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Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for May 1, 2026!

Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Kristen McDonald-Rivet from the 8th District in Bay, Midland, Saginaw, and Genesee Counties won her election despite Trump winning her district in 2024.

But despite Trump's falling poll numbers, and a majority of working class Democratic base voters begging congressional Democrats to grow a spine and oppose the Trump Regime's constant corruption, McDonald-Rivet keeps making some puzzling votes in her first term in office.

She's voted in favor of giving the regime broad surveillance powers, of passing a pro-corporate farm bill, and for MAGA anti-immigration and pro-ICE bills. And McDonald-Rivet released a statement critical of how delegates acted and voted at the Michigan Democratic Party Convention, in which her sister lost party's attorney general nominating race.

Pat Johnston talks about McDonald-Rivet's record, and why it's a stark example of what working class voters don't want from their representatives in this day of The Trump Regime.

In this week's "Last Call," Pat shares his thoughts on the Supreme Court's MAGA majority's decision to essentially eradicate the Voting Rights Act.

48:38-50:46: Ending

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NOTES:

"‘Dangerous and Shameful’: 42 House Democrats Help GOP Send Trump Spying Bill to Senate." By Jessica Corbett of Common Dreams

"McDonald Rivet defends vote for Laken Riley Act during swearing-in ceremony in Flint." By Andrew Roth of Michigan Advance

Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Kristen McDonald-Rivet statement on the Michigan Democratic Party Convention