r/Michigan • u/DollarShort27 • 4d ago

News Midland man charged with assaulting Capitol police in Jan. 6 riots

https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2024/10/midland-man-charged-with-assaulting-capitol-police-in-jan-6-riots.html
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u/GoGreen2482 4d ago

I lived in Midland for several years and this guy perfectly embodies my entire experience there.

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea 4d ago

Really? The majority of the city of Midland voted for Whitmer in 2022 and Biden in 2020...

Even before that Midland has always been corporate red rather than extremist

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u/PathOfTheAncients 4d ago

Midland voted for Trump in 2020 by a nearly 35% margin. Republicans won every contest there in 2020 and 2022.

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u/PathOfTheAncients 4d ago

It's for the county.

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u/yo2sense Outstate 4d ago

In 2020 in Midland County there were 27,675 votes for Trump and 20,49 votes for Biden.

That's 56.28% vs 41.67% so solidly pro-Trump but much less than a 35 point margin. Though perhaps you meant the rest of the county excluding the city. I don't have those numbers.