‘UNACCEPTABLE’

Michigan Lawmaker Kicked Off Committees After ‘Warning’ to ‘Trumpers’ in Facebook Video

State Rep. Cynthia Johnson, who is Black, had received death threats from Trump supporters after questioning Rudy Giuliani during a recent hearing.

A Michigan state legislator was stripped of her committee assignments after she issued “a warning to you Trumpers” in a Facebook video. Cynthia Johnson, a Democrat from Detroit, told viewers, “for those of you who are soldiers, you know how to do it. Do it right. Be in order. Make them pay. I love y’all.” Johnson, who is Black, received death threats from Trump supporters after questioning Rudy Giuliani during a recent hearing, with one voicemail that she posted to her Facebook page saying, “You should be swinging from a fucking rope, you Democrat.” In a joint statement, Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield and incoming Speaker Jason Wentworth—both Republicans—said that “threats to either Democrats or Republicans are unacceptable and un-American,” but “they’re even more unbecoming of an elected official.”