MI: Gun safety, House control take center stage as political leaders set sights on 2024 election
Michigan’s political leaders kicked their 2024 election efforts into gear this week, with Democrats launching an ad campaign targeting Republican House members who opposed gun safety legislation and former Gov. Rick Snyder partnering with GOP lawmakers in a bid to retake the state House.
On Tuesday the Michigan Democratic Party announced an ad campaign criticizing six House Republicans for voting against recently-signed gun safety measures. Those measures, championed by Democrats following the mass shooting at Michigan State University in February, include background checks for all firearm purchases, mandates that Michiganders safely store their firearms in homes with children, and allowing a court to temporarily remove guns from individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others.
The Democratic ad campaign centers on seats held by Reps. Donni Steele (R-Orion Twp.), Mark Tisdel (R-Rochester Hills), Jamie Thompson (R-Brownstown), James DeSana (R-Carleton), Tom Kuhn (R-Troy) and Alicia St. Germaine (R-Harrison Twp.). The campaign includes online and TV ads as well as three billboards in Oakland County slamming Tisdel and Steele for voting against gun safety measures in the House.
The Michigan Democratic Party also took to Twitter encouraging Steele and Tisdel’s constituents to contact the lawmakers’ offices in Lansing and ask them why they voted against these measures.
“Republicans are showing time and time again how out of step they are with the will of Michiganders and the folks who put them in office. It is critical that we simply let those folks know, here’s how your representative voted; do you agree with that vote?” said Rep. Jason Morgan (D-Ann Arbor), who serves as the vice chair of the Michigan Democratic Party.
https://michiganadvance.com/2023/06/08/gun-safety-house-control-take-center-stage-as-political-leaders-set-sights-on-2024-election/
