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Lansing — A filing Thursday from a Democratic attorney contends that Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey has quietly been at the center of the Unlock Michigan campaign to repeal a law that underpinned Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's initial COVID-19 response.
Shirkey, R-Clarklake, has used Unlock Michigan "to achieve his political goal of repealing that law, a plan executed by his agents under his direction and control and funded with his dark money," wrote Democratic attorney Mark Brewer in asking the Secretary of State's office to reconsider a campaign finance complaint involving the committee.
A spokeswoman for Shirkey didn't immediately provide a response Thursday. Fred Wszolek, spokesman for Unlock Michigan, labeled the arguments "nonsensical."