Michigan State Rep Under Criticism For Posting "Great Replacement Theory"
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Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) retweeted this image from the white supremacist conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec. since, Schriver has come under criticism from both sides of the aisle and Gov. Whitmer
“The abhorrent rhetoric pushed by a member of the Michigan House of Representatives goes against our state and national values,” said Whitmer. “We have a moral obligation to speak out against hatred.
The graphic appears to echo the theme of so called "fear of a black planet", or rather, it seems to demonstrate fear of a black planet. On this global map, areas are either white or black, the black areas made more menacing as they are barely visible contrasted with the unnaturally inky color depicted as the world's oceans.
The map portrays the world's whites as being shoved farther and farther north, as if in preparation for making a "last stand".
Eventually, inevitably, the world will all be "mixed race". So what?
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Those condemning a state lawmaker’s public display of racist ideology now includes a GOP colleague, while Gov. Whitmer has called on the Republican caucus to take action.
In a news release Friday, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called out state Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) after he retweeted on X a graphic of the “Great Replacement” theory, which has been linked to white supremacist violence, and then later doubled-down on it after it sparked criticism.
“The abhorrent rhetoric pushed by a member of the Michigan House of Representatives goes against our state and national values,” said Whitmer. “We have a moral obligation to speak out against hatred. It is a failure of leadership for this kind of action to take place unchecked by the leaders of Rep. Schriver’s caucus, and the longer there is no action taken, the more responsibility leadership bears.”
The theory being promoted by Schriver states that a conspiracy is targeting white Americans and Europeans to be “replaced” by non-white populations, often through immigration or interracial relationships.
It has become a prominent talking point among far-right white nationalists and has often been cited by the perpetrators of mass violence, including the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shootings that killed 11 Jewish worshipers, the 2019 mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, that killed 23 people, almost all of them Hispanic, and the 2022 mass shooting in a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., which targeted Black patrons and killed 10 people.
Joining Whitmer in her call for action was Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, the state’s first African American to hold that post.
“Racism is dark, dangerous, and disgraceful. Rep. Schriver’s pedaling of the racist ‘replacement theory’ is a deplorable demonstration of his fear of a dynamic and diverse Michigan future where all of our people in every community can succeed,” he said. “What is equally as abhorrent is the fact that this rhetoric has not been condemned in any serious way by Rep. Schriver’s Republican Party counterparts. The silence is deafening.”
A request for comment has been made by the Michigan Advance to the office of state Rep. Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.), the leader of the GOP House caucus. It has yet to be returned.
However, on Friday afternoon, state Rep. Donni Steele (R-Orion Twp.) also condemned Schriver’s spreading of hateful conspiracy theories.
“All people have a moral obligation to speak out against hate whenever it rears its ugly head – this is one of those times,” said Steele. “As elected officials, we are the voice for our communities. We are held to a higher standard and must answer to all comments we make, including any and all social media posts. Hateful rhetoric goes against everything I believe and distracts from the positive work we’re trying to accomplish for the people of Michigan.”
Friday’s statements by Whitmer, Gilchrist and Steele followed criticism leveled earlier this week by several elected Democrats, most notably House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit), Michigan’s first African-American speaker. Tate blasted the post in a lengthy statement for being “blatantly racist” and expressed confusion as to why Schriver would, “espouse a deplorable and false theory” spreading “obvious hate.”
As for Schriver, he made several posts to X on Friday variously claiming that he is the victim of “racist attacks” and that the media is trying to “start a race war.”
a racist religious fanatic . wonderful.
Add him to a long list of religious nut cases
The "black" area of the map in reality contains billions of people that are not "black" but rather varying shades of skin color. But in the white racist world there are whites and "everything else". The weirdest thing about that is that "white" is just another skin color, not a separate category. Melanin is what dictates skin color, and whites have melanin too.
It wouldn't be nearly as scary (and stupid) if they did a representative sample..
I am very happy that I'm part of the ''everything else'' and not stuck with the nutty racist replacement group.
I guess the conservatives here are laying low.
LOL, yup.