years
My statement in response to @GovWhitmer ’s press conference announcing additional restrictions on people and businesses. #MILeg #MIGov
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
9 months
700,000 families would have received this relief months ago, but @govwhitmer and Lansing Democrats buried it in a tax bill to increase income taxes and dole out more $$$ handouts to multinational corporations. Just more smoke and mirrors from this partisan Governor.
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Chad Livengood
9 months
BREAKING: 700,000 Michigan households will get refund checks early next year, @GovWhitmer says via @CraigDMauger & @detroitnews
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
3 months
This week, the Democrat majority in the Senate rejected this mailer I planned to send to 22,041 seniors in my district.   Why? Because I used the term "illegal immigrants." Seriously.   Sorry, Democrats - censorship won't make the border crisis go away.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
School officials aren’t buying the shell game the Democrat majority in Lansing rammed through in this year’s budget. Big cuts to mental health and school safety, as well as a ZERO percent per pupil increase. Sorry, but that’s true, Gretch.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 months
Every single Democrat in the MI Senate just voted down my amendment to join more than a dozen states to fund sending our National Guard to help Texas defend our open border. The Biden administration is asleep at the wheel, and the Democrats keep hitting the snooze button.
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Nick Smith
4 months
First budget bill, SB 762, the Department of Military & Veterans Affairs budget is now underway. First proposed amendment of the day is from @SenAricNesbitt requesting $8M for deploying the National Guard to the southern border. #mileg
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
7 months
Instead, @GovWhitmer and Lansing Democrats schemed to increase your income taxes this year. They’re also trying to implement a $1.5 billion tax increase on workers, small businesses, and non-profits. All while #Bidenomics continues to fail struggling families across Michigan.
@detroitnews
The Detroit News
7 months
Breaking: Whitmer nixes GOP lawmakers' hopes for a tax cut in 2024.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
19 days
. @GovWhitmer 's Department of Corrections has failed officers & their families. Dangerous understaffing at 13 facilities. Staff drug smuggling. Director Washington needs to be held accountable.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
3 months
A retread of Democrat “lost decade” policies producing “lost decade” results. And, once again, Michigan taxpayers get stuck with the bill.
@BridgeMichigan
Bridge Michigan
3 months
Michigan has spent $1B on EV, battery plants. So far, they’ve created 200 jobs
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 years
Since COVID arrived restaurants have adopted protocols and invested to make their businesses safe. Yet the owners and employees of Michigan restaurants will now spend their holidays out of work and uncertain about their futures. They deserve much better from @GovWhitmer .
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
30 days
Senate Republicans in Michigan introduced legislation to combat both of these issues due to the Biden/Harris administration’s massive failures. The Democrat majority in Lansing has refused to even hold a hearing.
@JDVance
JD Vance
1 month
Kamala Harris calls me and Donald Trump disloyal to America. Call me crazy, but I think it's disloyal to let in 20 million illegal aliens and poison our citizens with fentanyl.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
8 months
Another alarming report of gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars by this administration. @GovWhitmer and her appointed officials continue to downplay these serious findings, claiming they’ve fixed the problems that came with the pandemic. This audit shows otherwise.
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Beth LeBlanc
8 months
An audit of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency's pandemic aid found likely inappropriate payments to: -- 4,959 incarcerated people ($35.6M) -- 3,002 deceased ($19.8M) -- 5,913 ppl under 15 ($90.9M) -- 1,269 ppl over 85 ($18.6M) via @detroitnews
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
26 days
This is a disgrace. No other way to describe it. Women should not be forced to compete against biological men.
@EndWokeness
End Wokeness
26 days
An absolute travesty at the Olympics. Angela Carini is forced to box against a biological male. She quits after just 45 seconds, and cries hysterically as her opponent is declared the winner. Don't look away. This is wokeness.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
7 months
Unfortunately, this was more of the same from @GovWhitmer this evening. Nothing we heard this evening was offered to grow our working age population. Just more gimmicks, buzzwords, and unfunded “pie in the sky” wishes. No serious plan was offered tonight by the Governor.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 months
The mealy-mouthed “both sides” statements being offered by @govwhitmer and others regarding the threats and hate being directed at our Jewish friends and neighbors is insulting. These calls for violence from radical ideologues must be strongly condemned, without equivocation.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
6 months
I’m glad Mayor Adams is finally realizing what most Americans already know. Sanctuary cities restrict local and federal law enforcement from keeping our communities safe. We need to ban sanctuary cities in Michigan, and I hope Lansing Democrats will join us in this effort.
