Michigan Republican Party Chairman Ron Weiser referred to “murder” during a conversation about GOP lawmakers who voted to remove former President Trump
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Weiser was caught making the comments in a video at a North Oakland Republican Club meeting obtained by The Detroit News.
The comment came up during a discussion about ousting Republican representatives. Fred Upton
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It happened after Weiser described three Democratic officials, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
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After Weiser made that reference, a person at the meeting asked Weiser how we could expel “witches in our own party,” to which Weiser replied that people should vote.
“Ma’am, besides murder, I have no other way … than to vote out. OK?’ Weiser said. “You people have to go out and support their opponents. You have to do what you need to to get votes in those areas. That’s how you beat people.”
The comments come just over two months after a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol and forced the evacuation of lawmakers. A Capitol police officer was killed in the fighting, and members of the crowd called for the then vice president to be hanged Mike Pence
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“Chairman Weiser and our Executive Director, Jason Roe, have both made it very clear that it is up to voters to determine the Republican Party candidates, and to suggest that everything else is dishonest and irresponsible,” said Ted Goodman, communications director of the Republican Party of Michigan.
“This is a distraction from the governor’s failed response to the pandemic that devastated tens of thousands of small businesses, devastated our schoolchildren’s education and resulted in unnecessary deaths in nursing homes.”
Weiser’s comment about the three witches involved Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
Ten Republicans in the House voted to impeach Trump, and seven Republicans in the Senate voted to condemn the former president for inciting the riot in the Capitol.