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Here’s why former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is stepping back into politics
Read full article: Here’s why former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is stepping back into politicsRick Snyder helmed Michigan in the pre-Trump years. He's the antithesis of a MAGA Republican and has made his distaste clear. Now Snyder, along with businessman and philanthropist William Parfet, has emerged to fundraise for the state house Republicans in order to flip the House back to GOP control.
New poll shows where voters stand on presumptive nominees for 2024 presidential election
Read full article: New poll shows where voters stand on presumptive nominees for 2024 presidential electionThe new poll from Epic/MRA commissioned by Nexstar Media Group shows voters unhappy with both presumptive nominees for 2024.
Defeated election conspiracists seek to lead Michigan GOP
Read full article: Defeated election conspiracists seek to lead Michigan GOPThe Republicans who lost their races for Michigan’s top three statewide offices after promoting falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election are not planning to go quietly.
Michigan GOP, Tudor Dixon blame each other for midterm election loss
Read full article: Michigan GOP, Tudor Dixon blame each other for midterm election lossThe Michigan Republican party and failed GOP candidate for governor Tudor Dixon are pointing the finger at each other after a double-digit election loss at the top of the ticket.
Michigan GOP chair calls gay US transportation secretary a ‘weak little girl’
Read full article: Michigan GOP chair calls gay US transportation secretary a ‘weak little girl’The co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party is accused of being blatantly homophobic in a tweet about openly-gay U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Michigan GOP candidate for governor Tudor Dixon says abortion ban should include cases of rape, incest
Read full article: Michigan GOP candidate for governor Tudor Dixon says abortion ban should include cases of rape, incestA GOP candidate for governor in Michigan is making headlines across the nation for comments she made on exceptions to abortion.
‘I didn’t even know what an elector was’: FBI served Michigan ‘Trump electors’ with federal subpoenas
Read full article: ‘I didn’t even know what an elector was’: FBI served Michigan ‘Trump electors’ with federal subpoenasFederal agents have been serving subpoenas to the 16 people who signed their names as fake electors for former President Donald Trump in an attempt to give Michigan’s electoral votes to Trump instead of President Joe Biden, who won the state.
Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidates square off
Read full article: Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidates square offIt wasn’t the debate on Mackinac Island anyone would’ve imagined a few weeks ago. But with former Detroit Police Chief James Craig and Perry Johnson disqualified from the ballot, the remaining candidates got a chance to show what they were about.
Michigan Republicans block movement of gun safety bills from Democrats after Uvalde kids murdered
Read full article: Michigan Republicans block movement of gun safety bills from Democrats after Uvalde kids murderedMichigan Republicans have again blocked any sort of movement on gun safety laws introduced by Democrats after a new push following multiple mass shootings in the U.S.
Opposition raises $2.5M to fight Michigan GOP voting changes
Read full article: Opposition raises $2.5M to fight Michigan GOP voting changesA Michigan group has raised $2.5 million from a liberal nonprofit to fight a Republican-backed ballot drive that would toughen voter ID requirements, ban the unsolicited mailing of absentee ballot applications and make other election changes.
Michigan Republicans OK tougher voting rules; Gov. Whitmer to veto
Read full article: Michigan Republicans OK tougher voting rules; Gov. Whitmer to vetoThe Republican-led Michigan Legislature has approved tougher voter ID requirements and a ban against mass mailing of unsolicited absentee ballot applications.
Michigan GOP group launches ballot drive to ‘tighten’ voting laws, making it harder to vote for many
Read full article: Michigan GOP group launches ballot drive to ‘tighten’ voting laws, making it harder to vote for manyA group of Republican operatives in Michigan are launching a ballot drive to change voting and election laws, making it harder to vote for thousands, while evading a potential veto from Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Michigan GOP panel to vote on resolutions censuring 2 congressmen, calling for resignation of state senator
Read full article: Michigan GOP panel to vote on resolutions censuring 2 congressmen, calling for resignation of state senatorAn internal committee of the Michigan Republican Party is set to vote on a pair of resolutions on Saturday censuring two members of Congress who supported the Jan. 6 commission and calling for the resignation of a state senator who authored an election report stating that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Michigan GOP chair calls top Democratic women ‘witches,’ mentions assassination
Read full article: Michigan GOP chair calls top Democratic women ‘witches,’ mentions assassinationLANSING, Mich. – The leader of Michigan's Republican Party referred to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and two other top Democratic elected woman as “witches" that the GOP wants to “soften up” for a “burning at the stake” in the 2022 election. He also joked about assassination when he was asked how to remove two GOP congressmen, Reps. Fred Upton and Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. Someone asked Weiser about “witches in our own party.”He said: "Ma’am, other than assassination, I have no other way other than voting out. Weiser, a major Republican donor, personally gave money to both Upton, a longtime congressman, and Meijer — now a freshman representative — in 2020.
