Adderall Alert: this is a long one, kids. We’re gonna cover a lot of ground so I need your full attention. Please bear with me…or not. – Dr. ℞2
“All people have a moral obligation to speak out against hate whenever it rears its ugly head – this is one of those times,” [State Rep. Donni] Steele [(R, Orion Twp)] said in a statement.
At the conference, Rep. Jason Hoskins (D-Southfield), the executive vice chair of the caucus, said he introduced a resolution “to denounce the espousal of racist, xenophobic, and white supremacist language by members of this chamber.”
“When you’re elected to the Michigan House, you have a duty to serve all of your constituents, you have a duty to keep them safe. And the promotion of replacement theory is antithetical to that duty,” Hoskins said.
The House later adopted an amendment adding antisemitism and islamophobia to the first line of the resolution.
However Rep. Steve Carra (R-Three Rivers) called for a no vote on the legislation, saying it “opens the door to reckless and politically motivated action from this body in the future.”
Schriver also encouraged a no vote on the resolution, on the grounds of supporting free speech.
The resolution passed, 98-5.
For much of the day, a video billboard truck sat by the Capitol building displaying messages in support of Schriver and echoing statements made by Schriver and Carra regarding provisions in the budget. […] It did not display any information identifying who had paid for these messages.
Any added emphasis in this post is mine – r2
Oh, by the way, Rep Schriver, in a move that surprised no one, officially endorsed conman, insurrection leader and sexual predator Donald Trump. I suppose somebody’s got to pay for that video billboard truck.
Meanwhile, at Rep Schriver’s stately alma mater in Warren…
De La Salle president abruptly placed on leave at all-boys Catholic high school (via archive.is)
De La Salle Collegiate High School — which in 2020 dismissed its president over his handling of sports hazing allegations — announced Tuesday that its current president, Larry Rancilio, was placed on leave for the rest of the school term.
In addition, the Catholic all-boys school in Warren said, Rancilio’s contract would not be renewed. The message, which was forwarded to the Free Press, however, did not detail why the prep school president departed abruptly, raising speculation.
It’s not the first time the institution has been under fire, incidents in 2017 and 2020…
Rancilio’s predecessor, John Knight, was fired more than three years ago over the handling of hazing allegations that led to charges against seven football players, a public clash with local police about whether the incidents were properly reported, a civil lawsuit and widespread news media attention and public criticism.
In early 2020, De La Salle came under fire in local and national news after Allison Donahue wrote a first-person account in the nonprofit news site Michigan Advance of her experience with Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido, who was at the time a state senator […] Lucido, a De La Salle grad who was talking to De La Salle students when she sought to interview him, told her: “You should hang around! You could have a lot of fun with these boys, or they could have a lot of fun with you.”