Weiser refuses call by UM regents to resign, saying he 'won't be canceled' University of Michigan regent and Michigan Republican Party chairman Ron Weiser refused to resign after the university's Democratic-majority board called for him to do so during a rare Friday special meeting prompted by his controversial remarks about high-ranking elected officials. Six Democratic regents approved a resolution to censure Weiser for the comments that "brought national and international disrepute" on the university. Of the two Republicans, Regent Sarah Hubbard abstained, while Weiser didn't appear to cast a vote. The 75-year-old GOP regent on Friday apologized for his "offhand remarks" last week calling Michigan's three Democratic female leaders "the three witches." He pledged to be part of a "respectful dialogue" moving forward and refused to resign.