Posted on 07/16/2019 5:31:36 PM PDT by CreviceTool
Joseph R. Biden Jr. swept into Benton Harbor, Mich., three weeks before the November elections, in the midst of his quest to reclaim the Midwest for Democrats. He took the stage at Lake Michigan College as Representative Fred Upton, a long-serving Republican from the area, faced the toughest race of his career.
But Mr. Biden was not there to denounce Mr. Upton. Instead, he was collecting $200,000 from the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan to address a Republican-leaning audience, according to a speaking contract obtained by The New York Times and interviews with organizers. The group, a business-minded civic organization, is supported in part by an Upton family foundation.
Mr. Biden stunned Democrats and elated Republicans by praising Mr. Upton while the lawmaker looked on from the audience. Alluding to Mr. Upton’s support for a landmark medical-research law, Mr. Biden called him a champion in the fight against cancer — and “one of the finest guys I’ve ever worked with.”
Mr. Biden’s remarks, coming amid a wide-ranging discourse on American politics, quickly appeared in Republican advertising. The local Democratic Party pleaded with Mr. Biden to repair what it saw as a damaging error, to no avail. On Nov. 6, Mr. Upton defeated his Democratic challenger by four and a half percentage points.
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This thread is useless without (Kate) Upton pictures.
the local small business folks would never donate nearly that much to hear any politician... and certainly not Joe Biden.
This money is coming from some very wealthy donor Im sure, and shows that Biden does have at least some real money behind him...imho
Here’s the reasoning written for UPCHUCK by some Democrat operative....
Following UPCHUCK’s yes vote on the resolution Tuesday, issued the below statement:
“Today’s resolution was targeted at the specific words that frankly are not acceptable from a leader in any work place large or small. If we’re going to bring civility back to the center of our politics, we must speak out against inflammatory rhetoric from anyone in any party anytime it happens. America embraces diversity, and that must continue. To quote President Reagan, “Thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we’re a nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge, always leading the world to the next frontier… If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.”
Upton must be defeated. If we hand the seat to Ds, so be it.
There are four more who need to be purged: Hurd, Upton, Fitzpatrick, and the guy from Indiana.
That makes our “take back” number 20 instead of 18, but it is what it is. These guys are useless. I suppose you could argue that they would vote for a GOP speaker, which would mean some of these votes would never come up, but we need Gideon’s Army. The committed.
Upton is worthless POS and has proved it over and over.
Fitzpatrick is for gun control.
Ok but Upton is still a POS.
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