Rinke said he and four other partners use the company to work with Wounded Warriors Outdoors, bringing wounded veterans to a hunting lodge near Trinidad, Colorado. He was arrested in late June on misdemeanors related to allegations he participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots. He said if elected governor, he would press for voter IDs and clean up voter rolls, a Michigan Secretary of State spokesperson said the department already does that. Lee immediately took to Twitter to complain about it: "My personal Twitter account @BasedMikeLee has been suspended. State officials cited Shell, but there aren't any Senate floor speeches about those in Pennsylvania who might be suffering from "breathing problems, nausea, and rashes," not to mention cancer in extreme cases of exposure. Doug Tribou: You owned and operated businesses in a couple of different industries, including car dealerships. | Hundreds of ballots were rejected because they lacked a matching signature.. Hes also said hes "not seen anything to indicate voter fraud cost Trump the election in Michigan in 2020, but he said election security still needs to increase. Liberal used car dealer Kevin Rinke wants to be your next Governor. "I think it's full of hypocrisy. He started his career working at the family automotive business, picking up trash, cleaning customer restrooms and washing cars. On Thursday, the Associated Press revealed new details about past discrimination lawsuits against Kevin Rinke, a former Toyota dealership owner now running for governor of Michigan. RINKE IS SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO AIR FLASHY TELEVISION ADS TELLING HIS STORY OF SELLING CARS AND RUNNING THE FAMILY BUSINESS HIS FATHER HANDED HIM. Michigan State University outlines new security measures in wake of shooting, favors gradually eliminating the income tax, answers the candidates have given at several debates, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. When he entered the race for governor in Michigan, Kevin Rinke said "there is no information that says that the election was stolen" from Trump, although he said "there are significant. Kevin Rinke @KevinRinke. Rinke,who has pledged toeliminate Michigan's 4.25% personal income tax and focus on election integrity, said Saturday he remains the best candidate because he offers truth and intregrity. Controversies: In a field of arch-conservative candidates, Kelley is perhaps the farthest right and even his admirers have doubted his electability against Whitmer, should he advance in the primary. Before the 2019 changes, all Michigan motorists paid as much as $220 per vehicle into the fund. The figure Rinke quoted is nowhere near accurate, said Kevin Clinton, a former state treasurer who is executive director of the MCCA. This particular case of voter fraud was particularly egregious because the offender continually spread inaccurate information about our elections despite being the source of fraud himself.. Aug. 1, 2022, 4:04 PM UTC ByShaquille Brewster BRIGHTON, Mich. Last Friday, former. Thats false, of course. PAID FOR WITH REGULATED FUNDS BY MICHIGAN STRONG. The Pierce County Prosecutors Office in Washington state successfully pressed charges against three people for casting ballots in the name of deceased relatives. "I'm running to be the 50th governor of the state of Michigan," businessman Kevin Rinke told the cheering crowd of dozens of his supporters at a bar in Plymouth. A political action committee supporting his opponent, Dixon, has recently ran an online ad calling him a snake oil salesman for promoting juice cleanse supplements that, in a since-deleted podcast, Soldano claimed could help his family get over COVID. Representative Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat and former C.I.A. Although he favors the lowest tax rates and fewest regulations possible, Rinke said he wants to "whiteboard" Michigan's tax structure and compare it to what is in place in the most successful states in the country, and wants flexibility in doing so. It did. The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association Fund, created by the Legislature but run by the insurance industry, pays catastrophic claims that exceed $600,000. Shes proposed the Parents Right to Know Act that would make schools post their curriculums and teaching materials online and publicize any diversity, equity and inclusion programs or consultants. Kevin Rinke, a local auto dealer millionaire is among the candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Michigan governor visits the Detroit Free Press on Feb. 4, 2022, for an interview.. He has spent millions. He also cited the Christmas Day 2022 explosion at the Revolution Cryo plant in Washington County, just south of Pittsburgh. He later was a star receiver for Grosse Pointe South High School before getting his bachelor's degree at MSU. Rinke, a former owner of auto dealerships through Rinke Automotive Group, had previously . Case No. He said he refused to sign the Americans for Tax Reform pledge against tax increases, which gets rubber-stamped by many Republican candidates. 2023 Bridge Michigan. If you prefer to give by check, send to: FactCheck.org, Annenberg Public Policy Center, 202 S. 36th St., Philadelphia, PA 19104. Back in 1988, theoptions were few. Sen. Mike Lee's (R-UT) sock-puppet Twitter account, "BasedMikeLee," was suspended on Wednesday by Twitter after he used the account to lash out against Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for not releasing U.S. