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District 11 Candidate Forum

On Saturday, April 21st , Indivisible Michigan District 11 hosted a forum to give the many candidates vying for the 11th Congressional District seat an opportunity to make their case to the public. We hosted candidates from Democratic, Independent and Republican parties.

Candidate Participants:

  • Kerry Bentivolio (R)
  • Tim Greimel (D)
  • Suneel Gupta (D)
  • Dan Haberman (D)
  • Cooper Nye (I)
  • Fayrouz Saad (D)
  • Haley Stevens (D

In front of a crowd of over 200 constituents, the candidates answered numerous questions covering topics important to District 11. Each candidate also shared their top three issues which they have been focusing on during their campaigning.  The crowd also joined in the fun to provide input on where their interests lie,

Question Most Popular 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1.  What is your favorite color combination? Go Blue! Maize and Blue Red and White Black and Gold Green and White
57 31 22 16
2.  What is your political leaning? Democrats dominate! Democrat Independent Republican Green Party
78 31 15 10
3.  Which demographic best describes you? Older than you thought! 46+ 30-45 19-29 0-18
78 24 17 10
4.  From the list, which issue is the most important to you? Education rules! Education Healthcare Economy/Jobs Environment
49 39 24 19
5.  Should Trump release his tax returns? Show us your taxes! Yes No Indifferent Not Applicable
116 7 5 4
6.  Are you registered to vote? We vote! Yes No Will be soon Not Applicable
116 5 5 5

Following the candidate Q&A and closing remarks, we asked the crowd to vote on who they felt would secure their vote as a result of what they heard during the forum.    The results are in:

  • Suneel Gupta – 42 votes
  • Tim Greimel – 34 votes
  • Fayrouz Saad – 34 votes
  • Haley Stevens – 33 votes
  • Cooper Nye – 29 votes
  • Kerry Bentovolio – 15 votes
  • Dan Haberman – 10 votes

Visit our Facebook page to see more photos and hear feedback about the event.

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“Hot Mic” Trott

Trott and staff on hot mic conspire to paint constituents as “un-American” #HotMicTrott | 3.18.17

Hot Mic Reveals Bounced Questions, Plans to Frame Crowd as ‘Un-American’ at Trott Town Hall

11th District Indivisible Groups to Trott: This Is No Way To Treat Constituents

NOVI – Indivisible Michigan – District 11 fired back today at comments Congressman Dave Trott (R-Commerce Twp.) and his team made over a hot mic as he debriefed with staff after his Saturday town hall. On the recording captured by WDIV-TV in Detroit, Trott’s team confessed to “bouncing” constituent questions that were submitted on cards before the event began. The hot mic also captures the Trott team planning to spin the crowd as “un-American,” after booing the Congressman for calling the American military “the weakest it’s ever been.”

“Calling the entire crowd of concerned citizens ‘un-American’ and bragging about blocking their questions is no way for an elected official to treat their constituents,” said Mark Barbieri, whose son has Type 1 diabetes. “I am literally fighting for my son’s life and to be called un-American is beyond the pale. Congressman Trott should apologize immediately.”

A Trott team member also captured on audio is heard saying: “We’re going to take that part where they’re booing funding the military. I’m going to get somebody to write a story. We’re going to blow the shit out of that. It’s an un-American crowd.” This was in response to a negative reaction from the crowd after Trott made falsely asserted that the military is the “weakest it’s ever been.”

“When a politician characterizes the people fighting for our country as weak, of course he is going to get a negative reaction,” said David Hamilton, a resident of Troy. “But Trott’s trying to spin that the entire crowd of constituents as ‘un-American’ could not be further from the truth and should be condemned. We’re standing up for our men and women in uniform and it’s disgraceful that they were spoken about in such disparaging terms. Congressman Trott is the one who should be called un-American.”

Note: Comments are at 6:10 (“un-American”) and 6:25 (discarding citizens’ comment cards).