McDonald Rivet is Misleading Michigan Voters… Again
Democrat Kristen McDonald has now ran two taxpayer-funded ads bragging about the ‘Working Families Tax Credit.’
Every Democrat, including Kristen McDonald Rivet voted against Congressional Republicans’ key legislation under President Trump, The Working Families Tax Cuts.
McDonald Rivet is either purposely lying and trying to take credit for legislation that she voted against or McDonald Rivet is purposely deceiving voters in an ad from her federal office paid for by federal tax dollars about a Michigan bill that was signed into law over 3 years ago.
It’s calculated deception, and McDonald Rivet knows exactly what she’s doing.
“Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet continues to blatantly lie and deceive Michigan voters because she can’t run her own record of failure. McDonald Rivet should be ashamed of herself and voters will hold her accountable this fall.” – NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon
Read more from Townhall here or see excerpts below:
Is Democrat Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet Deliberately Misleading Michigan Voters?
Townhall
Amy Curtis
May 28, 2026
Democrats soundly opposed President Trump’s ‘Working Families Tax Credit,’ part of the ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill’ that President Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025. That legislation codified a permanent extension of lower individual tax rates, doubled the standard deduction, permanently doubled the child tax credit, created a provision for no tax on tips or overtime pay, and no tax (or reduced tax) on Social Security, and other benefits for working Americans.
Despite that, in both the House and the Senate, all Democrats voted against the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ and the ‘Working Families Tax Credit.’
So why is Michigan’s Democrat Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet trying to take credit for ‘Working Families Tax Credit’? As we said, all Democrats — including McDonald Rivet — voted against the legislation.
Despite that, McDonald Rivet has now run two taxpayer-funded TV ads touting the ‘Working Families Tax Credit’ and, no matter how her campaign spins it, she’s doing one thing: deceiving the voters.
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Either way, she’s either purposely lying and taking credit for legislation she didn’t vote for or she’s using her office, and federal tax dollars, to deceive voters about legislation that was passed before President Trump even took office.
And it turns out McDonald Rivet has a troubling history of taking credit for legislation she voted against. This includes taking credit for $866,000 in federal funding in a 2025 appropriations bill, which helped the Bridgeport Fire Department in her district. McDonald Rivet voted against the bill despite lobbying to include funding for it. McDonald Rivet held a press conference to celebrate and even posted on social media, writing, “In an emergency, every second counts. Firefighters know that better than anyone else. We just announced new federal funding that will help the Bridgeport Fire Department respond faster and protect firefighters from dangerous toxins.”
She even visited the Bridgeport Fire Department after voting against the bill that would fund it, touting the $886,000 in funding and the refurbishments planned for the 54-year-old fire station. McDonald Rivet even tried to explain her no vote as she took credit for the funding, writing on social media, “High costs are crushing families in my community, and Republicans are forcing a health care affordability crisis on working people. Because they cut $1 trillion from Medicaid and are gutting the ACA, insurance premiums are spiraling out of control and people can’t get basic care. I voted no because we need concrete solutions to deliver affordable health care, not empty promises.”
McDonald Rivet also took credit for funding that helped homeless kids in Saginaw, despite the fact she voted against the legislation twice. In March of 2025, McDonald Rivet voted against HR 1968, and again in November, she voted against a continuing resolution approved by the House. Funding for Saginaw’s homeless children was included in the Department of Health and Human Services budget as part of the continuing resolution.
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