Michigan GOP chair seen on video calling state's female leaders "witches" and joking about assassinating Republicans who voted for Trump impeachment

The chairman of the Michigan Republican Party called the state's top female Democratic officials "witches" and joked about assassinating GOP Congress members who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. Ron Weiser made both remarks on camera during a Thursday meeting with a local Republican club.

Weiser was responding to audience questions at the North Oakland Republican Club about unseating U.S. Representatives Fred Upton and Peter Meijer, two Michigan Republicans who voted in favor of Mr. Trump's second impeachment. Weiser told the crowd that the only way to change leadership was "to get out and vote," and said his first priorities were other Michigan races. "We're focused on the three witches," Weiser said, adding that he was also working on winning Republican majorities in the state's House and Senate.