{"id":4295,"date":"2024-02-12T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/michigan-gop-lawmaker-stripped-of-committee-role-staff-after-alleged-online-racist-post\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T20:00:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T20:00:11","slug":"michigan-gop-lawmaker-stripped-of-committee-role-staff-after-alleged-online-racist-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/michigan-gop-lawmaker-stripped-of-committee-role-staff-after-alleged-online-racist-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan GOP lawmaker stripped of committee role, staff after alleged online racist post"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Republican lawmaker in Michigan<\/a> lost his committee assignment and staff Monday, days after posting an image of a racist ideology on social media.<\/p>\n

House Speaker Joe Tate, a Democrat<\/a> who is Black, said he will not allow the House to be a forum for “racist, hateful and bigoted speech.”<\/p>\n

State Rep. Josh Schriver, who is white, shared a post on X \u2014 formerly known as Twitter \u2014 that showed a map of the world with Black figures greatly outnumbering white figures, along with the phrase, “The great replacement!”<\/p>\n

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The conspiracy theory says there\u2019s a plot to diminish the influence of white people.<\/p>\n

Schriver, who represents portions of Oakland and Macomb counties, can vote on the House floor. But Tate removed him from a committee and told the House Business Office to oversee his staff members, who still can assist constituents.<\/p>\n

“Representative Schriver has a history of promoting debunked theories and dangerous rhetoric that jeopardizes the safety of Michigan residents and contributes to a hostile and uncomfortable environment for others,” Tate said.<\/p>\n

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A message seeking comment from Schriver wasn’t immediately returned. He defended his social media post<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m opposed to racists, race baiters and victim politics,” Schriver told The Detroit News. “What I find strange is the agenda to demoralize and reduce the white portion of our population.”<\/p>\n

Schriver was elected to a two-year term in 2022. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, released a statement Friday calling his post “abhorrent rhetoric.”<\/p>\n

“We will never let those who stoke racial fears divide us,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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