Michigan redistricting committee rejects Pledge of Allegiance at meetings: 'Too divisive'

A video obtained by Fox News shows the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission rejecting a request to start their meetings with the Pledge of Allegiance, with some members calling the pledge "divisive" and "contentious." 

During the Zoom meeting, Commissioner Rebecca Sztetla said that when she traveled to other groups’ meetings, it was a "mixed bag" of whether they recited the pledge or not and that she doesn’t "see how that adds anything to the work of the commission." Sztetla also said she doesn’t see how the pledge "advances" the work of the committee and that reciting it will only "add time" to meetings. "And then I also just think that it’s kind of odd that we’re not a federal board, we’re not a federal agency — we’re an independent commission of Michigan, not the federal government," said Sztetla. "So why would we be pledging allegiance to the federal government? It just seems a little odd to me."