Detroit has two Members in Congress, one of the best in the House (Rashida Tlaib) and one of the worst (Shri Thanedar). Thanedar, a self-funded multimillionaire has spent over $17 million bankrolling his political career, while spending more taxpayer money than any other member of Congress on ads promoting himself, money that was meant to go towards constituent service.
As a result, Thanedar reimbursed himself nearly half a million dollars from House taxpayer dollars. As if his own millions weren’t enough, Thanedar has also taken money from corporate PACs representing Big Pharma, the military industrial complex, local utility monopolies and AIPAC. He embodies everything wrong with Congress and what Democratic voters are fed up with. He’s an out-of-touch politician who can never be expected to stand up for working class people under attack because his priority is lining the pockets of himself and his donors.
The progressive state Rep. running for the seat is Donavan McKinney, a lifelong Detroiter, who impressed us because our discussions showed him to be most interested in working class issues, above and beyond all else. Below he’s speaking for himself— worth reading. Please take a look at what he has to say and at his campaign launch video. After that, please consider contributing to his grassroots campaign here.
