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Official website. Michael J. Shirkey [1] (born December 5, 1954) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Michigan State Senate and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was first elected to the House in 2010 and to the Senate in 2014.
Feb 21, 2024 · Michigan Senate GOP leader Mike Shirkey is accused of violating campaign finance law by funneling money for the UnLock Michigan ballot proposal into other organizations. The allegations have...
Dec 8, 2022 · Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, a Republican, used his last address to warn of threats to freedoms, sovereignty and values. He also revisited his COVID-19 battles with Gov. Whitmer and his toilet test.
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- State Politics Reporter
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- The Tree Stand Phone Call
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- 'It, Frankly, Pisses Me Off That I Can't Remember'
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When the call came, Chatfield reportedly explained, the phone would indicate it was "spam risk Egypt." That means it's the president, Shirkey remembers Chatfield explaining. The speaker said Trump wanted the legislative leaders to join him at the White House. They didn't know exactly why, Shirkey said. "Spam risk Egypt" popped up on Shirkey's phone...
Shirkey, Chatfield and a handful of other lawmakers went to the White House on Nov. 20, 2020. The entire visit lasted less than 90 minutes, Shirkey recalled. After lawmakers introduced themselves to Trump, he started to ask about fraud allegations. While Shirkey said the president never "made a specific ask" of the legislators, he parroted some of ...
Shortly after returning home from Washington, D.C., Shirkey went deer hunting. Every year, the state Legislature takes a two-week break that corresponds with firearm deer season, and it happened to coincide with the timing of the White House trip. It was Nov. 21, one day after the White House meeting and about three weeks before the state's Elector...
If the pressure was tangible before, Shirkey said it only increased in the days approaching Dec. 14, 2020, when Electoral College delegates would certify election results. The third call from Trump came in the early evening on Nov. 25, 2020, as Shirkey sat at the dining room table. He told his wife Trump was on the phone again, and she came over to...
Trump called Shirkey one last time. It was on Dec. 14, the same day Electoral College delegates met at the Michigan State Capitol to certify Biden's victory in the state over Trump. Shirkey wasn't in Lansing that day, and he had no part in either the work of the real or fake crew of Electoral College delegates. But whether Trump asked him to interv...
Former Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey reveals details of his interactions with Trump after the 2020 election, including a White House visit and a phone call. He says he and Chatfield refused to interfere in the election results and faced backlash from the ex-president and his supporters.
- Dave Boucher
- Investigative Reporter
He assumed office on January 1, 2015. He left office on January 1, 2023. Shirkey ( Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 16. He won in the general election on November 6, 2018. Shirkey served as State Senate Majority Leader from 2019 to 2023.
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Nov 19, 2020 · On Thursday, Mr. Trump invited Mike Shirkey, who turns 66 next month, to the White House with other Republican lawmakers — at a moment when he seems to be pressuring officials to overturn...
Jun 30, 2021 · The former president then published the office phone numbers for McBroom and Michigan’s GOP Senate majority leader, Mike Shirkey, urging his followers to “call those two Senators now and get...
