‘Time out’ for Speaking Out

“Temper tantrums.”  “Time out.” No matter how Republicans have spun state Reps. Lisa Brown and Barb Byrum being muzzled on the House floor, it’s still wrong. Rep. Wayne Schmidt in an interview with Michael Patrick Shiels recently described it as “a time out.” Listen: “You know, as I said to someone up north here, it’s…

Rep. Wayne Schmidt says female lawmakers were put in ‘timeout’ as punishment for floor remarks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan Wednesday, June 20, 2012Contact: Jessica Tramontana, jessica@progressmichigan.org, (517) 974-6302 More shameful attacks on women from Lansing Republicans  LANSING – During a radio interview yesterday, State Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City) told host Michael Patrick Shiels that Reps. Lisa Brown (D-West Bloomfield) and Barb Byrum (D-Onondaga) were put in “timeout” as a…