In video, Michigan GOP Leader falsely claims Capitol riot was hoax, staged
Read full article: In video, Michigan GOP Leader falsely claims Capitol riot was hoax, staged(AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)DETROIT – Michigan’s top Republican called the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, which resulted in five deaths including a Capitol police officer, a hoax, in a video posted to YouTube last week. Michigan GOP Senate Leader Mike Shirkey appears in a video posted on Feb. 3 by the “R.O.A.R. The video appears to show Shirkey meeting with Hillsdale County Republican Party officials, one day before the county voted to censure Shirkey. The reported video comes right after the New York Times published an article detailing Shirkey’s involvement with Michigan militias, who held armed protests at the Michigan Capitol last year over COVID-19 restrictions. For all these reasons, Mike Shirkey should be out.
NYT details Michigan GOP’s involvement with militia groups, empathy for insurrectionists
Read full article: NYT details Michigan GOP’s involvement with militia groups, empathy for insurrectionists(AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)DETROIT – A New York Times article published Tuesday details Michigan GOP leader Mike Shirkey’s involvement with militia groups and his empathy for insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol. Allied Itself With Militants,” offers an inside look at how involved Michigan GOP leaders were in coordinating with militia groups through various protests in 2020, leading up to the riot at the U.S. Capitol in January. Next time tell them not to bring guns,” complained Mike Shirkey, the State Senate majority leader, according to one of the protest organizers. AdThe NYT also reports that Shirkey held a meeting with militia groups in his office to establish a “code of conduct.”“Do you tell your people to make sure that there’s not a live round in a chamber? You can read the full, in-depth New York Times article right here.
Michigan AG to GOP on voter fraud evidence: ‘Put up or shut up’
Read full article: Michigan AG to GOP on voter fraud evidence: ‘Put up or shut up’DETROIT – One day after Rudy Giuliani and several witnesses pushed voter fraud conspiracy theories before the Michigan House Oversight Committee, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says it’s time to “put up or shut up” in regards to offering actual evidence. Despite Republicans’ questioning of vote counting in the city, there is no evidence to show such a discrepancy. Michigan’s Attorney General, who has noted the fact that no evidence has been submitted to law enforcement to support any voter fraud claims, again called for Republicans to deliver the evidence -- or to stop making claims. — Dana Nessel (@dananessel) December 3, 2020In November, AG Nessel, responding to a wild claim by former state senator Patrick Colbeck, said Colbeck never filed any complaint of election fraud, despite claiming to have evidence. AG Barr: No evidence of voter fraud that’d change election outcome
Michigan GOP lawmakers propose new COVID-19 response plan
Read full article: Michigan GOP lawmakers propose new COVID-19 response planGretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 emergency orders struck down by the Michigan Supreme Court, GOP lawmakers are stepping in and offering their own potential response plan. Much like Whitmer’s response, lawmakers say theirs also relies on data -- but there is one key difference. The lawmakers suggest changing the COVID-19 response plans from what they believe to be a “one size fits all” model, and instead are using specific data to address the virus county by county. We used public health experts and doctors to formulate a plan that works for Michigan,” said Rep. Greg VanWoerkom (MI-91). Under the new plan, officials say local residents and small businesses would have more of a say in what’s being done to address COVID-19 in their area.
Peter Meijer wins 2020 Republican Primary for Michigan US House District 3
Read full article: Peter Meijer wins 2020 Republican Primary for Michigan US House District 3Republican Peter Meijer has won the 2020 Republican primary election for U.S. House Michigan District 3. Meijer defeated Joe Farrington, Emily Rafi, Tom Norton, and Lynn Afendoulis in Tuesdays election. Meijer, who describes himself a son of West Michigan and a veteran of the war in Iraq, will now go up against Democrat Hillary Scholten in November. Scholten ran unopposed in the Aug. 4 primary. Related: Latest Election news