LANSING — In case you missed it, Aric Nesbitt, Republican gubernatorial candidate and Trump lackey extraordinaire, told tall tales in his interview with  WXYZ last week about Michigan’s roads, education, governor, and more. 

Luckily, Michigan Dems are here to set the record straight on just some of the lies that Nesbitt told: 

CLAIM: “There’s a long-term solution. Legislative Republicans recently introduced a plan to put an extra $3 billion into roads and bridges every year.” 

• REALITY: What Nesbitt conveniently forgot to mention is that those Republicans are robbing our public school students and our first responders to get that money and that 23,000 lane miles and 1,200 bridges have been fixed since Governor Whitmer took office. 
• Let’s be clear, Nesbitt voted against the budget the last two years, defunding road work across the state. 
• Hall’s plan showed that he is primarily interested in killing jobs, eliminating affordable housing, and blowing large gaps in the state budget while leaving the roads underfunded and in disrepair. 
• As expected, the Republican roads plan is a band-aid at best that leaves Michiganders no better off than they started.

CLAIM: “Michigan voters spoke in 2022 [on abortion access]…the only way that’s gonna change is a vote of the people.”

• REALITY: Despite Nesbitt claiming that he wouldn’t try to restrict access to abortion since the passing of Prop 3, when it came to the Senate, Nesbitt voted against repealing the archaic 1931 abortion ban. The question is, why would he leave a law on the books criminalizing abortion if he wasn’t hoping to reverse it eventually?
• Instead of standing with the overwhelming majority of Michiganders who support abortion access, he tried to keep it illegal, and as governor, it is clear he would do it again. 

CLAIM: “It’s all about putting Michigan first.”

• REALITY: Nesbitt doesn’t care about putting Michiganders first. One look at his voting record shows that he puts his extremist agenda ahead of the well-being of Michiganders and their families. 
• As state Senator, he voted against expanding the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, codifying the Affordable Care Act, and funding free school breakfasts and lunches for public school students — hurting Michiganders every time.