After Rivers' Crushing Defeat,
Lawmaker Joins HCI's Fantasy World
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"...[W]hen [Michigan voters] selected Rep. Dingell over the HCI-backed Rivers by an
overwhelming 59% - 41% vote, HCI President Michael Barnes said Dingell
'squeaked by'..." |
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HCI's losing
candidate,
Lynn Rivers |
U.S. Representative Lynn Rivers (D-Mich.) appears to be just as clueless
when it comes to gauging the will of her constituency as is the gun-ban
lobby formerly known as HCI. Thankfully, those constituents won't have
to worry about her misrepresenting their interests next year, as they
resoundingly rejected her anti-gun extremism in Michigan's recent
Primary Election on August 6.
Rep. Rivers made passing more "gun control" one of the predominant
themes of her campaign, while NRA-PVF-endorsed U.S. Representative John
Dingell (D-Mich.) spoke of protecting our Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
But when the voters in Michigan's newly-drawn 15th congressional
district selected Rep. Dingell over the HCI-backed Rivers by an
overwhelming 59% - 41% vote, HCI President Michael Barnes said Dingell
"squeaked by." And in spite of the 18-point margin, Rivers seems to
share HCI's delusion, and thinks the election results indicate Rep.
Dingell should change his stance on guns.
According to the anti-gun Internet news service called Join Together
Online, after her loss, Rivers told the Detroit News that Dingell would
have to "modify his position on issues like guns." Of course, most
people understand that when you win an election, especially when it is
by such a considerable margin, it is a pretty sure sign the electorate
has embraced your views on the issues, and rejected those of your
opponent.
Perhaps her rather unique analysis of the August 6 results
explains why Ms. Rivers will no longer be serving as a U.S.
Representative once this Congress adjourns.
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