Ronna McDaniel on Turning Michigan Red with Michigan Forward Network

Mission to Make Michigan Reliably Red

• 🎯 Ronna McDaniel, former RNC chair, is leading the Michigan Forward Network to support Republican candidates and make Michigan a reliably red state.
• ⏳ The organization recognizes the need for a long-term infrastructure beyond just election years to build and grow Republican support.

Key Initiatives and Goals

• 🏛️ The immediate goal is to win back the state senate and maintain control of the state house in the upcoming election cycle.
• 📣 A permanent infrastructure will focus on communicating Democratic failures and taking on their policies.

Education as a Key Issue

• 📚 McDaniel highlights the egregious statistic of only one in four fourth graders being proficient in reading in Michigan, attributing this to Democratic policies.
• 🎓 She advocates for restoring common-sense safeguards, including third-grade reading standards, metrics, and transparency, to hold educators accountable.
• 📉 The rollback of these standards by Democrats, who are beholden to unions, is seen as detrimental to children's success and the state's future.

Economic Concerns and Conservative Policies

• 💸 Gretchen Whitmer is criticized for increasing government spending by 43%, leading to jobs fleeing the state and the second-highest unemployment rate.
• 📈 McDaniel asserts that implementing conservative policies will lead to the state's economic thriving.

Relationship with Donald Trump

• 🤝 McDaniel states she has a great relationship with Donald Trump, having spoken with him after his election win and always being supportive of him and Republicans.
• 🇺🇸 While acknowledging Trump's influence, she emphasizes that the Michigan Forward Network is a state-focused organization, not a federal one.