County GOP groups feel ‘betrayed’ by Michigan Republicans who went against grain
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
(From left to right): Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake; U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph; and Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Grand Rapids. Photos courtesy of respective offices.Courtesy Photo
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Betrayal.
That’s the overwhelming sentiment GOP groups in various Michigan counties have expressed while admonishing powerful Republicans they once helped elect.
The “betrayal” comes in the form of officials turning their backs on former President Donald Trump, their own constituents or a combination of both, say local GOP delegates who condemned their representatives in Congress and the state Legislature.
Stateside s conversation with Congressman Fred Upton
Though former president Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial has ended, difficult conversations and divided politics have not, particularly among conservative leaders. The Cass County Republican Party has again censured Michigan Congressman
Fred Upton (R-06), this time for his vote to remove conspiracy theorist and Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments.
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Cass County GOP leaders along with those in Allegan and Berrien counties previously censured Upton in response to the congressman’s vote to impeach Trump for his role in inciting the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.