Posted on 07/22/2021 6:24:15 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
The Michigan legislature completed repealing an emergency powers law Wednesday that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) exploited to maintain a perpetual lockdown for months.
A citizens initiative triggered a legislative vote to repeal the 1945 law that was immune to a Whitmer veto. Last week, the Senate voted to repeal the law. On Wednesday, it was the House’s turn.
“As the governor issued unilateral orders around the Legislature, people felt like they had lost their voice in Lansing and had no representation,” state Rep. Matt Hall (R) said during debate.
“They felt the system was not working for them.”
As a result of Whitmer’s endless, unilateral lockdown orders, a group called Unlock Michigan organized a petition drive to collect a sufficient amount of signatures to force a legislative vote or one on the November 2022 ballot. After submitting more signatures than necessary and obtaining verification by the Democrat Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, the state Board of Canvassers refused to approve the signatures, forcing the state Supreme Court to step in twice.
“Those concerned and impacted by these unilateral actions, including many small business owners and families, began circulating this petition because they felt they had no other way for their voice to be heard,” Hall said Wednesday, adding:
They acted in an organic, constructive fashion. Repealing this emergency law tells these many people that they will be heard and helps re-establish needed balance within our state government going forward. I’m proud to stand up for them and be a resounding voice for them today.
Organizers say they will now target public health laws Whitmer used after the 1945 law was ruled unconstitutional in October.
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She is a #ComDem_Covid19_Dictator.
It is time for her to exist, stage left.
Enjoy it while you can, Michigan.
Federal mandates are going to replace those of wretched Gretchen.
“The Gretchen has polarized her state. And people despise her. “
Do they despise her enough to stop the Detroit Dems from reselecting her as governor?
I’m not sure.
The larger question, will there be a fair election?
Yeah, shiny shoebox face remains the craziest b”tch I’ve ever seen.
Banned the sale of paint.
Banned the sale of seeds to grow food.
Banned the use of motor boats.
Banned all travel unless you were going to exercise outdoors.
Basically, she singlehandedly shut down the economy and ruined peoples lives in hopes of a cabinet position in the Biden administration.
She should have been RECALLED a year ago.
Feds can mandate, doesn’t mean I will follow it
Agree.
Mandates? Not coming to Texas.
I agree.
But we are going to see a change from Trump with the China/Democrat virus.
Under Trump, crazy Blue states mandated abuse of their citizens. Now, Red states are going to have to fight off those mandates being shoved on them by an illegal Federal Government.
“The larger question, will there be a fair election?”
That’s what I was implying by using the word “reselect”. In a fair contest, it’s an election. In a cheat, it’s a selection.
Go rescue any of your citizens incarcerated in DC as political prisoners for 6 months, Texas!
If Texas can’t do it, nobody can. 6 months of solitary for trespassing is insane!
It will take a state as powerful as Texas to push back against this illegal Federal Government.
Yes, Insane indeed. Still More #ComDem_Insanity!
The arrests were in DC. It is not and cannot be a state as per the Constitution. But with the Communist in control in DC, the law does not seem to be recognized any longer.
It's TIME to DownSize DC!
Restore the Constitution!Size DC!
OK. We are on the same page.
Yep, Witchmer will find away around laws. RATs don’t obey laws.
I think you missed my point.
This is now going to come from the illegal Biden cabal.
Whitmer won’t matter. You can get rid of her, and still get what she was giving. Wait until Autumn.
Yes. The Rats don’t obey laws. They don’t even write them, anymore, if you follow the US Senate.
So far Biden has left mandates to the states and corporations so that his cabal can claim it was not them who force the masks. They just recommend it to supposedly save lives. This puts the public anger on the states because so far they know most red states complied. Why answer or face lawsuits when you can get others to do the dirty work?
I am really speaking of the coming years. The Biden cabal hasn’t even faced the seasonal outbreak of this virus, yet.
I think the cabal was fine with Blue states beating their own wives while Trump was in charge. They are not going to keep doing it, while they are in charge, however. With the cabal in the WH, it is time to beat the Republican’s wives.
I don’t understand your memory of compliance. I believe that it was Red states that had the least intrusive mandates and lifted them earliest. The exception to this, in my memory, is Cuomo running the subways until NYC was overrun with COVID.
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