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Gov. Whitmer (D-MI) Exposed Awarding COVID Contract to Democrat Consulting Firm
Update – The contract has been as abruptly cancelled as it was abruptly awarded, according to numerous news outlets.
Michigan Governor Whitmer awarded a COVID contact tracing contract to Dem consulting firm NGP Van. I guess awarding this contract in the midst of a public health emergency in no way violates HIPPA
From the press release:
MDHHS is contracting with Great Lakes Community Engagement, a firm that specializes in outreach campaigns to engage citizens, and Every Action VAN, a voter/individual contact platform used by non-profits, to provide software to help organize remote phone banking and track information and contacts.
Every Action VAN is a part of Democratic data behemoth NGP VAN, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
Never let a crisis go to waste as they say, in this case, use a crisis to collect private data on Michigan citizens.
Check your news to see if this makes the cut tonight. My bet is that it doesn’t because:
Published in Domestic PolicyModern journalism is all about deciding which facts the public shouldn't know because they might reflect badly on Democrats.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) August 18, 2014
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/21/michigan-covid-19-contact-tracing-project-use-democrat-connected-firm/2999267001/
She sounds perfect for Biden’s VP pick. Contracts to cronies and dictatorial tendencies.
Her q rating is still too high. Maybe if she goes on YouTube talking about how totally stocked her kitchen is. People eat that stuff up.
Washington Free Beacon is reporting the Governor Half-Whitmer has rescinded the contract. I guarantee they will simply find another way to provide voluntarily-provided, personal information into the hands of her community-organizer operations by some other means.
Chinese-provided drones scolding residents of Elizabeth, New Jersey, threats of never-ending lockdowns in Chicago, narc-on-your neighbor recommendations by various Democrat mayors. Reagan was absolutely correct,
Wow, that was fast.
The press release that started it all:
The contract has been cancelled, and Whitmer is saying it was a mistake. But I haven’t heard that she has expressed any interest in learning who made the mistake and in firing that person so hard that he or she never again works in a government job.
URL: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gov-whitmer-awards-contact-tracing-contract-to-dem-consultant-who-said-trump-should-get-coronavirus-asap
It seems there is also a Wapo article about it, but it is behind a firewall.
Visiting houses as part of contact-tracing would be a good way to register and harvest votes, no? In fact, contact-tracing is a great cover for canvassing neighborhoods, regardless of whether or not there is a contact to trace. Who is going to check on them, after all?
The mistake here was issuing the press release, or at least, issuing it too early.
And instead of spending campaign money, they ‘earn’ federal money.
Is it just me or is Governor half-Wit (mer) making Trump victory in Michigan more likely?
Not sure. Most of Michigan is a normal state with normal people who love freedom. However, SouthEast Michigan is a weird assortment of Authoritarians & Sheep. The Authoritarians love power, and the Sheep love a sense of security and a sense that someone is making decisions for them and taking care of them. SouthEast Michigan has a large portion of the Michigan vote, and why we end up with authoritarian democrat idiots like Granholm & Whitmer. The MI election is going to depend on who is more motivated — outstate or South East Michigan. Unfortunately, Trump has the Authoritarians & the Sheep outraged and very motivated. Trump’s only hope is that Marijuana is not on the ballot, and being stoned may dampen the ability of the democrats to get to the polls.
Did anybody national cover it, apart from Fox News?
Update: Looked at CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC. ABC’s coverage was via a local affiliate. Nothing on the other outlets.
Musta been very difficult for whoever wrote that press release to type that with a straight face!