Michigan GOP chair apologizes for calling top state officials ‘witches’
The leader of Michigan’s Republican Party apologized Saturday for the controversial comments he made at a meeting of the North Oakland Republican Club.
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At the meeting, GOP Chair Ron Weiser referred to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel as “three witches.”
“We should all do better to treat each other with respect, myself included,” reads a statement from Weiser
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Metro Detroit weather: Milder with sunshine Saturday afternoon, rain showers arrive at night
Saturday night becomes cloudy with rain showers redeveloping by midnight and afterward. Temperatures remain above freezing overnight. Across the region, lows will be in the low and middle 40s.
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