DEBATE: Another Tudor Dixon Victory!

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Following her decisive victory in the first debate, Tudor Dixon remained on offense and once again exposed the failures of Gretchen Whitmer that have sent Michigan down the wrong track.

Dixon delivered common sense solutions that will put the state back on track by cutting taxes to jumpstart the economy and getting schools back to the basics while putting families first.

Meanwhile, Whitmer still had no answers for the failure of Michigan’s schoolsrising violent crimebroken roads82,000 lost jobs, and had no plans to help families survive Democrat-induced inflation and record gas prices.

Take a look at the highlights from Dixon’s second debate victory:

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WATCH: Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed bills to provide relief to Michigan families on multiple occasions.

Dixon: “Well I’ve heard several times from Gretchen Whitmer that she’ll work with anyone on anything, and that she’s bipartisan, but she’s actually vetoed quite a bit of opportunities to put money back into the pockets of the people. She vetoed a child tax credit, she vetoed two opportunities to reduce the income tax, she also vetoed retirement help for retirement income. So, when she’s had the opportunity to actually do that, she’s vetoed it. In fact, even a gas tax holiday came to her, and she vetoed that. But we know that part of her policy was to raise the gas tax by $0.45 per gallon so you’d be paying $5 a gallon for gas right now. This governor has not done anything to help inflation, but I would put money back in your pockets, I would make sure we have that child tax credit, I would make sure that we reduce the income tax, and I would make sure that our seniors, who are on a fixed income, are not receiving more taxes than they should and we can put money back in their pockets.”

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WATCH: Gretchen Whitmer has tried to shut down Line 5 and raise energy prices on all Michigan families

Dixon: “First and foremost, I think it’s important to talk about Line 5 because we know that there is a lawsuit out right now that Gretchen Whitmer would like to shut down Line 5 in the State of Michigan. That would be catastrophic and raise our energy costs in a time when, exactly what you’re saying, we have people that are having trouble heating their homes. And we know that Line 5 provides 65% of the propane in the Upper Peninsula, 55% in the Lower Peninsula, and the jet fuel for the Detroit airport. It’s very crucial that we do everything we can to lower costs. Another way to lower energy [costs] would have been to pass a gas tax holiday so that people don’t have to pay as much on their gas bill when they fill up their car. We need to make sure we do everything possible in the State of Michigan to lower the cost of energy for our people.”

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WATCH: Four years later and Gretchen Whitmer still has no plans to fix the roads besides raising taxes.

Dixon: “People are wondering when the road from their house to work will be fixed. When will that be a priority? Because it’s absolutely true that a broken rim is devastating. I know because I had one this year. In fact, I’ve had five flat tires on these roads. They are a total disaster. And they’re costing the people of Michigan $5,000 a year in road repairs so if this is how she fixes the roads, well, I guess we can look back at her other promises too. What were they? Transparency, clean water, fixing the roads? Failures.”

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WATCH: Gretchen Whitmer took credit for handing out $400 checks, but now that victims suffer and insurance rates rise, she’s distanced herself.

Dixon: “I’m glad she admitted that, because her commercials are constantly saying that she gave $400 checks back to everyone so I am glad she’s admitting that those checks didn’t come from her, and she actually isn’t putting money back into the pockets of the Michigan people.”

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WATCH: Tudor Dixon is the clear choice to move Michigan forward.

Dixon: “Like many of you I had children out of school for several years, like many of you I had a small business crushed, and like many of you I lost a loved one. Gretchen Whitmer doesn’t want to be defined by her carelessness, her dishonesty, or her hypocrisy during that time. But even if we didn’t look at that, we would look at her governorship as a disappointment. Her radical policies have crushed the state, her choices have been destructive. But don’t worry, there is another choice. Michigan, you’re not better off now than you were four years ago. In fact, we are in the top ten for crime in the nation, we are in the bottom ten for reading and math in the nation. We lost 82,000 jobs and we lost more small businesses than any other state. Gretchen Whitmer will stand on this stage tonight and tell you ‘that’s success’ but you’ve all felt the pain of her failure, and you deserve better. If you choose me as your Governor, I will put cops over criminals. I will put parents over politics. I will put students over systems, and I will make sure that we put money back into your pocket and we do a better job with the money that we have. I will bring back common sense, and I will make sure that we have better schools, more jobs, safer communities, and reliable roads. I want to be your governor and I want to bring back a family friendly Michigan. I ask for your vote on November 8th and I promise to serve you well. God bless you.”