Share February 15, 2021, 10:23 AM We re past polite propriety at the top of Michigan state government. The Democratic lieutenant governor uses public directness, not private decorum, to call out divisive and aggressive rhetoric from the legislature s senior senator. It s time for Republican leaders to denounce Senate Majority Leader Shirkey, says the head on a Metro Times guest column by Garlin Gilchrist. In unusually direct, personal language, the Detroiter writes that he and Ellen Gilchrist teach our kids the impact that their words and actions can have on those around them. That s a setup for this slap at Shirkey: Grow up and join the people of Michigan in fighting our common enemy, Covid-19.
‘Such immaturity’: What Michigan leaders are saying after GOP senator’s Capitol ‘hoax’ comment
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey speaks during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2020 in Lansing. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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In a secretly-recorded video, the GOP’s top Michigan state senator called the Capitol insurrection a “hoax,” said he’s “spanked” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on the budget and has contemplated inviting Whitmer “to a fistfight on the Capitol lawn.”
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, met personally with the Hillsdale County Republican Party leaders, but even that wasn’t enough to save him from being censured by the group for straying from “conservative values.”
Michigan senator stands by Capitol riot ‘hoax’ comment as colleagues criticize his ‘conspiracy theorizing’
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey speaks during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2020 in Lansing. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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In a secretly recorded video, the GOP’s top Michigan state senator called the Capitol insurrection a “hoax,” said he’s “spanked” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on the budget and has contemplated inviting Whitmer “to a fistfight on the Capitol lawn.”
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, met with the Hillsdale County Republican Party leaders, but even that wasn’t enough to save him from being censured by the group for straying from “conservative values.”