Democrat Issues Threat to ‘Trumpers’ Over Michigan Hearings
MI Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson orders 'soldiers' to 'do it right - make them pay'
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Democrat Michigan State Rep. Cynthia Johnson has issued a threat to supporters of President Donald Trump, urging so-called "soldiers" to go after "Trumpers" and "make them pay."
Johnson issued her self-described "warning" during a Facebook live video Tuesday, asserting that her aggressive message is to those who support the president.
In the video, Johnson said Trump supporters better be careful.
She then called on “soldiers” to take action, telling them, "you know how to do it: Do it right" ... "Make them pay."
The full video was over three minutes long, but in the thirty-second clip causing concern, Johnson says:
“So this is just a warning to you Trumpers. Be careful, walk lightly, we ain’t playing with you."
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"Enough of the shenanigans. Enough is enough," she continues.
"And for those of you who are soldiers, you know how to do it.
"Do it right, be in order, make them pay,” Johnson says in the video
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Michigan Democratic State Rep. Cynthia Johnson threatened @realDonaldTrump supporters in a Facebook live video Tuesday, saying it is a warning message to those who support the president.
— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) December 9, 2020
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“I wish I could be talking to y’all in a private room, because, uh, I just wish I could, but we’re public so…,” Johnson also said in the video.
The video from Johnson comes after President Donald Trump’s lawyer accused the Democratic state lawmaker of trying to “dox” and intimidate a woman who offered testimony.
Attorney Jenna Ellis suggested on Wednesday that one reason why more witnesses and whistleblowers haven’t come forward with claims of voter fraud is that they are being intimidated, suggesting that Johnson was bullying witnesses during the hearings in Michigan.
“How do you know these witnesses are telling the truth about Democrat intimidation? Because you’re witnessing Michigan LEGISLATORS openly intimidating them on the floor of this committee, on national television,” Jenna Ellis wrote on Twitter.
Ellis also highlighted a video clip of Michigan House Rep. Cynthia Johnson, a Democrat from Detroit, where Johnson asked a witness—Jessy Jacob—about what her “real name” is.
Jacob replied that her last name changed after she got married.
Johnson then asked for the spelling of her maiden name.
It was the only question she asked.
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#MichiganHearings Rep CJ Johnson did not challenge Mrs. Jacobs about her testimony about the fraudulent ballots but asked her to provide her name. pic.twitter.com/IYGAIIljj7
— beenewsdaily (@BeeNewsDaily) December 3, 2020
Ellis suggested that in that interaction, Johnson was “[trying] to intimidate and publicly dox a witness on national television simply because she doesn’t like the witness’s testimony.”
Jacob had delivered a statement in front of lawmakers alleging, among other things, that she was told by election workers to backdate ballots.
She described the behavior as fraudulent and corrupt.
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In another instance in the hearing, Johnson accused House Oversight Chairman Matt Hall, a Republican, of allowing witnesses “to come in here and lie,” which prompted Hall to slam the gavel several times and telling her she is “out of order” multiple times.
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🔥🔥🔥 Watch this witness’s response after Michigan Democratic Rep Johnson accuses anyone the the witnesses of being liars- #MichiganHearings
— Heather Childers (@HeatherChilders) December 3, 2020
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“Every single witness we’ve presented her has sworn an affidavit as to all of these facts,” Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said after the exchange.
Another poll observer at Detroit’s TCF center, Hima Kolanagireddy, told lawmakers that during her interactions with Democratic poll observers and election workers on Election Day, she faced intimidation when she wore a tag indicating she was with the GOP.
When she wore a tag saying she was independent, she was treated differently.
“From my skin color everyone assumes that I’m a Democrat, so they just kind of come to me and one of the ladies was saying let’s get these m-f’s out,” Kolanagireddy said.
"And I’m like m-fs who? … When I pulled out my tag, she looked at me and said you’re on the wrong side."
Kolanagireddy further said that Democrats, ACLU lawyers, and election workers only challenged Republican poll observers, not Democratic ones.
In Michigan, several Republican officials have said they’ve faced threats or harassment since the Nov. 3 election.
One GOP member of the state Board of Canvassers who didn’t vote to certify the election said he received a number of anonymous phone calls, with some allegedly threatening his “wife and children.”
Two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers also swore they received threats, claiming one Democratic lawmaker tried to dox them.
