“House Republicans aren’t playing by the normal rules anymore, and that makes partisan hacks like Dana Nessel shake in their boots,” said Borton, R-Gaylord. “Instead of encouraging her own colleagues to consider legislation to address our concerns, she would rather threaten us with criminal charges for standing up for tipped workers and small businesses. Nessel should realize that we aren’t scared of her or her desperate attempts to weaponize the attorney general’s office as a last-ditch effort to extinguish what’s been a dumpster fire of a legislative term. Let her charge us; I want to look her in the eye in court while she tries to argue how my sticking up for restaurant workers and small businesses is a dereliction of duty.”

“We’re right up against the buzzer on this lame duck legislative session and Democrats are still completely ignorant to the dire situation faced by our tipped wage workers and small businesses,” said Borton, R-Gaylord. “Republicans recognize the urgency of getting something done; that’s why we’ve dragged Gov. Whitmer and legislative Democrats to the negotiating table for over a month now. But they’ve been distracted by their efforts to let murderers out of jail and clear the way for illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses. We’ve been negotiating in good faith, and they’ve been dragging their feet as they try to strong arm their members into further destroying our state. We’re not going to stand for it anymore. The people chose Republicans because we’re going to save our tipped wage workers and small businesses, if the Democrats still don’t see that writing on the wall now, they’re in for a rude awakening come January.”