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GOP Lawmaker Falsely Says Insurrection Was ‘Staged’

February 9, 2021 at 5:20 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Michgan Senate Majority leader Mike Shirkey (R), the highest ranking Republican elected official in the state, recently said he believes the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was not carried out by supporters of former president Donald Trump, calling the idea a “hoax” and stating that the attacked was “staged,” the Detroit Free Press reports.

Said Shirkey in a video: “That wasn’t Trump people. That’s been a hoax from day one. It was all staged,”

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