Gretchen’s Millions: One Whitmer Nonprofit Raises $6.5 Million, Mostly from Undisclosed Donors Gretchen’s Millions: One Whitmer Nonprofit Raises $6.5 Million, Mostly from Undisclosed Donors - Michigan Rising Action

Gretchen’s Millions: One Whitmer Nonprofit Raises $6.5 Million, Mostly from Undisclosed Donors

Gretchen’s Millions: One Whitmer Nonprofit Raises $6.5 Million, Mostly from Undisclosed Donors

January 19, 2022

Lansing, Mich., January 19, 2022 – ​​​​Despite once promising to end unlimited spending in political campaigns, Gretchen Whitmer has a nonprofit that has raised an unprecedented $6.5 million from undisclosed donors with no contribution limits. This latest example of her glaring hypocrisy is now sounding alarms for Michiganders. The Detroit News reports:

“A nonprofit group that’s supported Gov. Gretchen Whitmer raised $6.5 million from undisclosed donors in 2020, a significant financial haul that’s more than double what similar groups tied to former Gov. Rick Snyder collected in a single year.”

Questions continue to swirl regarding Whitmer’s mystery donors, residents are stunned that this is the same person whose “sunshine” plan was supposed to deliver much-needed government transparency to Michigan. Whitmer’s nonprofit is closely entangled with Whitmer’s re-election campaign, as one of the nonprofit’s staffers also serves as the Governor’s campaign treasurer. The Washington Free Beacon reports:

“Two unnamed contributors combined to give the group more than $1.2 million, while 23 anonymous donors gave at least $100,000. The nonprofit is closely tied to Whitmer—one of its staffers, Heather Ricketts, also serves as the Democrat’s campaign treasurer, and Whitmer herself has helped the group raise money, both Road to Michigan’s Future and Whitmer’s campaign confirmed Monday.”

Whitmer asks everyday Michiganders to abide by one set of rules while she continually picks and chooses which ones she will follow. With Whitmer’s countless examples of hypocrisy mounting, many are fed-up with the Governor’s empty promises and “rules for thee, not for me” attitude.

“The Governor’s constant hypocrisy is dangerous because the people of our state never know where she stands,” said Eric Ventimiglia, Executive Director for Michigan Rising Action. Ventimiglia continued, “Michiganders are tired of Gretchen Whitmer constantly saying one thing and then doing another.”

Stay up to date