MI: Hamtramck mayor describes group that flew LGBTQ+ Pride flag as a 'militia'

[RandySF]

The day after a vote by the Hamtramck City Council to remove two officials who flew a Pride flag on city property, the city’s mayor alleged that Attorney General Dana Nessel was part of an intimidation campaign by the LGBTQ+ community.

On Tuesday, the City Council unanimously voted to remove Russ Gordon and Cathy Stackpoole from the Hamtramck Human Relations Commission after they flew a Pride flag over a public sidewalk. The action came in response to the all-Muslim council’s vote in June, which is Pride Month, to prohibit certain flags, including the Pride flag, from being displayed on city-owned property.

“This Council believes in fairness, neutrality towards our residents, and the rule of law, amongst other things for this community,” Councilmember Khalil Refai told right-wing Fox News. “We passed a resolution recently to do just that, and two of our sworn commissioners outright defied it, and did what they wanted.”

Then on Wednesday, Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib appeared on the podcast for former GOP gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon, who lost to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last year. He described the group that put up the flag as a “militia.”

“I was passing by and I saw people videotaping and taking pictures and some militia gathering around the flagpole, and I took action,” he told Dixon. “The city took it down within a couple of hours, but [came] to find out who led this process, it was the chair of the [Human Relations Commission], the former mayor [Karen Majewski], a group of politicians that one day they used to lead this city, and now they are acting like a militia … No responsibility, very irresponsible action. No respect for law and order.”




https://michiganadvance.com/2023/07/14/hamtramck-mayor-describes-group-that-flew-lgbtq-pride-flag-as-a-militia/

[MagickMuffin]

1. Okay, LGBTQ+ community are militia, but of course you are projecting Amer Ghalib

You are a bigot Amer Ghalib!

[yardwork]

2. I'm always way behind on the latest gay agenda.

Ever since my fax machine quit I never seem to get the memos.

[ret5hd]

4. Semaphore. Learn semaphore.

[yardwork]

5. Oh is THAT how it's going out now? I'm way behind.

[Duncan Grant]

3. Religious people have no political power where I live. It's wonderful.

We have our problems but modernity isn’t one of them.

[yardwork]

6. Hi Duncan!! It's great to see you!!

Missed you. How are you?

[Duncan Grant]

7. We always have a reunion in substantive threads. Have you noticed?

Jeez, we’ve been around here a long time. Sending you an abundance of good vibes from the left coast — (This emoji may not be flown in Hamtramck, Michigan.)

How are you?

[yardwork]

8. It's so good to see you!

I'm hanging in...I hope you're doing well! Stay cool out there...

[Initech]

9. So we're just going to overlook the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers?