As President Trump is under the microscope for reaching his 100 days in office (a purely journalism-created event), one Democrat is trying to make a name for himself by announcing he is bringing up no fewer than seven articles of impeachment against the president. It speaks volumes that Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) has a history that he would rather stay under wraps by keeping his head down and going about his job duties, but instead is now begging for the spotlight – seemingly uncaring about the shadow that creates.

The freshman Democrat is unknown for the most part, and those who do know him are far from impressed - and I am referring to those in his own party. As Bonchie wrote of the man yesterday: 

“I'm also going to be honest with you guys and make an admission: I have no idea who this dude is. Obviously, I cover politics regularly, and I've never seen Thanedar before, nor do I recall ever hearing his name. That's how inconsequential he is. I'd call him a backbencher, but that might be too kind of a descriptor. 

Well, to help out a colleague as well as shed light for our appreciated readership, here are the specifics behind the quirky unknown from Detroit. If you needed to see a man who typifies schizophrenic Michigan politics and displays all of the dysfunction of the Democratic Party, Thanedar is a prime candidate.

Shri displays all of the tendencies of someone who has gone into politics for the direct purpose of becoming a politician. I am referring to those who get to D.C. and seem to be entirely focused on one thing: Doing what is needed to remain in D.C. These are the politicians with a slender list of accomplishments but a floor-spanning scroll of media appearances. (Think of Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), who sports a different spangled cowboy hat for her quotidian camera appearances, all while representing the distinctly non-agrarian district of inner-city Miami, Miami Beach, and the metro area where the Dolphins play football.)

Thanedar won his Detroit seat by appearing in a race with so many candidates - nine - that the vote was split into shards. Once he arrived in D.C., it did not take long for the man to become the focus of questions about being more interested in making himself a star, instead of making policy and making a difference, and this was coming from his own party. According to a HuffPo profile:

In just 11 months in office, Thanedar has gained a reputation for vanity in an institution powered by the stuff, burning through staff at a rapid clip, alienating his fellow members and spending taxpayer funds on what some people with knowledge of his office view as naked self-promotion.

That is probably a fair critique for someone who not only has written a memoir but also produced a stage play based on his own book. He is also under fire for his Congressional budget spending, with much of it going to promotional billboards with his face on prominent display. As proof, when President Trump made his stop in the state to recognize his first 100 days, Shri had a billboard put up in Macomb to taunt the president.

Donald Trump arrives in Michigan today to celebrate his first 100 days in office.

Here's how I'll be greeting him. pic.twitter.com/rPwaLsX3Cx

— Congressman Shri Thanedar (@RepShriThanedar) April 29, 2025

On one of the most divisive issues facing the Democratic Party - the Israel-Hamas war - Thanedar, when coming to a fork in that road, took it – as he has taken both sides. While previously being a harsh critic of the Israeli leadership, he later quit one Democrat group, the DSA, as he then sided with Israel.

Thanedar, who most people laud for building himself into a multi-millionaire, also has a checkered business history. While running a product testing company, Avomeen, an employee found that a male enhancement drug they were testing contained Viagra. He informed the owner of this problem, but after Thanedar took no action, the whistleblower contacted the FDA about this unreported inclusion of that drug in the product.

A few years later, Thanedar settled a suit from the 2016 sale of his that same company, where the buyers claimed about $8 million in damages for the company being overvalued. It appears Thanedar used his $20 million from the sale for a gubernatorial bid, the race won by Gretchen Whitmer. It appears that Shri moved after that loss and made his Congressional run in the Detroit area because he actually came out ahead of Whitmer in that area during the primary.

But there is another deeply bothersome pockmark on his CV, a Doctor Fauci-level of scandal involving animal testing. In 2010 he ran another company, Azopharma, and it had a subsidiary testing facility in New Jersey, AniClin Preclinical Services. When Azopharma went bankrupt, it led to the abrupt closure of that testing lab. This meant that they shuttered the facility, with over 100 beagles still locked in cages, as well as dozens more lab monkeys.

 The Oxford, N.J., research facility where the dogs lived, had gone bankrupt and locked its doors. The animals' caretakers had reportedly climbed fences to provide food and water until more solid arrangements were made.

Eventually, a pair of dog rescue groups were able to get in and care for the beagles, getting them adjusted to a normal life, having never seen daylight prior or touched grass, eventually setting them up to all become adopted. Thanedar, whenever challenged on this disturbing lack of action taken for the animals' welfare, has passed it off as something that was to be the responsibility of the bank(s) following the bankruptcy.

This is someone so focused on self-promotion that he cares little what that notoriety will uncover, and as he postures before the cameras no one in his party has thought to rein in what some have previously recognized to be a problem within their ranks. Locally, he is at least rankling some Democrats. After gaining reelection, mostly due to his biggest challenger having to drop out of the primary, Thanedar is already facing a challenger for next year’s primary race.

That has led to some in his own party referring to Thanedar as “Detroit’s own Elon Musk,” but there could be a more apt comparison; he seems like the Democrat version of George Santos. The difference being, of course, the GOP saw fit to not defend their problematic Congressman. 

The Dems, meanwhile, seem perplexed as to what to do with Thanedar, and as a result, he is getting more face time than he ever realized prior, and his leadership looks to be dismayed. This is the type of character the Democrats have standing front and center for their party today? It is just another sign of the disarray seen from them of late, with no sign of repair on the horizon.

Editor's Note: This article was edited for clarity after publication.

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