Current Events > Michigan candidate gets called out by his daughter, calls her a communist

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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 to office.

In the viral tweet, which has racked up more than 159,000 likes in the past two days, Stephanie Regan, the daughter of Republican state House candidate Robert Regan, writes, If youre in Michigan and 18+ pls for the love of god do not vote for my dad for state rep. Tell everyone.

In a pair of tweets the day after, Stephanie wrote that her father was Robert Regan and called on voters to research his campaign, writing: I dont feel safe rn sharing further information regarding his beliefs, but please look him up and just read for yourself.

Stephanie Regan confirmed her identity to the website the Daily Dot. The Hill has reached out to her for comment.

Regan addressed his daughter's tweets in a lengthy statement posted to Facebook on Thursday afternoon, saying in part, "I am happy that she feels confident enough in our relationship to express her opposing thoughts so publicly" while encouraging her and others to voice their own opinions.

The candidate told The Hill on Thursday when reached for comment that he was not completely surprised by his daughter's words given their disagreements over issues like systemic racism, the existence of white privilege and Black Lives Matter.

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 dont see eye to eye when it comes to the whole socialism, communism, Marxist philosophy, he said.

When asked what he thinks could have prompted his daughter to ask people not to vote for him, Regan said her big thing has to do with the systemic racism thats going on in the country.

Shes a big believer in that, he continued, while adding, The only place where I really see systemic racism would be the abortion clinic cause they seem to target the African American community.

I dont buy into this whole systemic racism thing at all, he later said.

Im not saying theres not hurdles to overcome. We all have hurdles to overcome. You know, as a quote-unquote rich, white, Christian male, people look at me a certain way. And its not always good. So, everybody has obstacles to overcome, he also said, while adding he thinks President Trump has "done more for the black community than any president weve had in the last 20 years."

The state House candidate added when discussing his and his daughters political differences that on a scale of 1-10, Im like the right wing, a 10, and shes like a zero.

He also said, unlike his daughter, he doesnt believe white privilege exists and said he thinks their differing opinions on the matter could have also prompted her tweet.

Regan said his daughter recently sent him an article about the topic but he said theres no scientific data behind it.

Its like, really? he said. A known fact like man-made global warming? No, these things are debatable all day long. We need to have a debate.

A number of lawmakers and advocates have pointed to racial disparities seen in areas like health, incarceration and the economy recently amid rolling demonstrations against racial injustice across the country.

The Pew Research Center said in a report in May that Black Americans remain far more likely than their Hispanic and white counterparts to be in prison, even as it found the rate of imprisonment among the racial group has decreased at record levels.

The White House also acknowledged earlier this year that African Americans were dying of COVID-19 at disproportionate rates in the country amid the ongoing pandemic, with Trump vowing then to do everything in our power to address this challenge.

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He sounds like a moron.

I'm sure he'll win the seat.
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Shes a big believer in that, he continued, while adding, The only place where I really see systemic racism would be the abortion clinic cause they seem to target the African American community.

I dont buy into this whole systemic racism thing at all, he later said

He's pretty much outing himself here

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You know, as a quote-unquote rich, white, Christian male, people look at me a certain way. And its not always good. So, everybody has obstacles to overcome,

I can't even

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Stan and Hayley Smith are real

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shockthemonkey posted...

I can sure see why shes telling people not to vote for her dad

He needed to open his mouth for me to realize she was right, though.
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Antifar posted...

You know, as a quote-unquote rich, white, Christian male, people look at me a certain way. And its not always good. So, everybody has obstacles to overcome,

I, what?

Yeah, youve definitely had so many hurdles at the top.
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Antifar posted...

You know, as a quote-unquote rich, white, Christian male, people look at me a certain way. And its not always good. So, everybody has obstacles to overcome,

reads as

'when the help dared to ask for a raise i fired them, so much hate'

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Shes a big believer in that, he continued, while adding, The only place where I really see systemic racism would be the abortion clinic cause they seem to target the African American community.

Yikes

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He done gone and proved her completely right
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Ranlom posted...

I can't even

Sometimes when hes abusing tax and labour laws to grow his wealth, he gets called greedy :( please feel bad for him

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To be fair, he didnt outright disown his daughter or mudsling.

They seem to have a respectful relationship. Hes just ignorant and proud.

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He may just be one of those people that's completely insane politically, but at least he didn't screw up totally as a father if his daughter is clear eyed and independent enough to come out against his insanity.

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cuttin_in_farm posted...

To be fair, he didnt outright disown his daughter or mudsling.

They seem to have a respectful relationship. Hes just ignorant and proud.

People who put on this type of calmly arrogant / dismissive facade in public can be monsters behind closed doors, especially when they feel their authority is being threatened by their uppity children.

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cuttin_in_farm posted...

To be fair, he didnt outright disown his daughter or mudsling.

They seem to have a respectful relationship. Hes just ignorant and proud.

Antifar posted...

I dont feel safe rn sharing further information regarding his beliefs, but please look him up and just read for yourself.

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SmidgeIsntBack posted...

cuttin_in_farm posted...
To be fair, he didnt outright disown his daughter or mudsling.

They seem to have a respectful relationship. Hes just ignorant and proud.

Antifar posted...
I dont feel safe rn sharing further information regarding his beliefs, but please look him up and just read for yourself.

Point taken...

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