correction
A previous version of this article identified Meshawn Maddock as a man. Maddock is a woman. The article also quoted Ron Weiser as saying, "Ma’am, other than assassination, I have no way of voting out." Weiser said, "Ma’am, other than assassination, I have no way other than voting out." The story has been corrected.
The head of the Michigan GOP came under fire Friday for calling three female Democratic leaders “witches” to be burned “at the stake” and for mentioning “assassination” as an option for how to oust two Republican congressmen who voted to impeach former president Donald Trump.
State GOP Chairman Ron Weiser’s rhetoric, which was captured on video this week, was rebuked by Michigan Democrats as “sexist” and “dangerous” and led members of the University of Michigan Board of Regents to call for his resignation from the governing board. Included in Weiser’s “three witches” comment was Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), the target of a foiled kidnapping plot last year amid virulent criticism from her political opponents.
