Josh Schriver

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Josh Schriver

| image = Josh Schriver by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Schriver in 2022

| alt = Schriver Portrait

| state_house = Michigan

| district = 66th

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| term_start = January 1, 2023

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| predecessor = Beth Griffin (redistricting)

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|14}}{{Cite tweet |author=Rep. Josh Schriver |user=JoshuaSchriver |number=1767342177745559632 |title= It’s my 32nd birthday in two days. My campaign could really use YOUR participation. RINOs are after me. Also…my team is making me post this or I’ll get no cake. *Link in bio* and attached in post below👇🏻!}}

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| party = Republican

| residence = Oxford, Michigan

| alma_mater = Michigan State University (BA)

}}

Joshua Schriver (born March 14, 1992) is an American politician from Michigan. A member of the Republican Party, he has been a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2023. He was elected from the state's 66th House district.{{Cite web |title=Josh Schriver |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Josh_Schriver |access-date=February 9, 2024 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

During his tenure in the Michigan legislature, he has called for a ban on hormonal birth control,Multiple sources:

{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Francis |date=March 15, 2024 |title=Once obscure freshman legislator becomes darling of the far right in Michigan |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/oakland-county/2024/03/15/once-obscure-freshman-legislator-becomes-darling-of-the-far-right-in-michigan/72871840007/ |access-date=February 26, 2025 |website=detroitnews.com}}
{{Cite web |last=King |first=Jon |date=February 20, 2024 |title=Reproductive rights advocates blast Schriver for floating birth control ban • Michigan Advance |url=https://michiganadvance.com/2024/02/20/reproductive-rights-advocates-blast-schriver-for-floating-birth-control-ban/ |access-date=February 26, 2025 |website=Michigan Advance |language=en-US}} pornography,{{cite web |last1=Mauger |first1=Craig |last2=LeBlanc |first2=Beth |last3=Burke |first3=Melissa Nann |title=Insider: Michigan lawmaker says he's prepping proposal to ban pornography |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/08/michigan-republican-porn-ban-schriver-buttigieg-inflation-egg-prices-trump-daylight-saving-time/81947950007/ |website=The Detroit News |access-date=March 12, 2025 |date=March 8, 2025}}{{cite web |title=Schriver Looks To Pull The Plug On Internet Pornography |website=MIRS |date=March 5, 2025 |url=https://home.mirs.news/post/schriver-looks-to-pull-the-plug-on-internet-pornography |access-date=March 12, 2025}} same-sex marriage and gender-affirming care for adults,Multiple sources:
{{Cite web |last1=Booth-Singleton |first1=DeJanay |last2=Meyers |first2=Elle |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Michigan House Democrats push back on Rep. Josh Schriver's resolution targeting same-sex marriage - CBS Detroit |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-democrats-respond-to-schriver-resolution-same-sex-marriage/ |access-date=February 26, 2025 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}
{{Cite web |last=Kinchen |first=Dave |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Michigan lawmaker calls for gay marriage to be banned in social media post |url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/michigan-lawmaker-calls-gay-marriage-be-banned-social-media-post |access-date=February 26, 2025 |website=FOX 2 Detroit |language=en-US}}
{{Cite web |last=Nichols |first=Anna Liz |date=February 26, 2025 |title=As a Michigan Republican made his case to ban same-sex marriage, a gay Democrat stole the show • Michigan Advance |url=https://michiganadvance.com/2025/02/26/as-a-michigan-republican-made-his-case-to-ban-same-sex-marriage-a-gay-democrat-stole-the-show/ |access-date=February 26, 2025 |website=Michigan Advance |language=en-US}} as well as promoted the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.{{Cite web |last=King |first=Jon |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Schriver remains a member of House GOP caucus after Dem speaker sanctioned him for 'racist' post • Michigan Advance |url=https://michiganadvance.com/2024/02/13/schriver-remains-a-member-of-house-gop-caucus-after-dem-speaker-sanctioned-him-for-racist-post/ |access-date=February 26, 2025 |website=Michigan Advance |language=en-US}}

Education and career before politics

Schriver was raised in Warren, Michigan, and graduated from De La Salle Collegiate High School.Francis X. Donnelly, [https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/oakland-county/2024/03/15/once-obscure-freshman-legislator-becomes-darling-of-the-far-right-in-michigan/72871840007/ Once obscure freshman legislator becomes darling of the far right in Michigan], Detroit News (March 15, 2024). He holds a bachelor's degree in arts and humanities from Michigan State University (MSU),[https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/michiganmanual/2023-MM-P0276-P0276.pdf State Representative JOSH SCHRIVER: R–66th Representative District], Michigan Manual (2023-24), p. 276. from which he graduated in 2016. He has a master's degree in psychology from online school Capella University. The 2023–24 Michigan Manual states that he is an autism clinician and a board-certified behavior analyst. His behavior analyst license from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs expired in November 2023.

