From the Associated Press One of Michigan's highest-ranking Republicans is standing by his false claims that blaming supporters of then-President Donald
Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey was recorded on video calling the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol a hoax. Image: Al Goldis/AP
Michigan s highest ranking Republican leader was caught on video calling the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol a hoax and espousing other conspiracy theories related to the siege.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, in a video posted on YouTube of a meeting with Hillsdale County Republican Party officials, said of the Capitol insurrection in which five people died: It was all staged.
About half an hour into the video Shirkey can also be heard asking, Why wasn t there more security there? He accused Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of being involved, saying McConnell is part of the decision-making how much security they have on stand. I think they wanted to have a mess.
A Republican legislative leader in Michigan apologized Tuesday after falsely claiming supporters of President Donald Trump were not involved in the deadly attack at the U.S. Capitol, having called it a“ hoax.”. Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey made the comments last Wednesday while meeting with leaders of the Hillsdale County GOP, according to a video.
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And while the Associated Press and Coaches polls won’t be released until next Monday, Kansas has already done the work of rising in some other, more regularly updated rankings. Kansas hopped back into CBS Sports’ Top 25 and 1 in the wake of the Jayhawks’ 78-66 win over a ranked Oklahoma State team (albeit at No. 26), while Kansas moved back into the top 25 of statistics website KenPom’s rankings, at No. 25.
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