# Daughter urges voters not to elect her dad, a Michigan GOP state rep candidate **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 26, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109 "2020-06-26T01:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/1 "2020-06-26T01:59:13Z")
> **[Michigan candidate’s daughter urges people not to vote for him in viral tweet](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/504615-michigan-candidates-daughter-urges-people-not-to-vote-for-him-in-viral/)** > > The daughter of a candidate running for a seat in the Michigan state House has drawn viral attention online after taking to Twitter earlier this week to plead with voters not to elect her father&nb… Ouch. That’s gotta hurt. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/2 "2020-06-26T02:05:14Z")
From the link. > [@](#): > > “ **A lot of students when they go off to these liberal university campuses,** like the University of Colorado, the University of Texas and Austin — and she went to the University of Colorado in Boulder — and **you know, they just kind of get sucked into this Marxist, communist ideology** and she and I just don’t see eye to eye when it comes to the whole socialism, communism, Marxist philosophy,” he said. That says it all. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/3 "2020-06-26T03:03:16Z")
At least he’s just attacking her views and not her. He seems to respect her right to espouse opposing beliefs, he just thinks she completely wrong. mc ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/4 "2020-06-26T03:36:22Z")
I’d just as soon not go to Thanksgiving dinner at their house this year, especially if he loses. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/5 "2020-06-26T04:07:29Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > At least he’s just attacking her views and not her. He seems to respect her right to espouse opposing beliefs, he just thinks she completely wrong. > > mc He’s lying. That’s just the show for the public. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/6 "2020-06-26T04:10:15Z")
I agree. That guy just oozes scuzbaggetry. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/7 "2020-06-26T09:08:23Z")
On the one hand he’s a racist lying scumbag who doesn’t know what the words “Communist” and “Marxist” mean. On the other hand, unlike his daughter he can write in coherent and correctly-punctuated sentences. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/8 "2020-06-26T09:19:46Z")
It would be great if on election night he thanks his family and his crowd starts yelling “Lock her up” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/9 "2020-06-26T13:13:04Z")
LOL!!! ---
**Author:** ![urbanredneck2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5f8ce5/32.png) [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/10 "2020-06-27T01:53:26Z")
Sometimes at that age a young person goes thru a massive rebellious stage where they rebel against anything and everything including their parents. Its actually quite normal. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/11 "2020-06-27T01:59:29Z")
Rebelling against being an asshole is a _good_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/12 "2020-06-27T03:21:01Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Sometimes at that age a young person goes thru a massive rebellious stage where they rebel against anything and everything including their parents. Its actually quite normal. Other times at that age people figure out how to think for themselves and realize their parents were full of shit ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/13 "2020-06-27T03:59:43Z")
Amen to that. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/14 "2020-06-27T05:40:11Z")
Why should she have to? You didn’t correctly punctuate YOUR last sentence. Granted, a slight snark on my part. I couldn’t resist. You left yourself wide open. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/15 "2020-06-29T10:23:17Z")
There’s nothing wrong with the way that sentence is punctuated. I could have added a comma after “daughter” but it’s not necessary. Your snark is misplaced. ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/16 "2020-06-29T16:30:38Z")
I think the hyphen is unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/17 "2020-11-08T05:46:57Z")
An update. Looks like he didn’t even get past the GOP primary in August: > **[Robert Regan](https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Regan)** > > Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/18 "2020-11-08T07:50:14Z")
More excitingly, he was defeated by a candidate whose surname is “Posthumus.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/19 "2020-11-08T07:58:56Z")
> [@susan](#): > > More excitingly, he was defeated by a candidate whose surname is “Posthumus.”  This wasn’t one of those races where the person who won was already dead, was it?   😀 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-urges-voters-not-to-elect-her-dad-a-michigan-gop-state-rep-candidate/913109/20 "2020-11-08T17:47:57Z")
No, Posthumus is not posthumous yet.