Pre-2022 political career

According to his legislative campaign website, Schriver was a poll worker and precinct delegate in 2018 and a field organizer for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.

In 2020, when Schriver lived in South Lyon, Michigan, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. He received 30% in the Republican primary election, losing to incumbent Phil Weipert.

State House tenure

He subsequently moved to Oxford, Michigan, where he was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from the 66th district in the 2022 election.{{cite web |title=2022 Michigan Election Results - General |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html |publisher=Michigan Secretary of State |access-date=November 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129162327/https://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |date=November 28, 2022 |url-status=live}} The seat was open because the incumbent representative, Republican John Reilly, was term-limited. In the five-candidate Republican primary, Schriver won with 38% of the vote, and won the November 2022 general election by a broad margin, defeating Democratic nominee Emily Busch. In the August 2024 Republican primary, Schriver was challenged by former Royal Oak councilman Randy LeVasseur.Elena Durnbaugh, [https://www.gongwer.com/blog/153501/Obscurity-Got-Schriver-To-The-House.-Will-Notoriety-Keep-Him-There Obscurity Got Schriver To The House. Will Notoriety Keep Him There?], Gongwer News Service (April 22, 2024). Schriver won renomination with about 66% of the vote,[https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=8-6-2024 STATE PRIMARY, OFFICIAL 2024 Michigan Election Results], Michigan Secretary of State. and went on to be reelected November 2024 general election.{{cite web|title=2024 Michigan Election Results|url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024|publisher=Michigan Secretary of State|access-date=November 24, 2024|date=November 22, 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=November 24, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241124174348/https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024}} Schriver's exurban districtSimon Schuster, [https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/01/who-funded-michigan-campaigns-for-nearly-every-legislator-it-wasnt-the-folks-they-ran-to-represent.html Who funded Michigan campaigns? For nearly every legislator, it wasn't the folks they ran to represent.], MLive (January 24, 2023). is a Republican safe seat. It covers portions of Oakland and Macomb counties,Ed White, [https://apnews.com/article/michigan-lawmaker-punished-racial-post-5008bba47b6c11b5dc8b262f26350514 Republican Michigan lawmaker loses staff and committee assignment after online racist post], Associated Press (February 12, 2024). specifically Brandon, Oxford, Addison, and Oakland townships in northern Oakland County, and Bruce and Washington townships in Macomb County. He was president of his neighborhood's homeowners association.Sheri McWhirter, [https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/10/hoas-could-not-block-rooftop-solar-home-ev-charging-even-clothes-lines-under-new-bill.html HOAs could not block rooftop solar, home EV charging - even clothes lines - under new bill], MLive (October 10, 2023).

Although once obscure, Schriver rose to prominence among the far right soon after joining the state House. In speeches, interviews and podcast appearances, and social media posts, he espoused Christian nationalist views. In a December 2023 talk radio interview on WCHY-FM, he said, "At the end of the day, it's God who appoints our elective officials. Honestly, I work for God and not for man. And so I answer to one person, and that's Jesus Christ." In an appearance on Jack Posobiec's podcast, he said that "No one is ever going to run to the right of me" and said he was called to his legislative seat by God.

In 2023, when the state House voted 105–4 to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday, Schriver was one of the four members to vote no (joining fellow Republicans Steve Carra, Neil Friske, and Matthew Maddock).[https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/06/michigan-has-a-new-state-holiday-and-its-next-week.html Michigan has a new state holiday, and it's next week], MLive (June 15, 2023). He also voted against a bill to ban child marriage along with Carra, Friske, Maddock, and Angela Rigas.{{cite news |title=Michigan Legislature votes to ban child marriage |url=https://www.wxyz.com/news/michigan-house-votes-to-ban-child-marriage-5-republicans-vote-against-bill |access-date=March 11, 2025 |work=WXYZ 7 News Detroit |date=June 22, 2023 |language=en}} Later that year, when the House passed a package of sex abuse bills in the wake of the Larry Nassar and Robert Anderson scandals on a 105–4 vote, Schriver was again one of the four no votes, alongside Carra, Friske, and Maddock.Ben Orner, [https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/07/whitmer-signs-into-law-sex-abuse-protections-long-fought-for-post-nassar.html Whitmer signs into law sex abuse protections long fought for post-Nassar], MLive (July 11, 2023).

