Analysis: Michigan GOP lawmakers silent as party leader, others spread incendiary rhetoric

February 10, 2022 Detroit Free Press

An unceasing stream of social media posts and statements recently from both well-known and low-profile Michigan Republicans promoting radical actions by their followers are prompting accusations of racism and violence. The rhetoric and its purveyors appear poised to test conservative unity in a key election year that has so far seen an increasingly vocal wing of the GOP met largely with silence among high-ranking Republican elected officials in Michigan.