Emotions have run high since Donald Trump announced he won the presidential race, and emotions in the Michigan Senate are no exception.
"I had a strong feeling he'd do well here in Michigan, because every time I went out for a fish dinner at the local Eagle's club, or the Moose, or American Legion, a lot of hard working, blue collar people told me they wanted Trump buttons, or they wanted a Trump sign in their yard," Sen. Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) said. "I knew there was a building momentum here in Michigan for Trump."
"I'm disappointed that Donald Trump will be president of this country, but I hope that we can come together and get things done for the people," Sen. Curtis Hertel (D-East Lansing) said.
Jones says he's excited about how Trump's presidency will impact Michigan. "He will be more of business man, and he will try to bring more companies back into the nation," Jones said. "Certainly that's a big deal to my district where people want the factories and the jobs to remain here, not go to Mexico, not go to China."
Hertel says he isn't forward to anything Trump will do for the state, but the 2018 election could bring change. "It's going to be good for us in '18," Hertel said. "Donald Trump was already widely unpopular, when you look at off-year elections, they're usually really good for the opposite party of the president, we've obviously had the same governor in power for 8 years, and I think people want to see a change there as well."
Governor Rick Snyder did not endorse Trump. Jones says that won't hurt Michigan since both Governor Snyder and President Elect Trump are business men who want to bring jobs to the state.
