A black Christian Democrat said she cannot in good conscience run for re-election in Michigan due to her party’s radical support for abortion and LGBT ideology.
“I will not be seeking re-election for this office, and I will not be running for any office ever again,” Michigan State Representative Karen Whitsett said, according to WDIV ClickOnDetroit. “This is not a political calculation—it’s a spiritual decision.”
As the Democratic Party increasingly supports abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, along with the unscientific idea that boys can become girls and vice versa, Whitsett found herself in an uncomfortable position.
“For me, it is impossible to be a faithful follower of Jesus Christ while remaining a member of the Democratic Party as it exists today,” she said. “I cannot reconcile that platform with Scripture.”
Rep. Whitsett said that abortion has not only targeted the black community but also kept it from succeeding.
She said:
We say there is no such thing as Black-on-Black crime, but in my view, abortion is exactly that. We wonder why there are no good men—too many were aborted, and we have emasculated many of the men who are still here. We cannot destroy life and then act shocked when our families and neighborhoods suffer the consequences.
Whitsett also took issue with what she called the “normalization of the gay lifestyle, and the push to redefine gender, saying:
I understand these are personal for many families, because your son, daughter, cousin, aunt, or uncle may be one. But personal proximity does not change God’s definition of right and wrong. Love for people does not require agreement with sin, and compassion does not give us permission to rewrite Scripture.
In response, the chair of the Michigan Democratic Party mocked Whitsett (and, by extension, millions of Americans who share similar opposition to the Party’s social agenda).
“Good riddance. Rep. Whitsett’s decision to not seek re-election is a net positive for her constituents and all Michiganders,” Chair Curtis Hertel said. “We look forward to electing a strong Democratic candidate to represent this district, especially one who actually shows up for work.”
Whitsett said she doesn’t know who “Hertel” is “so this person can’t be that important.”
“Clearly, I am to this person,” she wrote on X. “I pray this leans him/her closer to Christ.”
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