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis from prison. This issue isn't going away, and neither am I.". But in other areas, Rinke has put some daylight between himself and mostof the hard-right candidates hoping to qualify for the Aug. 2 primary ballot. Read more on Michigan politics and sign up for our elections newsletter. 6 News spoke with Kevin Rinkie who said the ad is a joke, focusing on what he claims is a bigger problem, election integrity. But, he said, they total about $30 million, with information technology costs being the largest single expense and staff salaries and outside lawyers, auditors and actuaries being among the other expenses. A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center, The ad opens with a zombie wearing I voted stickers on his torn and disheveled suit jacket, while Rinke says: Why is it that dead people always vote Democrat?. He rose to prominence in 2020 organizing protests against Whitmers COVID-19 lockdown. Twitter did not alert me ahead of time, nor have they yet offered an explanation for the suspension.". "Already dangerous air pollution from the plant is way over the legal limits that environmentalists had, during the state permitting process, complained were far too lax," wrote Bunch. He was supposed to be on board the twin-engine turboprop, but slept in that Sunday morning in January, and. NO EMPLOYER SHOULD EVER TALK TO AN EMPLOYEE THE WAY KEVIN RINKE TALKED TO THIS WOMAN, WARNING: Kevin Rinke, a Republican candidate for governor, meets with people on Monday, May 2, 2022, at Fleetwood Diner in Lansing, Mich. Rinke launched a 10-day bus tour across Michigan three months . Hes unvaccinated and spoken out against mandates but acknowledges the vaccine saved lives of the elderly and obese. This comes after previous reporting by The Detroit News, which revealed past litigation alleges Rinke made a number of sexist comments including that women are too "ignorant and stupid" to work in public, and that he used racial slurs and asked a Black employee who he stole his car from at a party. ", That executive was Jim Press, whowas Toyota's regional manager and would later rise to top nationalposts with both Toyota and Chrysler. Kevin Rinke is a Michigan businessman who ran successful Metro Detroit car dealerships, with their Michigan-based dealerships ranking among the largest operations in the world. Of these 2,775 votes, 2,734 (98.5%) were cast by electors who died within 40 days prior to the election.. TroyHours after his biggest opponent won Donald Trumps endorsement, Republican gubernatorial candidate Kevin Rinke emerged Saturday morning at his campaign event undeterred, saying the former president's supportdoesnt guarantee a win. Elissa Slotkin announces bid to succeed Debbie Stabenow. Additionally, city and township clerks also cancel voter registrations when they independently confirm the death of a voter registered in their jurisdiction, for example through an obituary.. He is alone among all candidates to support no exceptions to criminalizing abortion, including the life of mothers, and wants to immediately suspend Michigans residential property tax for seniors.. An illegal ballot cast on behalf of a deceased voter is rare, and we could find no examples of it occurring in Michigan in 2020 or 2016. Mukomel added that she wasnt aware of local prosecutors bringing such cases of voter fraud, either. HOW BIG OF A LANDSLIDE WOULD WHITMER WIN, AND WOULDNT THIS DRAG THE HOUSE AND SENATE REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES TO A CRUSHING DEFEAT? Kevin Rinke Agrees With Gretchen Whitmer on Gun Control Proposal Rinke signals support for requiring background checks on all firearms purchases during Charlie LeDuff interview, a policy championed by Governor Gretchen WhitmerGrand Rapids, MI - Last Friday in an interview posted on Twitter by Charlie LeDuff, Republican. In the 2020 general election, 3,469 absentee ballots were rejected because they were cast by voters who were alive but who died before Election Day, according to the department. Robert Richard Lynn, of Pennsylvania, was sentenced to six months probation for using his deceased mothers credentials in an attempt to obtain an absentee ballot in her name. After his brother's unexpected death, Rinke said he could have waited to be handed the family dealerships. At a glance: In recent weeks, Dixon has emerged as the frontrunner, scoring the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, the powerful DeVos family in west Michigan and groups including the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Right to Life of Michigan and the Police Officers Association of Michigan. In its March report, the auditors office said it found 2,775 (0.02%) of the 11,725,897 votes cast in eight elections from May 2019 through November 2020 were cast by electors deceased as of election day according to QVF voter history. In addition, we can not censor any of those advertisements unless they violate FCC rules. Kevin Rinke is a husband, father, businessman, lifelong Michigander and accomplished leader. NEW! > Rinkes ads dont use the N word the way he apparently did all too frequently in the