Michigan Republican Party using ex-mayor, a convicted felon, in radio ad in Detroit

The Michigan Republican Party said Tuesday that it's running radio ads in Detroit using former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who was convicted of 24 felonies and labeled "a notorious and unrepentant criminal" by a Republican U.S. attorney, to promote GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Trump commuted Kilpatrick's sentence as one of his final acts as president in January 2021, 16 years before Kilpatrick was initially set to be released from federal prison. The ex-mayor, once viewed as a rising star in Democratic politics, endorsed Trump in June.

"The Michigan Republican Party released today a radio ad featuring former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick," a statement from the Michigan GOP said. "The radio ad will run on stations throughout the Detroit DMA (designated market area) for the next two weeks."

It wasn't immediately clear how much money the Michigan Republican Party was spending to air the one-minute ad.



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