Mike Shirkey in a floor speech as armed militia members looked down on the Senate chamber, 4/30/20: "If she does not recognize the end of the emergency declaration, we have no other choice but to act."
Mike Shirkey in an interview with @MIRSnews, 4/29/20: the governor "has made it clear for a number of weeks now that she's very comfortable being a dictator."
Mike Shirkey, hours after a plot to kidnap and murder the governor is exposed, 10/8/20: “This is no time to be weak in our commitment to freedom. We need to be strong, and not be afraid of those who are taking our freedoms away from us.”
Two armed men in the audience for Shirkey’s speech that included the call to action “we have no other choice but to act” were arrested today!
Lee is gaslighting: these were right-wing extremists motivated by animosity for the governor whipped up by Republican politicians and operatives. Let’s review:
Republicans started slamming the governor over the pandemic barely a week after the first positive test in MI.