Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, the Democrat incumbent who is declining to impose the state’s abortion restriction was slammed by her Republican challenger. Nessel responded by threatening to imprison the other candidate.
Jeff Timmer, a senior adviser for the Nessel campaign, tweeted on Wednesday that his manager’s Republican opposition Matt DePerno needs to “remain unindicted” to get approved for an debate. Timmer tweeted the threat just after DePerno slammed Nessel’s rejection to implement the state’s 1931 abortion restriction following the Supreme Court’s reverse of Roe v. Wade.
“Consider this an official campaign response,” Timmer tweeted. “I can commit that Dana will debate you. All you have to do is (1) become the official GOP nominee (2) remain unindicted and (3) allow Dana to Mirandize you at the beginning of the debate. Easy-peasy, right? Lemme know.”
Matt,
Consider this an official campaign response. I can commit that Dana will debate you. All you have to do is (1) become the official GOP nominee (2) remain unindicted and (3) allow Dana to Mirandize you at the beginning of the debate. Easy-peasy, right?
Lemme know.
Jeff— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) June 29, 2022
Nessel, who is best known for her drunken exit on a wheelchair at a college football game, as well as her call for “drag queens for every school,” has a history of threatening political challengers with prison time. As attorney general of the United States, she brought charges versus previous Republican Michigan guv Rick Snyder in relation to the Flint water crisis, however, the state’s Supreme Court dropped the charges. Emails obtained in a public information request likewise reveal Nessel tried to have dining establishment owner Marlena Hackney detained prior to her appearing on Tucker Carlson Tonight to talk about why she defied the state’s pandemic lockdown order.
“Do we know her whereabouts?” Nessel wrote in an email. “We should just have her picked up before she goes on. This is outrageous.”
Hackney was jailed 7 days later on.
DePerno rose to nationwide popularity after he challenged the 2020 election leads to Michigan’s Antrim County. He is not under examination however has actually faced criticism for withholding information about how he spends funds raised in support of an election audit.
DePerno stated Nessel utilizes her power in workplace as a political weapon.
“It just shows she is getting more and more drunk on power and reckless with each passing day,” DePerno told the Washington Free Beacon. “She has no shame in her actions and that is now very clear to the public.”
Timmer reportedly joined Nessel’s campaign in October after years of experience working for the Michigan Republican Party. He is likewise a senior advisor to the Lincoln Project, whose co-founder John Weaver left the organization in disgrace in the middle of allegations of sexual misconduct towards children. The group reached a $375,000 legal settlement in February with authorities who implicated the extremely PAC of neglecting the misconduct accusations.
Gustavo Portela, the deputy chief of personnel of the Michigan GOP, stated Nessel ought to concentrate on real criminal activity, which has actually surged under her leadership.
“Dana Nessel is more consumed with jailing Michiganders who oppose her ideology than going after actual criminals making our streets and neighborhoods less safe,” Portela told the Free Beacon. “It’s no wonder crime has gone up under her watch. We’re going to end her drunk-on-power tirades this fall when we defeat her in November.”
Neither Nessel’s campaign nor her office responded to requests for comment.
H/T The Washington Free Beacon
