LANSING, Mich. (June 23, 2021) — Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) issued the following statement after Senate Oversight Committee Chair Sen. Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan) today released a final report on the November 2020 election — the first, formal recognition by Michigan Senate Republicans that Joe Biden is the undeniable president of the United States:
“I’m pleased Republicans in Michigan are finally and definitely putting an end to ‘The Big Lie’ perpetuated by the former president. The 2020 election has long been over, and the results were definitive — President Joe Biden received more votes in Michigan and every vote was counted, yielding a clear victory. All attempts since then to overrule the will of the people are un-American.
“It is unfortunate that the Michigan Legislature participated in the circus, parading witnesses who were not credible or who pressed obvious falsehoods in order to promote the lie that Michigan’s results were tainted. But it is my fervent hope that we, as a legislative body, can finally focus our energy on getting help out to our residents who need it most after such a tumultuous year for many due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
For months, Republican lawmakers have been pushing a narrative that there was misconduct in the 2020 election. Eleven members of the State Senate and two members of the Senate Oversight Committee, Sens. Lana Theis (R-Brighton) and John Bizon (R-Battle Creek), both signed a letter to Congress in January 2021 in an attempt to overturn the will of the people by requesting a delay to the Electoral College certification process.
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