MI GOP Leader Slaps Rep On Wrist For Suggesting Violence During Electoral Vote Count

Michigan state House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R) stripped Rep. Gary Eisen (R) of his committee assignments on Monday after he hinted at participating in violence at the state capitol in Lansing as the electors cast their votes for President-elect Joe Biden in the Electoral College.


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Nuts.

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He threatens violence on a mass scale. Then he lies about having threatened violence on a mass scale. Then he doesā€“well, really, nothing.

The signature of Trump.

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Isnā€™t that fraud? Misrepresenting yourself for gain?

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Well, this is a good start. Who else can we count on to make similar actions against recalcitrant GOPpers?

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The only crime these days is being black or brown. You know that.

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Not necessarily, if they were the actual slate of republican electors. Both parties nominate a slate of electors, then the one slate is picked based on the results. So every State does have two sets of electors.

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ā€œMichigan state House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R) stripped Rep. Gary Eisen (R) of his committee assignments on Monday after he hinted at participating in violence at the state capitol in Lansing as the electors cast their votes for President-elect Joe Biden in the Electoral College.ā€

Hereā€™s a thought: How about we slap his criminal ass behind bars?

And then go after his co-conspirators.

Ruthlessly.

(I understand the president has publicly called for not even protecting perp heads when the police put them in the backset of the squad cars.)

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Armed sedition (or so I assumeā€¦itā€™s Michigan of course) with a side of vague threats of physical violence.

Just what our learned Founding Fathers envisioned when they created a system to democratically elect representatives of the people and vest in them governing power that would eschew the barbaric and never-ending conflict and warfare of the feudal European nations.

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Dummy

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True, but one slate of electors was certified, and can therefore vote. The other slate was not. Pretending to be the ones who were certified when they arenā€™t seems to me to be fraud.
Although @steviedee111 has the real answer.

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ā€œShut the fuck up, Daryl.ā€

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And here I thought that lawmakers in Michigan took an oath to uphold the Constitution. Silly me

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They said they were the GOP electors. If thatā€™s true, they were just wrong about being allowed in the building to vote, which isnā€™t fraud.

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He mispronounced ā€œunhingedā€ā€¦

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Slap on the wrist is not enough.
Poke him in a eye. Twice.

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Eejits every last one of them.

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Question for Michiganders: how deep is the inbreeding on the Upper Peninsula? These people qualify as hillbillies.

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Rep. Gary Eisen is not on the slate of the republicans for EC electors.

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[ā€œI regret the confusion over my comments this morning, and I want to assure everyone that those of us who are supporting an alternative slate of electors intend to do so peacefully and legally,ā€ he said.]

This man is still advocating subverting the Democratic Process.

Most of Trumpā€™s swindles, graft, grift, scams and cheats have taken place without bazookas being fired.

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