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Fred Upton

Voted with Democrats on $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, supporting Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda
 
 

Supported transgender / LGBT rights bill in Congress

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/11/21-house-republicans-wave-the-pink-and-blue-flag/

 

Rush Limbaugh producer James Golden said Fred Upton should be primaried and removed from Congress.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/rush-limbaugh-producer-james-golden-every-single-one-the13-republicans-voted-infrastructure-bill-primaried-removed

 

Supports Log Cabin Republicans, a GOP LGBTQ rights group

https://logcabin.org/allies-in-congress/

 

Voted for bill that would fund national vaccine database to spy on Americans

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021388

failing our country

Voted to impeach Donald Trump

 

https://twitter.com/repfredupton/status/1349190793840521219?lang=en  (link to official Twitter statement on impeachment)

 

Trump says “Upton does not deserve to keep his seat.”

 

“Upton has not done the job that our Country needs, for years has talked about leaving office and not running again, and he voted for Impeachment of the President of the United States on rigged up charges. He doesn’t deserve to keep his seat.”

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-endorses-gop-challenger-to-upton-over-impeachment-vote/ar-AAOcgIU

 

Voted not to fund the border wall

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/422424-the-8-republicans-who-voted-against-trumps-border-wall

 

Republican DC lawmakers are threatening to remove Upton from his committee assignments over infrastructure bill vote

 

https://news.yahoo.com/gop-lawmakers-want-punish-13-142807614.html

 

Violated his oath of office and supported red flag laws

 

https://www.wsjm.com/2019/08/04/enough-is-enough-upton-calls-for-red-flag-gun-laws/?fbclid=IwAR3X1WQlmjOnj4Dj96HgGnKlWWNzqIZm2C4PulheUhROXc1yCFoOEGIkN6A

 

Praised by Biden as “one of the finest guys I’ve ever worked with.”

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/12/10/these-are-the-republicans-who-have-acknowledged-bidens-victory/?sh=959bc7417b49 

 

Supported Green New Deal like infrastructure bill in Congress

 

https://wdet.org/posts/2021/08/13/91328-reps-debbie-dingell-and-fred-upton-on-bipartisan-support-for-sweeping-infrastructure-bill/?fbclid=IwAR0cLuRuuNL-Ta0TUTYHEF88RNNIlZ_uMsnbCHdr_ppenhs7AJ-gxw7uSX4

 

Voted for amnesty bill

 

https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/05/seven-house-republicans-voted-amnesty-american-dream-promise-act/

 

Supported commission to investigate insurrection at the Capital

 

https://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=401783

 

Would not sign onto pro-life case before the Supreme Court

 

https://wbckfm.com/congressman-fred-upton-so-far-not-joining-abortion-challenge/?fbclid=IwAR1gsSvuQ2Nz0KtWsvu124yrmhO57StfYQAA8mXue3NJ0sWc1qu-sl7lClw

 

Did not join Michigan lawmakers Lisa McClain, Tim Walberg and Bill Huizenga to call on DOJ to investigate Whitmer nursing home deaths

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/02/gop-reps-want-probe-after-doj-declines-investigate-michigan-nursing-home-deaths/5459859001/?fbclid=IwAR3w5Krw62u1oH8NZ5n6rNtSa80MOZyapIg3wtb6oMdQ8HG6tYKj1KmmyZE

 

59% conservative rating – Heritage Action

 

https://heritageaction.com/scorecard/members/u000031

 

Called Dr. Fauci a “science truth teller”

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/12/political-insider-upton-fauci-keep-being-science-truth-teller/7542630002/?fbclid=IwAR3-ZqGGMxtTzXo3gZyYEUqBQNOJ41F8-kvJxx9hpjFPsx47yFxj5a7ixhI

 

Supported Biden’s Energy Secretary Pick Jennifer Granholm.

