Michigan senator refuses to testify publicly before Jan. 6 committee

[RandySF]

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Chad Livengood
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Michigan senator refuses to testify publicly before Jan. 6 committee https://detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/16/michigan-senator-refuses-testify-publicly-before-jan-6-committee/7650323001/… via @CraigDMauger

[Emile]

1. Send him a subpoena!

[MontanaMama]

2. Subpoena this fool.

When he ignores that, lock him up. We need to get past playing with these traitors.

[Deuxcents]

3. I agree

[SheltieLover]

4. +1,000,000!!!

Wtf is this shit of refusing?

Lock them all up!

[patricia92243]

5. If refusing works - with no punishment - why on earth doesn't everyone

just refuse and that would be the end of it. Everybody go home

[Wingus Dingus]

6. He seems like a good guy who did the right and patriotic thing when it counted the most.

I'm not sure why they're "demanding" he appear publicly. He's probably caught enough flak from Trumpers for a lifetime.
Why treat him like an enemy?


https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/senator-stood-trump-his-career-may-suffer-his-cows-dont-care

[questionseverything]

7. This guy upheld the election results, so he isn't a "bad guy"

Unfortunately there is a paywall so I can’t read why he doesn’t want to testify

This is a Detroit paper, why would I from central Illinois want to pay them for articles?

Paywalls will hasten the death of democracy

[crickets]

10. True, but unfortunately, he was a bit of a jerk about it.

No paywall: https://archive.ph/xPxrf

In a speech on the Senate floor, McBroom of Vulcan said the U.S. House's Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol had "demanded" he participate in a public hearing under oath.

"‘Every member of this body should take offense to this notion that we should be expected to present our work to the federal government," McBroom told his Senate colleagues Thursday morning.

"I don’t work for you," the senator added, referring to the U.S. Congress. "I work for and only answer to the Michigan Senate and the people of the sovereign state of Michigan.” [snip]

McBroom disclosed Thursday that he had received a subpoena from the U.S. House select committee in December and answered "preliminary questions." The Senate Oversight Committee's report was not related to what occurred in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, McBroom contended.

McBroom chaired the MI Senate Oversight Committee which found "no evidence of widespread or systematic fraud" in the 2020 presidential election. Why he is this touchy about testifying in person isn't entirely clear, but apparently he was offended by receiving a "demand" rather than a request and has issues about state vs. federal sovereignty. I'd argue with him that while he serves in Michigan, he's an American not just a Michigander, and he needs to chill out. He isn't the only person from MI asked to testify, and the J6 committee later withdrew the subpoena anyway (who wants a witness this hostile, yikes) so it's no longer an issue.

[Rebl2]

9. Wish

they would subpoena one of my senators, Josh Hawley.