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Confronted with armed protesters at the state capitol and a lawsuit threat from GOP lawmakers over her executive orders, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was unmoved, deciding to extend Michigans state-of-emergency declaration against the legislatures wishes and without its approval.
Whitmers executive actions on Thursday, which extend various business closures and the emergency declaration to May 28, capped a remarkable day at the Michigan State Capitol, complete with gun-toting protesters and impassioned speeches on the House floor by Republican lawmakers trying to curtail Whitmers power.
Outside the House chamber, the protesters crammed into the hallway and stairwell, periodically chanting, Lock her up! and Let us in! Their chanting could be heard faintly from the House floor and ultimately, the Republicans gave the protesters what they wanted: a refusal to extend Whitmers emergency declaration. In Michigan, legislative approval is required to extend emergency declarations beyond 28 days; Whitmers expired Thursday night, with no such approval to renew.
But at the end of the night, that didnt stop Whitmer from issuing a new set of executive orders anyway, citing even broader emergency powers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/after-a-day-of-armed-protesters-and-a-gop-lawsuit-threat-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-extends-state-of-emergency/ar-BB13t2yu
Fullduplexxx
(7,864 posts)And pen them up in it
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)Que the RW war machine to get their drones out. Oh wait, they already did.
Nice try wannabees.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Who does this so-called Gretchen Whitmer think she is, anyway? Doesn't she know that these shoutycracker yahoos represent as much as one-sixth of the people of Michigan? She's so tyrannical, not letting a really vocal minority of loudmouths run the state.