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The Republican-led Michigan House of Representatives condemned Gretchen Whitmer (Gretchen Whitmer) and repealed a 76-year-old law that gave the governor extensive emergency powers to lock down the governor during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most parts of the state.
The 1945 Emergency Powers Act was officially repealed with a vote of 60-48 (mainly in accordance with the party line). Last week, the State Senate voted to cancel the bill.
Although the legislation did not take effect immediately, it was clearly a blow to Whitmer. Whitmer's strict closure policy provoked protests last year, but it also made her a political darling of Democrats.
Since the law was submitted to the state legislature through a petition, according to Michigan law, it is not subject to Whitmer's veto power and will take effect 90 days after the legislative session.
The petition was organized by an organization called Unlock Michigan, whose spokesperson Fred Wszolek said: "Our Unlock Michigan citizen army collected more than 540,000 signatures in just 80 days. Now, 292 days later, we will pass the legislature. The final vote to complete our mission to end Governor Whitmer’s rule by passing a decree,"
An organization called Keep Michigan Safe opposed this change and condemned the move in a statement, “Today, House Republicans voted to eradicate elected leaders trying to save lives and stop the spread of deadly infectious diseases such as COVID-19. Important tools for, Legionnaires’ disease, tuberculosis and anthrax.”
Earlier this week, an FBI agent who was involved in infiltrating an organization suspected of planning a kidnapping conspiracy against the governor was arrested for domestic violence. People questioned how much influence the FBI had in planning the plan.
Whitmer gained fame last year as one of the Democratic governors who chose severe lockdown measures to fight the coronavirus. She became so popular in the party that she was vetted by Joe Biden’s campaign as a potential vice presidential candidate. .
But not everyone is impressed by her actions, especially in Michigan. A major protest against her policies took place in Michigan in April last year. Some of them were the first in the country and aroused the anger of the left and the right. Encouragement.
Protests include "Operation Traffic Jam," in which cars suspended traffic around the State Capitol and armed protesters entered the building to protest the closure of the state economy.
Last year, states across the country passed extensive emergency powers granted to the governor to manage, and the Michigan legislature’s actions this week reflected an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution that restricted the governor’s emergency powers passed in May.
As early as March of this year, the New York legislature voted to deprive Andrew Cuomo, the most prominent Democratic governor who supported the blockade, of emergency powers, but it should be noted that he may extend existing orders.