Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey is floating a conspiracy theory that claims the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was actually a “staged” event, adding that it was “hoax” that was not carried out by Trump supporters, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Shirkey made the claims in a Youtube video posted by the account R.O.A.R. (Reclaim Our American Republic), which shows him attending a meeting in a restaurant with a small group of party officials on same day the Hillsdale County Republican Party censured him for not doing enough to support former President Trump and stand up to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
“That wasn’t Trump people. That’s been a hoax from day one,” Shirkey says in the video. “It was all staged.” Continue reading.