"This is nothing more than political theater," state Rep. Cynthia Johnson, D-Detroit, says in remarks at emergency Senate/House oversight committee meeting, where Republicans plan to vote on subpoenas for election records from @MichSoS. "This is crazy and we should not allow it."
"Where is the evidence?" asked state Rep. @darrincamilleri, D-Trenton.
Camilleri says @MI_Dems have accepted the election results that Republicans will have a 58-52 majority next year, questions why GOP doesn't do the same with outcome of the presidential election in Michigan.
Rep. Matt Hall, R-Marshall, said the subpoenas and investigation of the election results is "part of the healing process" for voters in Michigan "to make sure that the people of this state can feel comfortable that this was a fair process where legal votes were counted only."
--> @SenEdMcBroom says lawmakers have asked for information from Secretary of State @JocelynBenson and didn't get what they were looking for without subpoenas.
"We need to look at what real evidence there is whether something needs to be done or not."
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I got a little sidetracked yesterday with breaking news, phone interviews and Zoom meetings and apparently, according to some people, wasn't tweeting enough about Republicans not accepting the election results.
▪️952 on Tuesday, ↗️25% in a week
▪️60% are in outstate hospitals
▪️Outstate hospitalizations ↗️48% in a week
▪️Grand Rapids region ↗️51% in wk
▪️Confirmed & Suspected COVID hospitalizations ↗️18%, +31% in outstate hospitals
.@crainsdetroit has interactive graphics detailing hospitalizations numbers for Southeast Michigan, outstate and combined, as well as positivity rates and the rolling 7-day new case average here (no paywall): crainsdetroit.com/coronavirus/co…
HAPPENING NOW: @GovWhitmer holding a press conference wearing a mask (first time, I think), raising alarms about the rising #COVID19 case counts.
She's reiterating public health code from DHHS that masks are still required inside public-facing businesses. clickondetroit.com/health/good-he…
AD WATCH: @ProgressMich has a new claiming Republican-nominated Supreme Court candidate Brock Swartzle was a “partisan operative at the center of a legislative sex scandal.”
I’m pretty sure Brock wasn’t a party to Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat’s extramarital affair.
This ad claim focuses on a lawsuit filed by Courser & Gamrat's whistleblowing ex-aides who sued the House, saying they told Swartzle they had “undeniable physical proof” Courser anonymously sent out emails smearing himself (ie. the controlled burn tape). detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…
Brock Swartzle was chief legal counsel when Courser & Gamrat's aides, Keith Allard & Ben Graham, came to him and then-House Chief of Staff Norm Saari about their concerns about working under the two reps while they were having an affair.
THEY PLOTTED ON CAPITOL GROUNDS: On June 18, some militia members charged today in a plot to kidnap @GovWhitmer met at a Second Amendment rally at the Capitol, the FBI says.
Lansing Pulse headline that day: "Protesters from the left and right mix peacefully at the Capitol"
STORY: Feds foil militia plot to kidnap Michigan @GovWhitmer from her Up North vacation home
Michigan Supreme Court rules against @GovWhitmer's use of 1945 emergency powers law in #COVID19 pandemic, says 145 law "is in violation of the Constitution of our state because it purports to delegate to the executive branch the legislative powers of state government..."
STORY: Michigan Supreme Court's ruling throws into doubt @GovWhitmer's continued use of the 1945 emergency powers law for issuing executive orders that she has used to restrict economic and human activity since March in an effort to protect public health.
"This is a great day for the people of Michigan," @MIGOPChair Laura Cox said in a statement about 4 GOP-nominated justice striking down the Democratic governor's public health emergency powers.