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GOP State Senate Leader Under Fire From Both Sides
It is getting harder for Republican Michigan State Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey to find any media reports about him that could be considered flattering. It’s quite the contrary. And it’s building. There’s been a general grumbling among conservatives in Michigan that Shirkey didn’t do enough to stand up to Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and her unilateral approach to COVID-19 virus controls and restrictions.
The Hillsdale County Republican Party this month censured the senator for just that complaint. And some others. The local party listed nearly a dozen points of contention with the Shirkey, not the least of which includes, “refusal to hold Governor Gretchen Whitmer accountable for boldly disobeying a Michigan Supreme Court decision.” About a week ago, Shirkey met with several local party leaders. He didn’t know one was recording the conversation. He clearly challenged many views about the takeover of th
Basic Principles of Democracy Under Attack By John DAmico | February 7, 2021, 12:43 pm | in Columnist
The attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was a shocking reminder that our republic is very fragile. Those who tried to impede the Congressional certification of the 2020 election demonstrated a shocking lack of knowledge of and concern for the basic principles of American democracy.
This event prompted me to recall a question my eleventh grade Social Studies teacher at Red Bank High School asked our class on our first day many decades ago: “What are the basic principles of democracy?”
Of course, we were unable to answer, so a large part of the curriculum for the year involved discussing and memorizing them. At the end of the year, our teacher told us that our final exam would include the question she started the year with. Needless to say, I aced that question, and the answers have stuck with me ever since.