Sen. Shirkey pressured to resign - again - after more controversial remarks surface
An advocacy group is renewing its call for Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey to resign after video surfaced of the Clarklake Republican making controversial remarks to an armed, anti-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer crowd last year.
In an ominous speech at the American Patriot Rally in Grand Rapids in May 2020, Shirkey boasted that he was in possession of three weapons and encouraged the boisterous crowd to train and be ready to test the government.
I came here today with three weapons my sidearm and two weapons that are much more powerful than my sidearm, Shirkey, holding up a Bible and U.S. Constitution, told the crowd, which included militia members. Be prepared and continue to do your teaching and your training and be ready to do the testing of government when they get it backwards.
The remarks came on the same month Shirkey declared Whitmer was drunk on the addiction of unfettered power.
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