January 27 Kirkman-Royce call

The January 27 Kirkman-Royce call took place on January 27, 2021, from the Treaty Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., between U.S. President Tom Kirkman and Michigan governor James Royce. The call was held to discuss the unfolding civil rights crisis in Michigan.
During the call, Kirkman offered federal resources to respond to Dearborn police targeting Muslim communities through a curfew, which Royce declined before informing Kirkman that he was the one who ordered the curfew's imposition. Royce characterized the community as radicalized, rejected Kirkman's presidential authority as illegitimate, and effectively threatened secession from the United States if the federal government attempted to intervene.
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