Officials announced Sunday night that Michigan Legislature office buildings will be closed Monday as Election College convenes due to “credible violence threats.”
The State House and Senate office buildings will be closed on Monday as officials warn of security risks, and the Capitol will be closed to the public that day as previously announced.
State Representative Kevin Hertel (D) tweeted that the closure was taking place because “there have been credible threats as those elected to Michigan’s Electoral College meet in Capitol.”
All House offices have been closed due to credible threats from those elected to the Electoral College in Michigan to meet in the Capitol. My office monitors voicemail, and is available to assist you at Kevin Hertel .எhouseMIGove
– Kevin Hertel (epRepHertel) December 13, 2020
State Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R)’s spokesman Amber McCann said. Detroit Free Press The Senate will close its buildings “on the basis of recommendations of law enforcement.”
“This decision was not made because of the expected opposition, but based on threats of violence,” McCann said.
Gideon de Asandro, a spokesman for House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R), did not elaborate on the security risk, but told the Newsletter, “The House and Senate chiefs have been in talks with Michigan state police. ”
The Detroit Free Press is expected to vote for the president-elect, citing unconfirmed reports of threats against delegates to Michigan Electoral College Joe Biden
Joe Bidenbro-Trump protesters, anti-Trump and police clash in DC after election demonstrations Monday afternoon.
Concerns about violence have been raised President Trump
Donald Trump, who opened fire in Washington state during a violent election campaign, said pro-Trump protesters, protesters and police clashes in DC a day after the election protests spread the COVID-19 epidemic. Other Republicans contested election results in Michigan and other warring states that Biden won. The president and his campaign have challenged the results without success in many cases, encouraging unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud.
Donna Laczynski (D), who was elected House Minority Leader, was criticized by some Democrats for “creating a dangerous, hostile situation” and for “shameful actions to defraud our democratic institutions and deny the clear will of the electorate.”
It is a sad fact that the shameful actions of some Republicans to wipe out our democratic institutions and deny the clear will of the electorate have undoubtedly created this dangerous, hostile situation.
– Dona Laczynski (ona Donolasinski) December 13, 2020