Trump Will Rescue The Great People Of Wisconsin And Michigan From Biden’s Failures
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL REVITALIZE WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN
- Tomorrow, President Trump will be visiting Waukesha, Wisconsin and Freeland, Michigan where he will share his vision to save America from Biden’s disastrous leadership.
- Wisconsinites and Michiganders know Biden is directly to blame for the higher prices that have made everyday life increasingly difficult.
- In a recent poll, 62 percent of Michigan voters said the economy was good under Trump, compared to only 38 percent who say it is good under Biden.
- 62 percent of Wisconsin voters remember the economy as good under Trump, while only 42 percent say it is good under Biden.
- Nearly every resident interviewed in Sheboygan, Wisconsin said food prices have become a major financial hurdle under Biden.
- 71 percent of voters in Michigan and 75 percent of voters in Wisconsin say the economy has stayed the same or gotten worse since 2020.
- Faced with soaring crime as a result of Democrats’ pro-criminal policies, Wisconsinites and Michiganders no longer feel safe in their own communities.
- Come November, the people of Michigan and Wisconsin will say no to four more years of Joe Biden.
RESIDENTS ARE SUFFERING FROM BIDENOMICS
- Prices have risen by 19.4 percent since Biden took office – with Wisconsinites and Michiganders suffering from the lasting effects of inflation.
- Inflation has cost the average Wisconsin family over $21,981 since Biden took office, according to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.
- Wisconsinites have spent $8,379 more on transportation, $3,873 more on energy, $3,320 more on food, and $3,270 more on shelter on average since January 2021.
- Similarly, Michigan households have lost $22,639 on average due to Bidenflation.
- Michiganders have spent $8,630 more on transportation, $3,989 more on energy, $3,419 more on food, and $3,368 more on shelter on average since January 2021.
- Gas prices in Wisconsin and Michigan have increased by $1.12 and $1.41 per gallon, respectively, since Biden took office.
- Both states saw new record high gas and diesel prices in 2022 under Biden’s leadership.
- Homeownership has become increasingly unaffordable in Wisconsin and Michigan under Biden.
- Bidenflation has erased wage growth in both Wisconsin and Michigan.
BIDEN’S OPEN BORDER AND PRO-CRIMINAL POLICIES ARE ENDANGERING RESIDENTS
- Biden’s open border is a threat to the safety of Wisconsin and Michigan residents.
- In March, an illegal immigrant sexually assaulted two girls under 13 during a home invasion in Sturgis, Michigan, threatening to kill them if they screamed or tried to escape.
- The chief of police in Whitewater, Wisconsin, reported there has been a three-fold increase in the number of unlicensed drivers on the streets since the town took in 1,000 illegal immigrants.
- In December 2023, three Chilean nationals were arrested for operating a criminal ring that broke into affluent homes across Michigan.
- Substance abuse has risen in Wisconsin and Michigan as drugs pour across the southern border.
- In 2021, Wisconsin’s opioid deaths hit a record high, with the vast majority of deaths involving a synthetic opioid, in most cases fentanyl.
- In 2022, 2,993 people in Michigan died of drug overdoses, with fentanyl being the leading cause of synthetic opioid-related overdose deaths.
- In 2022, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Department in Wisconsin seized nearly 8,000 grams of drugs, more than it had in any of the past five years – with an alarming rise in the amount of fentanyl seized.
- Democrat-run Wisconsin has seen a serious spike in crime since Biden took office.
- In 2022, Milwaukee experienced the biggest increase in shootings in the country and had a higher homicide rate than New York and Chicago.
- Milwaukee’s police force has suffered under city budget cuts, including cuts in 2021 that eliminated 120 police positions.
- Milwaukee’s homicide rate remains higher than pre-pandemic.
- In 2021, Darrell Brooks killed six people and injured more than 60 in Waukesha after driving his SUV through the Waukesha Christmas Parade.
- Brooks had previously been charged with three misdemeanors and at the time of the parade was out on bail after his cash bond was reduced to $500.
- Police report that retail theft has become more rampant and financially damaging, with one group of women stealing more than $20,000 worth of merchandise from multiple Kohl’s stores in Waukesha, Menomonee Falls, and Oak Creek.
- A rise in violent crime is also plaguing Democrat-run Michigan.
- In 2021, Michigan had four of the 20 most violent cities in the nation - Saginaw, Detroit, Kalamazoo, and Lansing - and violent crime increased at a more rapid pace than the national average.
- In 2023, eight of the 50 most dangerous cities, among those with populations over 25,000 were in Michigan.
- Retail theft has hit Michigan, with a crime ring recently arrested after stealing nearly $100,000 worth of merchandise from a dozen Walgreen’s stores across Michigan.
- Despite the rise in crime, state and local officials are hindering the arrest and prosecution of criminals to keep them off the streets.
- In Wisconsin, the majority of Democrats in the state legislature voted against legislation that would allow a judge to make bail decisions based on a defendant’s criminal past and their likelihood to re-offend.
- In Washtenaw County, Michigan, County Prosecutor Eli Savit declared he would not seek cash bail as a condition of release before trial, freeing accused criminals back into the community until their trial.
- In 2023, state Democrats in Michigan were forced to go back on a plan to allow inmates to knock off up to 20 percent of their minimum prison sentences amid criticism.
- Earlier this year, Democrats in the Michigan legislature pushed for the “Second Look Sentencing Act” that would allow incarcerated criminals to petition for a reduced sentence.
- Wisconsin and Michigan are suffering from an “unprecedented” police shortage.
- In 2023, the number of officers in Wisconsin fell to 13,000, the lowest since the Wisconsin Department of Justice began tracking police staffing in 2008.
- Since 2020, the police force in Michigan has shrunk by 900 officers.
- Michigan Sheriffs Association Director Matthew M. Saxton on policing: “Whether they were defunded or not, the profession has been demonized by federal, state and local politicians and has really hampered law enforcement’s ability to perform their duties of keeping communities safe.”
WISCONSINITES AND MICHIGANDERS CAN’T TRUST DEMOCRAT POLICIES
- Democrat leadership has failed to bring jobs back, with Michigan ranking 41st nationally and Wisconsin ranking 34th nationally for jobs recovered following the pandemic.
- Michigan now ranks 37th nationally for median household income, a decline from 32nd in 2019, while Wisconsin ranks 27th nationally.
- Both Michigan and Wisconsin are below the national median household income average.
- Wisconsin ranked 36th and Michigan ranked 32nd for getting children back to in-person school during the 2020-2021 school year, while 19 of the top 20 states were led by Republicans.
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer promised electric vehicles would bring good-paying union jobs back to Michigan, yet the reality has been workers are being laid off and the expectations reduced.
- Master Lock announced it is closing the Milwaukee plant after 100 years of being a key employer for hundreds of Wisconsin families.
