Republican former Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer on Monday launched for the Senate seat to be left open by retiring Democrat Senator Debbie Stabenow next year to a tepid response from the NRSC, worried that a guy ran out of Congress for voting to impeach fat former President Trump would split the “moderate” GOP primary vote and hand the nomination to former Detroit Police Chief James Craig rather than establishment-preferred candidate what’s-his-face, Politico reports.
“Peter Meijer isn’t viable in a primary election, and there’s worry that if Meijer were nominated, the base would not be enthused in the general election,” an NRSC memo says.
On a related note, the Detroit News’s Craig Mauger caught the Michigan GOP breaking their batshit QAnon freak chair Kristina Karamo’s promise not to get involved in the primary, tweeting “Peter Meijer voted to impeach President Trump. Remember that” only for the tweet to be quickly deleted after he pointed it out. Later the party put out a press release saying “The Michigan Republican Party remains neutral and supportive of all Republican Primary candidates. Unfortunately, an over-zealous intern posted a negative comment regarding a candidate that does not reflect the position of MIGOP. This matter has since been dealt with and the post removed. Our sincerest apologies.”