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applegrove

(118,006 posts)
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 06:27 PM Feb 2021

Michigan GOP Moves Far Right

Michigan GOP Moves Far Right

February 26, 2021 at 3:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 149 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/26/michigan-gop-moves-far-right/

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Associated Press: “The rightward lurch has altered the GOP’s image to one unrecognizable to its pragmatic 20th century standard-bearers, and the direction of the state party here could be an exemplar of other Midwestern battleground states.”

“The move to more hard-line, extreme views in Michigan came into clearer view Wednesday when it became known that Trump devotees, no longer content with the GOP as their political home, had filed a petition with the state elections board to form a new Patriot Party.”

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catbyte

(34,166 posts)
1. Let 'em go. With non-partisan redistricting in progress, the GQP will likely lose their majority
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 06:33 PM
Feb 2021

in the legislature anyway. Let them marginalize themselves even further.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
2. I am hoping Walberg's district is eliminated.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 06:34 PM
Feb 2021

That POS is an asshole.

If not, I am hoping Ann Arbor gets put into his district. That will be the end of him.

gibraltar72

(7,486 posts)
3. Most dishonest man I ever personally interacted with.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 07:13 PM
Feb 2021

And I was in the used car business for a period of time.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
4. All I have ever heard of him is he is a mean, dishonest POS.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 07:30 PM
Feb 2021

Hopefully redistricting takes him out of office. Putting A2 in that district will accomplish that job. It would make it a moderate district, that will eventually end up blue due to growth of A2 and its surrounding towns.

gibraltar72

(7,486 posts)
7. Shadowed some of his coffee gatherings for opponent.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 08:00 PM
Feb 2021

Couldn't believe how hateful he was. Also belittled his own constituents.

Turbineguy

(37,206 posts)
6. It's the smart play
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 07:35 PM
Feb 2021

They need to kill a lot of people before they can declare themselves Kings of the Shit Heap.

canetoad

(17,088 posts)
9. I imagine them turning
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 12:21 AM
Feb 2021

So far right that they perform a full circle and ultimately disappear up their own fundamental orifice.

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