Michigan Republican Party President Ron Weiser made a reference to the “assassination” during a conversation about Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach the former President Trump
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Weiser was caught commenting on a video during a North Oakland Republican Club meeting obtained by The Detroit News.
The comment came during a discussion on how to oust Republican representatives. Fred Upton
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It happened after Weiser described three Democratic officials, including the governor Gretchen Whitmer
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After Weiser made this reference, a person at the meeting asked Weiser how to expel “witches from our own party”, to which Weiser replied that people needed to go out and vote.
“Madam, besides the murder, I have no other way … than to vote. OK?” said Weiser. “You need to go out there and support your opponents. You need to do what you need to get votes in those areas. That’s how you win people ”.
The comments come just over two months after a pro-Trump crowd attacked the Capitol, forcing the evacuation of lawmakers. A Capitol Police officer was killed in the conflict, and members of the crowd were heard calling for the then vice president to be hanged. Mike Pence
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“President Weiser and our executive director Jason Roe have made it very clear that it is up to voters to determine Republican Party nominees and to suggest that anything else is dishonest and irresponsible,” said Ted Goodman, communications director for the Michigan Republican Party.
“This is a distraction from the governor’s failed response to the pandemic that ruined tens of thousands of small businesses, destroyed our students’ education and resulted in unnecessary deaths within asylums.”
Weiser’s remark about the three witches was in reference to 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 Capitol riot.