Michigan Gov. Whitmer Orders State Police to Block Access For GOP Electors to the Capitol

A pair of videos released today by Brendan Gutenschwager show what happened when a slate of GOP electors attempted to gain access to the Michigan State Capitol.

The first video shows an officer telling the people gathered that the Capitol is closed except for the electors that are supposed to cast votes today by order of Governor Whitmer’s office and the Speakers of the House and Senate.

The GOP electors attempt to tell him that they are electors, but he tells them that all the electors are already in place – the Democrat electors, who voted to elect Joe Biden as it was certified that he won the state.

“The Electors are already here, they’ve been checked in.” Michigan State Police are blocking access to the Capitol, preventing the GOP Electors from getting inside #Michigan #ElectoralCollege #ElectoralCollegeVote pic.twitter.com/GzTK5gGCJ1

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) December 14, 2020

In the second video, one of the GOP electors said that there are there to do their “constitutional duty.” The officer responds that if he has a problem, he can contact the Governor’s office.

“If you have a problem, you can contact the Governor’s office.” State Police block access to the Capitol for the Trump electors, giving no reason for why the building is locked down & redirecting inquiries to Governor Whitmer’s office #Michigan #ElectoralCollege #Lansing pic.twitter.com/wqdPfpMC7H

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) December 14, 2020

Michigan State Rep. Gary Eisen got in trouble this morning for expressing frustration after hearing the Capitol would be locked.

“So they’re going to lock us out of our offices, they’re going to lock us out of the Capitol,” Eisen said as it was reported that the Capitol and legislative buildings are closed, with some officials citing COVID-19 precautions and a state Senate spokeswoman stating there was “a credible threat of violence.”

“How convenient is that, when they’re going to sit electors today so that we can’t support our options. Whether it was true or not, we don’t know,” Eisen added.

The radio host who interviewed Eisen, Paul Miller, asked the lawmaker to elaborate on his comments several times and Miller said what the lawmaker described sounded dangerous.

When Miller asked whether Eisen could ensure people would not get hurt, Eisen was non-committal and said, “No. I don’t know. Because what we’re doing today is uncharted. It hasn’t been done. And it’s not me who’s doing it…it’s the Michigan Republican Party.”