In the many years that I have known Lt. Gov Garlin Gilchrist, even before he entered public service, I can’t recall any bold positions he has taken publicly on matters of public policy. Even in instances when some in the Black community disagreed with his boss, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, on the issues shaping the lives of Michiganians, Gilchrist was always there to either defend the governor or provide cover for her actions.

For example, he didn’t dissent during Whitmer’s march into Benton Harbor in 2019, when she unsuccessfully tried to shut down the only high school in a majority impoverished Black city. He didn’t come out publicly against the governor when she tried to renege on her promise to see through the lawsuit for the right to literacy on behalf of Detroit school children.

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