Emily Busch

🟦🔴 We live in a purple state.
And it’s time Democrats started acting like it.

When I endorsed Sheriff Chris Swanson for Governor on Monday, the reaction was:
“An interesting choice...”
But the three words that matter most in this moment are:
Protect. Serve. Unify.

While other candidates jockey for position and trade in platitudes, Swanson’s building a coalition that actually looks like Michigan — rural, urban, labor, law enforcement, progressives, and yes, even skeptics.

Let’s be clear: he’s not an establishment Democrat.
He’s a public servant, a disrupter, and the only candidate who ran 14 points ahead of Kamala Harris in Genesee County.
Don’t believe me? Look at the 2024 Genesee County Sheriff results vs. the presidential map. That’s not luck — that’s leadership.

As a progressive feminist and advocate for reproductive freedom, I care deeply about protecting bodily autonomy — and Sheriff Swanson’s clear, unequivocal statement on choice speaks for itself.
The smear campaign trying to paint him otherwise is dishonest and desperate.

We don’t need more unicorn farts and empty slogans.
We need strength. We need solutions. We need substance.

Chris Swanson understands that being Governor means earning the trust of all Michiganders. And he’s doing just that.

But let’s be real: disrupters and outsiders don’t have PACs lined up around the block.
They don’t come with pre-baked donor lists or party machine pipelines.
They rely on us, the people, who are damn tired of politics as usual.

If you believe in what Chris is building, show it:

👉 https://secure.actblue.com/donate/swansonsmsq32025

Let’s back the one candidate who’s not just running FOR something — he’s running WITH us.

Support Chris Swanson! Let's Walk! Become a founding member of our campaign.

Elbow’s Up! Tomorrow, July 5th. Port Huron. 1:00-3:30pm.
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ELBOWS UP! · Solidarity Warriors Join INDIVISIBLE WE THE PEOPLE DISSENT for an INTERNATIONAL DAY of PROTEST along the 5,525 miles of the Canada-US border ON 7/5. MICHIGAN rallies at Detroit-Windsor (Hart Plaza at 1 PM), Port-Huron, the Soo & ONTARIO. ALASKA, YUKON, WASHINGTON STATE, IDAHO, BRITISH COLUMBIA,MONTANA, ALBERTA, SASKATC...

They told us not to believe our own eyes.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
— Orwell, 1984

Sound familiar?

They deny the shootings.
They rewrite the insurrections.
They whitewash the history.
They silence the truth-tellers and call the liars “patriots.”

They’re not hiding it anymore — they’re daring us to care.

Well, I do. I care. I remember. I see it. And I won’t shut up because it makes people uncomfortable.

If you’re more offended by people calling out fascism than by the fascism itself, congratulations — it’s already working on you.