Rheingans Says Hall Is 'Platforming Nazis'

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 07/10/2025)  Rep. Carrie Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor) said recently on a podcast that Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) gives Nazis a platform, with Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) being the member she mentioned in context.

On the Point of Disorder podcast, Rheingans referred to instances when Schriver was given the opportunity to address the chamber, such as March 20, when Schriver gave what's been remembered as a chaotic floor speech about immigration, was gaveled down for points of order multiple times, and on June 24 when his HR 128 was being adopted, and he gave a floor speech on 287(g) detainer agreements.

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Rheingans said the only reason Schriver gets speaking opportunities is because Hall has to “buy his votes” for bills that would otherwise fail. On Substack on June 19, Schriver wrote that he successfully negotiated a budget decrease.

“These bills originally proposed a 3.4% spending increase, but through an intensive 10 hour direct negotiation, I secured a 2.6% year-over-year spending decrease – saving taxpayers an estimated $130 million in unnecessary costs,” Schriver said.

“Matt Hall is platforming Nazis because he needs their votes, because he can’t fathom negotiating with Democrats. Matt Hall is very bad at his job,” Rheingans said. 

On X, Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) said three days from now is the one-year mark of the first attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, then a candidate and former President. 

“Yet Democrats like (Rheingans) continue to call Republicans Nazis and give a dog whistle to domestic terrorists. How low will they go?” Nesbitt said.

Rheingans responded, mentioning Schriver’s past of promoting the “Great Replacement Theory” and an instance when Trump told a far-right group to “stand back and stand by” as dog whistles that Nesbitt didn’t include in his post.

To MIRS, Rheingans pointed out that Nesbitt’s post didn’t mention the recent assassinations of two Minnesota state lawmakers who were Democrats. 

“Political violence is always wrong, whether it’s perpetrated against President Trump, which I denounced immediately last year, or when it’s perpetrated against the former Speaker of the Minnesota House. Political violence is always wrong,” Rheingans said.

Rheingans has an undergraduate degree in German Studies from the University of Michigan, and commented in January regarding Elon Musk’s viral video that had users online debating whether he made a Nazi salute at Capitol One Arena.

When asked if the two instances are related, Rheingans said “fascism is a far-right movement. The farther we go to the right, the more fascism we get. There are clear characteristics of fascism. Concentration of wealth, purposefully forcing government entities not to work by defunding them, firing all their staff, creating propaganda machines, lying with every breath. These are the things that I’m seeing happening from the Republican Party,” Rheingans said, adding that she sees the phenomenon in both state and federal government Republicans.

Rheingans tied it all back to times when Hall needed Freedom Caucus votes instead of negotiating with Minority Leader Ranjeev Puri (D-Canton), and said Hall can’t do his job. 

“You know what Matt Hall could have done? He could have come and talked to me and found some reasonable ways to get my vote. He could have come and talked to any member of our caucus. He could have worked with Leader Puri to come up with a few changes that could have gotten Democrats to vote for this. It's just such a pity, but you know, this is Matt Hall's first time ever having to actually negotiate for a budget,” Rheingans said. 

Schriver responded to Rheingans' comments relating to him, saying that “Democrats daftly market the buzz word ‘Nazi’ to assassinate my character and call for my death.” 

“This is just another failed attempt to silence me for speaking out against the invasion of America by foreigners. It's strange that Rep. Rheingans called for my death last month, co-sponsored my local roads bill (HB 4597) the following week, and then called for my death again this month. I thank my God, Jesus Christ, for giving me the grace and humility to allow someone who calls for my death to co-sponsor my legislation for the best interest of Michigan residents,” he said. 

Rheingans denied Schriver's statement that she has called for his death, calling it extreme, false and defamatory.