Michigan Democrats want to fight Trump. First they have to stop fighting each other
SAUGATUCK, Mich. (AP) — When Democrats gathered this week in a West Michigan congressional district they're trying to flip blue, they wanted to talk about the cost of living under President Donald Trump. But it didn't take long for the conversation to turn to a controversy dividing their party. One attendee chided U. S. Rep. Hillary Scholten for failing to support Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. “Your inflammatory rhetoric has nothing to do with creating a better economic future...
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