Posted on 04/23/2020 1:31:51 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
A Detroit, Mich., branch of the Democratic Party plans to censure state representative Karen Whitsett (D., Detroit) after she met with President Trump earlier this month and praised him for recommending the anti-viral drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus.
Whitsett contracted coronavirus in March and has since recovered. The freshman lawmaker credited hydroxychloroquine, a medication touted by Trump and other U.S. officials as a possible therapeutic for coronavirus, with saving her life.
“Thank you for everything that you have done,” Whitsett told Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the White House on April 14. “I did not know that saying thank you had a political line…I thought just saying thank you meant ‘thank you.'”
The potential benefits of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus patients have not yet been confirmed by medical studies, however state governors including New York’s Andrew Cuomo have allowed doctors to use the medication if they choose.
However, Detroit’s 13th Congressional District Democratic Party plans to censure Whitsett and withhold any future endorsements of the lawmaker for breaking protocol by meeting the president. Whitsett also has a history of statements and actions that have bucked the party apparatus, sometimes making negative statements about the party and Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer.
“At the end of the day, we have political systems,” 13th District chairman Jonathan Kinloch said. “We have political parties, and political parties exist for a reason…[representatives] belong to the members and precinct delegates of the Democratic Party.”
The 13th District summoned Whitsett for a screening of possible State House candidates in the district on Sunday, but Whitsett refused to attend.
“I don’t have time for politics,” Whitsett said. “That’s ridiculous, during a pandemic, that they think I have time for a screening…I have people that need me.” The lawmaker said she has been handing out food and cleaning supplies to people in her district since her recovery.
Hope she switches parties and gets to speak in Charlotte at the RNC convention!!
There are consequences for going against the party line, Comrade Whitsett.
I got to wondering.
So I Googled her. Looked at her picture.
Yep. The Democratic Party is ray-ciss..
How dare they diss a black woman?
Democrats need bodies and a new great depression if that’s what it takes to defeat Trump.
Anyone breaking ranks threatens that.
What the hell?!
Censuring her for praising Trump for something political - ok. I don’t agree but that’s a political party issue.
Censuring her for praising Trump for recommending a treatment that may have saved her life?
That’s evil and tyrannical.
Again - the Democrat party is a clear and present threat to the Republic and must be destroyed.
More than likely, she couldn’t get elected dog catcher in Detroit with an “R” after her name. She is better off staying a “D” and speaking in Charlotte anyway.
I may have picked a picture from a differnt Karen Whitsett.
This. This is her wiki picture.
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“...However, Detroit’s 13th Congressional District Democratic Party plans to censure Whitsett and withhold any future endorsements of the lawmaker for breaking protocol by meeting the president...”
Meet with the President of the United States - and get censured by your party?
Amazing
Burocrats, politicians, and other turds eating their own.
He mentioned it as it was told to him. He didn’t tout anything.
What we say, you will say. You do not have your own opinions. If we say the earth is flat, it is flat.,
Could be the same gal, just a much older photo.
Honestly, if an R thanked cuomo for the lockdown, I’d vote for a cat before him/her.
Politics is a rough business.
She must want out and is hoping for a piece of the R action...or i could be completely wrong and she was just being thankful :)
The other pic is before coronavirus.
Your pic of her is after coronavirus.
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