@BillMelugin_
Bill Melugin
6 months
BREAKING: A stunning turnaround from NYC Mayor Eric Adams, who is now calling for NYC’s sanctuary city law to be changed so that some illegal immigrants who commit felonies can be turned over to ICE for deportation.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
27 days
This misguided ruling from the Supreme Court will make everything more expensive for struggling Michigan families, while also having a devastating effect on the jobs of tipped workers. The Legislature needs to act NOW to prevent catastrophic damage to the livelihoods of the
@DavidEggert00
David Eggert
27 days
A big aspect of the ruling: the tipped credit, which lets restaurants pay a lower minimum to tipped employees as long as their tips make up the difference, will be eliminated in 2029. Major impact for restaurants, servers, bartenders, etc.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
Imagine if Lansing Democrats trusted you with your money as much as they trust Chinese corporations and Hollywood elites…
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Senator Dayna Polehanki
1 year
How do we attract and keep people, particularly young people, in Michigan? In addition to investing heavily in public transit and amplifying that we are a reproduction freedom state, we must continue to DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY, as young people just aren’t that interested in
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
What about banning the words “illegal immigrant?”
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@GovWhitmer
Governor Gretchen Whitmer
2 months
Attempts to ban books are about more than words on paper – they’re attacking education, libraries, and your right to be who you are. Books connect readers with communities, expose you to new worlds and ideas, and can even help you learn about yourself 📖
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
8 months
As was pointed out in the @detroitnews today, people are fleeing Michigan to states that are doing the opposite of what @GovWhitmer and the Democrat majority have done. Unfortunately, a return to the Granholm “lost decade” is inevitable under these regressive policies.
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
8 months
Thanks to #Bidenomics and Lansing Democrats' policies, Michiganders keep leaving our state for better jobs and lower taxes. 🤦‍♀️
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
7 months
Two weeks ago, President Obama’s CIA Director said this:
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@CrainsChicago
Crain's Chicago Business
7 months
Gotion prepares for environmental reviews of $2.4B Michigan battery plant
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 months
This afternoon, I sent a letter to President Ono and the U-M Board of Regents urging them to take action to ensure the safety of Jewish students & faculty on campus. The calls for violence by radical demonstrators this past week has no place at an institution of higher learning.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 months
Biden's border crisis has caused chaos along our southern border and has threatened the safety of our communities. The bills introduced by Michigan Senate Republicans to end sanctuary cities and crack down on fentanyl need to be taken up now, before it's too late.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 month
Praying for President Trump and our country.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
9 months
Once again, the market has spoken and the ruse of government picking winners and losers failed to pan out. These taxpayer handouts to multinational corporations overpromise and underachieve time after time. And it's the taxpayers that always take the hit. 🧵 1/3
@ChadLivengood
Chad Livengood
9 months
BREAKING: @Ford to move forward with scaled down Marshall EV battery plant via ⁦ @DNBethLeBlanc @BreanaCNoble @detroitnews
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
1 year
Gov. Whitmer tried to find a way to deny you a permanent income tax cut. She came up with some convoluted financial shell game, and disguised it with a one-time $180 rebate check, that penalized married couples. No one fell for it. And Republicans held strong.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
4 years
The time for Director Gordon to resign is way past due, and @govwhitmer should replace him with an independent leader who will bring much-needed organization and a spirit of partnership to this administration.
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Senator Aric Nesbitt
2 months
Raiding the teachers pension fund to pay for @GovWhitmer ’s pet projects is par for the course for this fiscally irresponsible Democrat majority. No debate. No discussion. And we stick our kids with the bill.
@MISenate
MI Senate Republicans
2 months
🚨HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Senate Democrats are preparing to vote on a @Hertelforsenate bill that will allow for a raid of the teacher retirement fund.
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