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/27/senate-committee-hearing-granholm-energy-secretary-nomination/4268125001/?fbclid=IwAR3y6SReYS9IJjyCfbPjD_Q1obxuyG6b_vkxwSF3eJmNROcWkTD4B6jzi70

 

Opposed removing Trump critic Liz Cheney from her leadership position

 

“We only win by addition, not subtraction. I was a supporter of [Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney]. I have gotten to know her over the last number of months for sure,” Upton said during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash.

 

“You are not going to win elections unless you have that big tent. So I was very disappointed about what we did,”

 

https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/16/fred-upton-not-afraid-to-oppose-trump/?fbclid=IwAR0t4KP4qxqAzAVchEAMYRJecZaWr0qGGrCNM18K5pspv3pXLkdZUdWDJpU

 

Censured by Allegan County and Cass County Republican Party over impeachment vote

 

“We believe Congressman Upton’s vote is a betrayal of his oath of office and core values of the Cass County Republican Party,” the resolution said, according to The Detroit News.

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/24/cass-county-gop-censures-upton-over-vote-punish-marjorie-taylor-green/4572649001/

 

Voted for a bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/18/politics/house-immigration-vote-bills/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1yWaXokI0JFE6zyhpPZTRu_bQsoxHusUC5LUPG9L6_MLF-VDxvzzbP8LA

 

Voted to Abolish Qualified Immunity for Police Officers

 

https://reason.com/2021/02/26/in-june-some-house-moderates-voted-to-abolish-qualified-immunity-for-cops-now-theyre-not-so-sure/?fbclid=IwAR2cJD6saReN2BoU4hu1Z8XEub5-rFDoPwggu5_YG6cdQYf6deFlfeziY2E

 

8th richest member of Congress – $78 Million

 

https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/fred-upton/net-worth?cid=N00004133&year=2018&fbclid=IwAR3tNtiZLq1N2DiZxfDQqV6_POxm-HP89-EOO3KiMdFmPlEDBWzjHw4zyHQ

 

Voted to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from Committee Assignments

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-removes-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-from-committees-in-unprecedented-vote?fbclid=IwAR16RivlU0uJ7fiIrc04M6qFNGvHInlX1JU9ska526d15yjHgJL8m8gzzhs

 

Supported anti-terrorism bill in site of opposition from 150+ civil rights groups

 

https://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=401703

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/135-civil-rights-groups-against-congress-new-domestic-terror-law?fbclid=IwAR2Afl8eJgRZErGGE-CpWDx9Am–um2axdCTGvhM3GxXF9_8yTrwzsfzAPY

 

Said Biden won the election in December of 2020, in spite of evidence of voter fraud

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/12/10/these-are-the-republicans-who-have-acknowledged-bidens-victory/?sh=959bc7417b49

 

Decided to drop support of Obamacare repeal

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fred-uptons-cynical-reversal-on-repealing-obamacare-shows-why-people-distrust-republicans?fbclid=IwAR0t4RehXfntG5doh4zli1MOsoWLhfBdctlBBfWZaHi9iBzxVMZnwJMs6hk

 

Said “it didn’t make sense” to attend Trump rally

 

https://michiganadvance.com/2019/04/03/upton-it-didnt-make-sense-to-attend-trump-rally/

 

Caves to lobbyists and special interest groups

 

Liberals call him “a tool of corporate interests hellbent on eliminating entitlements while protecting the rich from tax increases.”

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2011/11/the-war-on-fred-upton-067718

 

Said “it didn’t make sense” to attend Trump rally

 

https://michiganadvance.com/2019/04/03/upton-it-didnt-make-sense-to-attend-trump-rally/

 

Censured by Allegan County and Cass County Republican Party over impeachment vote

 

“We believe Congressman Upton’s vote is a betrayal of his oath of office and core values of the Cass County Republican Party,” the resolution said, according to The Detroit News.

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/24/cass-county-gop-censures-upton-over-vote-punish-marjorie-taylor-green/4572649001/