Amplifying the statement of House Ethics chair Erin Byrnes regarding former House Speaker Chatfield felony charges:

Byrnes on Chatfield Charges
 
LANSING, Mich, April 16, 2024 — Attorney General Dana Nessel announced criminal charges today in the investigation against former 2/Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield (R-Levering). The charges include conducting a criminal enterprise and multiple allegations of embezzlement from nonprofit political funds. Following the announcement, state Rep. Erin Byrnes (D-Dearborn), chair of the House Ethics and

MEDIA STATEMENT

Traverse City, July 17, 2023 -- This morning, Gongwer News reported that recall petitions were filed against me and four other freshmen House Democratic members over our voting records. While I respect the recall process as an important tool to hold politicians 2/accountable when they betray the public trust, recall should not be used to disenfranchise thousands of voters in the 103rd District simply because of a policy disagreement.

In my first six months in office, I am proud to have successfully championed a major budget win with

RECEIPTS FORTHCOMING 🎅🏽Jovial Santa bearded Rs like my 103rd opponent l Jack O’Malley are especially dangerous to keep in power, because they pretend to be moderate & hide their votes. His record shows Jack O’Malley is, unfortunately, an Anti-Choice Extremist w/a vote record to 2/match.
Jack O’Malley:
❌Voted in 2022 to keep the 1931 trigger law banning abortion even in case of rape & incest, on MI books
D Rep. @juliebrixie intro’d a repeal of 1931 trigger law
Jack voted to block it
Heres the oversight mtg 6.5 min = motion from Rep. Brixie to vote on

I know this is a dark day w/the SCOTUS news, but I want to share a ray of light that just broke thru.
Our northern MI people are on the move, ya'll. They just defeated a trumper long time R county commission chair & elected a D majority on the Leelanau Cty Commission for the 1st 2/time in history tonight. This became possible after a teen & her mom (both political newcomers) mounted a recall against a decade plus R incumbent chair who tried to zero out a voter-approved childcare millage.
Note: Tonight's winner of the recall Lois Bahle had lost 2x before

This pending SCOTUS action is bringing up a lot. A lot of memory held in my body of what it was like to have religious men control my body, movement & nearly everything about my life growing up.
Memory of women in my church circles referred to as “vessels” “living sacrifices.” 2/Endlessly pregnant and some having so many babies their uteruses prolapsed. Memory of girls & women steered toward anti abortion activism as the only sanctioned political activism and acceptable way to have power and leadership (twisted irony yes).
Memory of fiery sermon after

1/My friend and I talked by phone late last night as the draft SCOTUS opinion went public.
She talked about her great grandmother Sarah who had children already, including a child with special needs, and felt she could not have another child… she died from a back alley abortion 2/And I remembered being a teen in my Baptist church in the 1990s when a young recently married couple excited to be expecting their first child were suddenly not pregnant anymore and I first learned about ectopic pregnancies, and my black and white worldview suddenly became