{"id":3897,"date":"2022-12-09T08:51:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T13:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2022-12-09T08:51:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T13:51:59","slug":"supposed-protection-in-the-culture-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3897","title":{"rendered":"Supposed Protection in the Culture Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JPA372.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JPA372.jpg\" alt=\"Supposed Protection in the Culture Wars\" class=\"wp-image-3898\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JPA372.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JPA372-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You kind of need to know <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lee_Chatfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who Lee Chatfield is<\/a> to understand the cartoon, so I apologize if you don&#8217;t. And now, I will apologize in advance for telling you (because you were probably much happier not knowing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Chatfield is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Speaker from 2019 to 2021. He was a stalwart Republican leader known for his strict Christian education and standards. However, since being term-limited out, Mr. Chatfield has come under scrutiny on multiple fronts. The latest, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/in-depth\/news\/politics\/michigan\/2022\/12\/06\/republican-michigan-house-speaker-lee-chatfield-provided-foothold-in-government-for-gcsi-lobbyists\/69661977007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brought to light this week<\/a>, centers on allegations that he provided favorable treatment to a prominent Lansing lobbying firm&#8217;s clients while Speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s not good. But not nearly as icky as allegations that he sexually abused a girl for 12 years, beginning in 2009 when she was between 14 and 15 years old and continuing until 2021. When she was 18 she married Aaron Chatfield, Lee&#8217;s brother. Mr. Chatfield has admitted having an affair with his sister-in-law and with other women (Mr. Chatfield is married and has five children), but said that these affairs were between consenting adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll pause here while you either roll, rub, or gouge out your eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it any wonder that the superior morality of the Republican Party and the supposed protection they would provide us in the culture wars was such a tough sell to independents (especially women) in this past election?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You kind of need to know who Lee Chatfield is to understand the cartoon, so I apologize if you don&#8217;t. And now, I will apologize in advance for telling you (because you were probably much happier not knowing). Mr. Chatfield is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Speaker from 2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3899,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897\/revisions\/3899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}