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Notice he didn’t say he would sign the bill. He knows this legislature in MI isn’t going to do anything of value for LGBT rights…so this is all more bullshit. The game he’s playing of pretending to be “moderate” is laughable. He just wants to get through a tough re-election.
BTW, he just pissed off a bunch of progressives in the State by signing a bill raising the minimum wage in Michigan to only 9.25 in 3-1/2 years from now, scuttling a ballot proposal to raise the minimum wage to 10.10 much sooner. It would have brought out plenty of Dems to the polls in the midterms to be sure. That can’t happen now with the new law. Sad thing is…Dems signed onto that shit too, because a worse version was believed to have gone through the legislature without their input, which would have only raised the minimum wage to 8.50 I believe on the same timeline, without indexing it to inflation, as this new law does, with a maximum limit of up to 3.5%.
I hate this Governor. He’s a phony corporatist phuck from day one.
Exactly. He didn’t say he would sign the bill. Trying to have his cake and eat it, too.
Won’t fool the gay community. The wingnuts already know he’s got their backs.
Somebody’s been looking at his poll numbers…
Thanks for providing this background- he is really a snake and has been terrible for Michigan.
I am with you on this. What a weasel. Would love to replace our Rep Al Pscholka who is going to be in the running for Speaker when Bolger hits the road which is bad news for the state. Snyder will say anything to save his job and then do his usual 180 degree flip the day after the election. Pathetic.
Shorter Snyder: If I give lip service to protecting gays from discrimination knowing that the GOP legislature is unlikely to pass any such thing and work hard to elect legislators who will do no such thing, you moderates will vote for me, won’t you?
What a slime.