Bradley E. Sherman
2022-08-31 13:20:10 UTC
Gretchen likes being raped.
After the Republican opponent of Michigan attorney general DanaNessel criticized the Democrat for refusing to enforce the
state's abortion ban, Nessel threatened to jail the candidate.
Jeff Timmer, a senior adviser for the Nessel campaign, tweeted
on Wednesday that his boss's Republican challenger Matt DePerno
has to "remain unindicted" to qualify for a debate. Timmer
tweeted the threat just after DePerno criticized Nessel's
refusal to enforce the state's 1931 abortion ban following the
Supreme Court's overturn 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."
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
opponents with jail time. As attorney general, she brought
charges against former Republican Michigan governor Rick Snyder
in relation to the Flint water crisis, but the state's Supreme
Court dropped the charges. Emails obtained in a public
information request also show Nessel attempted to have
restaurant owner Marlena Hackney arrested before she appeared on
Tucker Carlson Tonight to discuss 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 arrested seven days later.
DePerno rose to national fame after he challenged the 2020
election results in Michigans Antrim County. He is not under
investigation but has faced criticism for withholding
information about how he spends funds raised in support of an
election audit.
DePerno said Nessel uses her power in office 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 Nessels campaign in October after
years of experience working for the Michigan Republican Party.
He is also a senior adviser to the Lincoln Project, whose
cofounder John Weaver left the organization in disgrace amid
accusations of sexual misconduct toward young men. The group
reached a $375,000 legal settlement in February with an official
who accused the super PAC of ignoring the misconduct allegations.
Gustavo Portela, the deputy chief of staff of the Michigan GOP,
said Nessel should focus on actual crime, which has spiked under
her rule.
"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.
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