Thomas Smith Contributed To Garrett Soldano, An Election Denier And Anti-Abortion Extremist Who Aimed To Institute A Six-Week Abortion Ban In Michigan And Repeatedly Said That Rape Victims Should Carry Their Pregnancies To Term
Smith Made A Contribution To Garrett Soldano For His Gubernatorial Campaign
2021: Smith Gave Garrett Soldano For Michigan $10.71. [Michigan Transparency Network, accessed 5/27/26]
2021: Thomas Smith Political Contributions To Garrett Soldano | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Contributor | Recipient | Date | Amount |
Thomas Smith | Garrett Soldano | 12/4/21 | $10.71 |
[Michigan Transparency Network, accessed 5/27/26]
Soldano Said He Wanted To Implement A 6-Week Abortion Ban In Michigan And Repeatedly Said Rape Victims Should Not Have Abortions
Soldano Said He Would Do Everything In His Power To Implement Something Similar To The Texas Six-Week Abortion Ban
Soldano Said He Would Do “Everything In My Power” To Implement Something Similar To The Texas Six-Week Abortion Ban. “Soldano is a chiropractor from Southwest Michigan who’s one of 13 Republicans running in the August primary. The winner likely will face Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who backs abortion rights, in November. He often espouses false or misleading claims about COVID-19 and YouTube banned his channel in September for ‘severe or repeated violations’ of the site’s guidelines. During Soldano’s interview with Moss, he also said he will ‘do everything in my power’ to implement something like Texas’ six-week abortion ban in Michigan if he wins the election.” [Michigan Advance, 2/1/22]
Soldano Repeatedly Said Rape Victims Should Not Have Abortions And Once Said It Was Because The “Baby Inside Them May Be The Next President”
Washington Post Headline: “Mich. GOP Governor Candidate Said Rape Victims Shouldn’t Have Abortions: ‘Baby Inside Them May Be The Next President.’” [Washington Post, 2/1/22]
Soldano Said Rape Victims Who Became Pregnant Must “Protect That DNA And Allow It To Happen.” “In a clip that is now receiving widespread backlash, GOP gubernatorial candidate Garrett Soldano told a right-wing podcast on Jan. 19 that rape victims who become pregnant must ‘protect that DNA and allow it to happen.’” [Michigan Advance, 2/1/22]
Soldano Said That Even When Victims Of Rape Become Pregnant, “We’re Always Going To Fight For Life.” “When Garrett Soldano was asked on a right-wing podcast how he would ‘ensure the sanctity of life’ in Michigan, the Republican candidate for governor said he would stop at nothing to protect a fetus. Even in cases where victims of rape become pregnant, Soldano said, ‘we’re always going to fight for life.’ ‘They don’t know that little baby inside them may be the next president, may be the next person who changes humanity,’ Soldano said on the ‘Face the Facts’ podcast.” [Washington Post, 2/1/22]
Soldano Said Society Should Encourage Rape Victims To Deliver Their Babies Because “God Put Them In This Moment”
Soldano Said Society Should Encourage Rape Victims To Deliver Their Babies “Because God Put Them In This Moment.” “Soldano went on to say that society should encourage those who are pregnant — even those who are sexually assaulted — to deliver their babies. ‘How about we start inspiring women in the culture to let them understand and know how heroic they are and how unbelievable they are that God put them in this moment,’ he said.” [Washington Post, 2/1/22]
Soldano Said There Was Fraud In The 2020 Election And It Was Stolen From Trump
Soldano Said The There Was Fraud In The 2020 Election And It Was Stolen From Trump. “Real estate broker Ryan Kelley has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges after authorities said he rallied Trump's supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol. Businessman Kevin Rinke was sued in the 1990s for sex harassment and racial discrimination — allegations he says were lies. Chiropractor Garrett Soldano hawked supplements he falsely claimed treated COVID-19. Businesswoman Tudor Dixon, who has been endorsed by Trump, has previously acted in low-budget horror pictures, one of which included a zombie biting off a man's genitals. All of the candidates falsely say there was fraud in the 2020 election, with Dixon, Kelley and Soldano saying the election was stolen from Trump.” [PBS News, 8/1/22]