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County Commissioner Ron Clous held the rifle up briefly, smiling at the camera, before setting it down without a word (Grand Traverse County)
A Michigan county commissioner is facing calls to resign after he pulled out a rifle at a virtual public meeting after a woman asked the Michigan Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners to denounce the Proud Boys. Resident Keli MacIntosh was expressing concerns about members of the right-wing militant group speaking about gun rights at a meeting back in March when Grand Traverse County Commissioner Ron Clous flashed the gun in response, the Record-Eagle reported.
A Michigan woman asked county officials to denounce the Proud Boys. One commissioner flashed a rifle instead
By Teo Armus The Washington Post,Updated January 23, 2021, 7:22 p.m.
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Members of the Proud Boys make a hand gesture while walking near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post
Keli MacIntosh intended to speak before the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners this week with a straightforward demand: Would the board openly denounce the Proud Boys after the Jan. 6 riots on the U.S. Capitol?
Members of the far-right group had addressed the Michigan body last year as it considered a gun-rights proposal, she said, and more recently, other Proud Boys have been identified as part of the mob that stormed Congress. So MacIntosh wanted her own elected officials to stand up.
Michigan county commissioner pulls gun out during virtual meeting when resident asked board to denounce Proud Boys
A Grand Traverse County commissioner in Michigan got up and grabbed a gun during a board Webex meeting while a local woman asked board members to denounce the Proud Boys, video from the meeting shows.
Keli MacIntosh, a 72-year-old retired nurse and regular attendee of the board meetings, spoke at the Wednesday gathering about the importance of denouncing the activities of the Proud Boys in support of a woman who spoke before her on the same topic.
The first woman criticized the board for allowing members of the group to speak during a March meeting regarding making the county a “gun sanctuary.”
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A county official in northern Michigan displayed a rifle during an online meeting in response to a citizen s comments about a far-right extremist group, drawing outrage from some local residents.Ron Clous, an elected member of the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners, was at home during the livestreamed meeting Wednesday, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported.During a public comment period, a local woman, Kelli MacIntash, criticized the board for
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. A county official in northern Michigan displayed a rifle during an online meeting in response to a citizen’s comments about a far-right extremist group, drawing outrage from some local residents.
Ron Clous, an elected member of the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners, was at home during the livestreamed meeting Wednesday, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported.
During a public comment period, a local woman, Kelli MacIntash, criticized the board for allowing self-described members of the Proud Boys to speak at a commission meeting last year and urged commission Chairman Rob Hentschel to denounce them. The neo-fascist group is known for engaging in violent clashes at political rallies and some of its members took part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.