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catbyte

(35,686 posts)
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 07:16 AM Jun 2023

As Donald Trump prepares for return to Michigan, cracks appear in his GOP support

2023/06/24

Craig Mauger
Beth LeBlanc

LANSING, Mich. — When Donald Trump arrives in Michigan on Sunday to campaign for a return to the White House, the former president likely won't have the same entourage of elected Republican leaders who were closely aligned with him in the past.

Only a handful of the 72 Republicans who serve in the Michigan Legislature had publicly endorsed Trump's bid for another term as president by Thursday, a trend that highlights concerns among some GOP leaders in a state that once helped propel him to the White House.

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The problems at the top of the ticket helped Republicans lose control of the state House and state Senate for the first time in nearly four decades. Earlier this year, Trump endorsed DePerno to become chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, a contest he lost to Kristina Karamo, the former secretary of state candidate.

Since Trump won Michigan over Democrat Hillary Clinton by about 10,700 votes in 2016, Republicans have lost nine of the statewide races at the top of ballots in the battleground state: a presidential election in 2020, U.S. Senate contests in 2018 and 2020, and races for governor, attorney general and secretary of state in 2018 and 2022.

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As Donald Trump prepares for return to Michigan, cracks appear in his GOP support (Original Post) catbyte Jun 2023 OP
When even gerrymandering can't overcome unpopular policies JT45242 Jun 2023 #1
I sure as hell don't want Michigan to be "balanced" as long as the MIGQP elects the likes of catbyte Jun 2023 #2

JT45242

(2,845 posts)
1. When even gerrymandering can't overcome unpopular policies
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 07:19 AM
Jun 2023

Michigan is hopefully going to swing back to democratic or balanced. People vote that way and hopefully, redistricting will undo apartheid rule in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio.

catbyte

(35,686 posts)
2. I sure as hell don't want Michigan to be "balanced" as long as the MIGQP elects the likes of
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 07:29 AM
Jun 2023

Karamo as Chair of the state party. If they could get back to the days of Milliken or even Romney, then yeah, but I don't see that happening any time soon.

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