The top Republican on the House Small Business Committee, Chairman Roger Williams, is accusing the Biden administration of using the Small Business Administration (SBA) as its “campaign arm” in Michigan ahead of the 2024 election. Williams raised concerns about the SBA diverting resources from assisting small businesses to instead focus on registering Democrat voters. The Biden re-election campaign views Michigan as a crucial state to win in 2024, as Biden narrowly defeated former President Trump there in 2020. The SBA’s collaboration with the Michigan Department of State on voter registration efforts has sparked an investigation by the House Small Business Committee.
The press release announcing the partnership between the SBA and the Michigan Department of State highlighted initiatives to promote civic engagement and voter registration in Michigan. This included the creation of a unique URL for the SBA to drive online visitors to register to vote, as well as in-person voter registration facilitated by state government officials at the SBA’s business outreach events. These efforts are part of a broader initiative by the Biden administration to expand access to voter registration, launched through a 2021 executive order. However, an investigation by the House Small Business Committee found that many of these outreach events have taken place in counties with high concentrations of Democratic National Committee target demographics.
Chairman Williams raised concerns about the SBA’s involvement in expanding Biden’s voter base, particularly in Michigan. He sent a letter to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman requesting more information on the agency’s role in voter registration efforts in the state. Despite the committee’s request for information, Guzman failed to provide a briefing, narrative response, or any documents by the deadline. Williams expressed the committee’s concerns about the SBA improperly involving the federal government in America’s electoral processes. Fox News Digital reached out to the Biden campaign and the SBA for comment on these allegations.
The House Small Business Committee’s investigation found that many of the Michigan counties with the largest voter registration increases over the last year have high populations of young voters and Black voters, two key voting blocs for the Democratic party. This has raised suspicions about whether the SBA’s collaboration with the Michigan Department of State is aimed at targeting specific demographics in order to benefit the Democratic party in upcoming elections. The committee’s findings have prompted further scrutiny of the SBA’s involvement in voter registration efforts and its potential impact on political campaigns.
The Biden administration’s focus on expanding access to voter registration in Michigan, a key swing state in elections, has raised concerns among Republicans about the ethical implications of using a federal agency for political campaigns. Chairman Williams reiterated the principle that federal agencies should not act as campaign arms for their administrations, highlighting the need for transparency regarding the SBA’s involvement in voter registration efforts. The controversy surrounding the SBA’s collaboration with the Michigan Department of State underscores the broader debate over the separation of government agencies from political campaigns and the implications for fair elections in the future.
As the 2024 election approaches, the allegations of the Biden administration using taxpayer funds for voter registration efforts in Michigan have become a point of contention between Republicans and Democrats. While the Biden re-election campaign sees Michigan as a critical state to secure victory, Republicans are raising concerns about the ethical implications of using the SBA for political campaigning. The House Small Business Committee’s investigation into the SBA’s collaboration with the Michigan Department of State and its impact on voter registration efforts has brought to light potential conflicts of interest and calls for greater transparency in government agency activities related to elections.