In 2023, after the Michigan participants in the 2020 Trump fake electors plot were charged with forgery, Schriver lauded the defendants as "America's patriots" and called state Attorney General Dana Nessel a "thug."Simon Schuster, [https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/07/michigan-gop-after-a-pause-excoriates-nessel-over-trump-elector-charges.html Michigan GOP, after a pause, excoriates Nessel over Trump elector charges], MLive (July 20, 2023).

In January 2024, in a conversation about transgender healthcare with several Republican legislators, Schriver asked, "If we are going to stop this for anyone under 18, why not apply it for anyone over 18? It's harmful across the board and that's something we need to take into consideration in terms of the endgame." Two other Republican officials, Michigan State Rep. Brad Paquette and Ohio State Rep. Gary Click, expressed agreement.{{cite web|last=Reed|first=Erin|url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/ohio-republicans-ban-trans-care|title=Ohio, Michigan Republicans in released audio: 'Endgame' is to ban trans care 'for everyone'|website=The Advocate|date=January 29, 2024|access-date=January 31, 2024}}{{cite web|last=Heywood|first=Todd|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/depth-michigan-lawmakers-discuss-gender-045725600.html|title=In-depth: Michigan lawmakers discuss gender-affirming care ban|website=Yahoo!|date=January 30, 2024|access-date=January 31, 2024}}

In February 2024, Schriver called for a birth control ban, saying, "If doctors are sworn to do no harm, then lawmakers should look into banning hormonal birth control."{{cite web|last=King|first=Jon|url=https://michiganadvance.com/2024/02/20/reproductive-rights-advocates-blast-schriver-for-floating-birth-control-ban/|title=Reproductive rights advocates blast Schriver for floating birth control ban|website=Michigan Advance|date=February 20, 2024|access-date=July 20, 2024}} His proposal was criticized by advocates for reproductive rights.

In February 2024, Schriver retweeted a post by Posobiec promoting the white nationalist Great Replacement conspiracy theory. Several Democratic lawmakers condemned Schriver's post, including Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate who described it as "blatantly racist" and "deeply and personally" offensive.{{Cite web |title='Blatantly racist': Michigan Democrats condemn GOP lawmaker's 'great replacement' post |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/08/michigan-republican-lawmaker-josh-schriver-great-replacement-white-supremacy-racism-anti-semitism/72517155007/ |access-date=February 9, 2024 |website=The Detroit News |language=en}} Michigan House Minority Leader Matt Hall did not respond to requests for comment.{{Cite web |title=GOP Rep. Josh Schriver faces blowback for replacement theory post |url=https://www.wemu.org/michigan-news/2024-02-09/gop-rep-josh-schriver-faces-blowback-for-replacement-theory-post |access-date=February 9, 2024 |website=WEMU |date=February 9, 2024 |language=en}} A few days after the post, Tate removed Schriver from his committee assignments and removed his office staff.{{Cite web |title=Michigan GOP lawmaker stripped of committee, office staff after 'great replacement' post |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/12/michigan-lawmaker-josh-schriver-gop-republican-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-speaker-joe-tate/72569820007/access-date=2024-02-12 |website=The Detroit News |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In December 2024, Schriver posted a tweet calling for same-sex marriage to be banned, writing, "Make gay marriage illegal again. This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme."{{Cite web |last=Mauger |first=Craig |title=Michigan GOP lawmaker says gay marriage should be 'illegal again' |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/02/michigan-republican-lawmaker-josh-schriver-says-gay-marriage-should-be-illegal-again/76711348007/ |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=Houghtaling |first=Ellie Quinlan |title=Republican Lawmaker Brazenly Threatens Another Basic Right |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/188942/republican-lawmaker-same-sex-marriage |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}} In February 2025, Schriver introduced a resolution, co-sponsored by six other Republicans, calling for the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges; the resolution did not advance in the chamber.Jordyn Hermani, [https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/7-michigan-republicans-push-ban-gay-marriage-its-likely-going-nowhere 7 Michigan Republicans push to ban gay marriage. It's likely going nowhere], Bridge Michigan (February 25, 2025).

In 2025, Schriver announced plans to introduce legislation banning internet pornography for all state residents regardless of age. Schriver has stated that he believes pornography "harms all who come into contact with it" and has publicly compared its use to that of heroin.

Josh Schriver

Education and career before politics

Pre-2022 political career

State House tenure

References

See also