workplace. Unsurprisingly, though, Rinke is leaving a few things out. Lansing Metro Detroit businessman Kevin Rinke, a Republican, is planning an initial investment of $10 million in his potential campaign for governor, an adviser said Monday, the day. The state indicted Morphew in May 2021 for his wifes murder, but that case was dismissed without prejudice in April. Rebandt, 64, is a retired pastor from Farmington Hills who wants to bring Judeo-Christian values back to Michigan. Rinke was reluctant to discuss in detail what specific business he is engaged in today, having left the auto dealer industry and having sold the business that worked with the traumatically injured. All rights reserved. Aug. 2:Tudor Dixon: What to know about the Republican taking on Michigan Gov. Told that the figure he cited was incorrect, Rinke said he saw the $182 million figure published somewhere and said more transparency is needed. 1993-001473-CZ, Mona Kidder, Et Al. Hesaid he crushed all childhood competitors when it was time to sell boxes of chocolate to support Red Barons football. Issues: Rebandt is running a campaign heavy on morality, speaking out against gay marriage, transgender issues and advocating teaching the Bible as a textbook in schools. Hes also facing misdemeanors related to the riots that could imprison him for a year. In Florida, a self-described Democrat who supports President Donald Trump was charged in October 2020 with filing a false ballot application using his deceased wifes name, according to WFLA, an NBC affiliate in Tampa Bay. I just thought, give him another vote.. Rinke is one of a handful of Republicans running for Michigan governor after several of the leading candidates were disqualified from the ballot for signature irregularities. In addition to the absentee ballots rejected because a person had moved or died before Election Day, the department said 1,852 were rejected for having no signature and 1,400 were rejected because the signature on the ballot envelope didnt match the one on file. LANSING . Instead, hechose to purchase them, partly through a bank loan and partly through installment payments, to his dad, who represented the second generation of the Rinke automotive story that began in 1917, and whodied in 2020 atage95. They're also to blame for incidents involving the Revolution and Mariner East pipelines. Republican lawmakers have recently decided that environmental disasters are a severe problem in the Rust Belt and that the Environmental Protection Agency should act to protect East Palestine, Ohio, residents after a train derailment sent chemicals into the Ohio River and groundwater. Energy Transfer, which owns the company. Wimmer added that the office has done more maintenance on the rolls in the last three years compared to previous decades. She fired a semi-automatic 9 mm gun on the range into a pink body target, shooting the center of the target out. His stance wasaligned with 68% of likely Republican primary voters in a July 13-15 statewide poll commissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV (Channel 4). First, there is a federal law the National Voter Registration Act that requires election officials in every state to maintain accurate and current voter registration lists, as the Department of Justice says on its website. The states budget is. V. Kevin Rinke, Et Al., Macomb County Clerk Of Court, Filed 3/25/93, WARNING: Posts Misrepresent Status of Paul Pelosis DUI Charges, Vaccinated People Not More Susceptible to COVID-19 Than Unvaccinated. Shes proposed the. Five Republican candidates square off in the Aug. 2 primary election. In his Lansing speech, Rinke said that "the insurance industry, which manages that fund, gets paid about $182 million a year to manage the fund," and "that's pretty good money.". Five of them were Republicans. Two suits, examined by The Detroit News, involved four employees of Rinke Pontiac/GMC. We were all babies.". ", Asked whether pardons should be considered for those convicted of rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Rinke said he thinks "anybody that broke the law should be held to the same standard of the law as the people who rioted in Detroit, the people who rioted in Washington state, the people that rioted in San Francisco or anywhere else," and "I think it's very, very dangerous when we say one riot has a different standard of law than the other. Republican gubernatorial candidate Kevin Rinke said Monday that his "bold" proposal to eliminate Michigan's personal income tax would help residents and also sets him apart in a crowded 10-person . Facebook gives people the power to. Founder of Oakland Hills Community Church, Rebandt is the father of four children. When he entered the race for governor in Michigan, Kevin Rinke said there is no information that says that the election was stolen from Trump, although he said there are significant irregularities that have been exposed in the past election in Michigan.. Actually, the number of rejected ballots reached into the thousands in the 2020 general election. 2023 www.detroitnews.com. Skies over Monaca are bright orange due to a "flaming incident." NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE. 1992-002223-CZ, Michael Blakes V. Kevin Rinke, Et Al., Macomb County Clerk Of Court, Filed 5/7/92. 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