“The leader of Michigan’s Republican Party referred to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and two other top Democratic elected woman as ‘witches’ that the GOP wants to ‘soften up’ for a ‘burning at the stake’ in the 2022 election. He also joked about assassination when he was asked how to remove two GOP congressmen, Reps. Fred Upton and Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. Ron Weiser’s statements Thursday during a local Republican meeting, which are on video, were first reported by The Detroit News on Friday. Weiser, who also is an elected member of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, said multiple times that the party is focused on defeating ‘three witches’ – a misogynistic reference to Whitmer, state Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who are up for reelection in 2022” – Washington Post.