The Worst Person in the World
By Michigan Republican legislator Wayne Schmidt:
Thousands of women protested when Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield) was banned from speaking on the House Floor for a day after she used the word “vagina” during a debate over anti-abortion bill.
But her colleague, State Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City), said Republican leadership’s decision to silence Brown was no different than putting a child in timeout.
“It’s like giving a kid a timeout for a day,” he told Lansing radio host Patrick Shiels. “You know, hey, timeout, you wanna comment too far, you spoke your piece. We’re gonna let these other people have their dissenting comments, and then we’ll get back to business.”