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Peter Meijer, Republican Who Backed Impeachment, Eyes Michigan Senate Race
New York Times ^ | 8/31/23 | Maggie Astor

Posted on 09/05/2023 3:55:19 AM PDT by cotton1706

Former Representative Peter Meijer, who lost his Republican House primary last year after voting to impeach President Donald J. Trump, has formed an exploratory committee to run for Senate in Michigan.

Mr. Meijer filed paperwork with the I.R.S. this week and confirmed the creation of the committee — which allows him to raise money before formally declaring a campaign — in a text to The New York Times on Thursday. The news was previously reported by The Detroit Free Press.

If he moves forward, Mr. Meijer, 35, would be the first well-known Republican to enter the race for the seat held by Senator Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat who is not seeking re-election. But he may not be the last: Former Representative Mike Rogers, who served seven terms in the House and led the House Intelligence Committee before leaving in 2015, is widely expected to run as well.

Republicans see the race, in a swing state that Mr. Trump won in 2016 but lost in 2020 to Joseph R. Biden Jr., as a major opportunity in their effort to retake control of the Senate. They need to gain either one or two seats, depending on whether they win the White House.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: elecchump; elections; meijer; tds; trump; uniparty
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Guaranteed, Meijer will be Ronna Romney and Mitch McConnell's preferred candidate.
1 posted on 09/05/2023 3:55:19 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Ae those guys brainwashed and believing their own press releases?


2 posted on 09/05/2023 4:00:49 AM PDT by healy61 (.)
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To: cotton1706

Game over in MI. Radical governor, Supreme Court and D controlled legislature . A

In Wi D governor and loon left supreme Court is “opposed” by Ronna Romney minion RPW chair Brian Schimming and Never Trump Assembly Speaker/weasel Robin Vos. “Opposition” will do everything it can to shiv Pres. Trump in the back. As long as Vos can protect his sinecure, screw everything else


3 posted on 09/05/2023 4:04:22 AM PDT by slapshot ( - Get woke go broke-)
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To: cotton1706

Just say no.


4 posted on 09/05/2023 4:12:11 AM PDT by tennmountainman (FUJB)
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To: healy61

Peter Meijer will be going down in flames to the onslaught of the Democrat nominee, should he even get the nomination, as the Democrat Socialist machine in Michigan does not recognize the right of any Republican to even exist. And all the big guns will be brought to bear in Michigan, making that venue to the left of even Minnesota.


5 posted on 09/05/2023 4:18:28 AM PDT by alloysteel (Take back the rainbow. Its use by LGBTQ is cultural misappropriation.)
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To: cotton1706

Guaranteed, Meijer will be Ronna Romney and Mitch McConnell’s preferred candidate.
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Precisely the type of duplicitous puke that typifies 95% of the Republican Party. The Democrat Party, as we all know, is a cesspool of exactly the same breed of despicable people. The question is which will be destroyed first, our once great Constitutional Republic or those two anti-American organizations.


6 posted on 09/05/2023 4:19:32 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: cotton1706

Meijer is a RINO’s RINO, total uniparty and closet dem. That POS didn’t have a chance in these blood red parts and was thrown out the same way as his predecessor House member fake “conservative” Justin Amash who was promptly tossed out by voters for opposing Trump. He will certainly pick up a lot of disaffected dems but in the end he’ll sell out the state and country if elected. Conservatives will not vote for him, period. Since StabaCow (think sign ‘dangerously incompetent’) is a leftist she’ll be easily replaced by this Meijer trash if the state GOPe puts up another RINO and he wins. You can expect the national rat party to put up untold millions for that other bucket of dem traitorism Elissa Slut-kin who is now a commie Rep in Congress.


7 posted on 09/05/2023 4:24:10 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: cotton1706

Good choice for the democrat primary


8 posted on 09/05/2023 4:28:48 AM PDT by italianquaker
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To: cotton1706

The west side of the state is rabidly conservative. It’s
that side of the state that doomed his reelection. If he ran there, no dice. If he runs for the more liberal east side of the state he might have a chance.

CC


9 posted on 09/05/2023 4:31:11 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: cotton1706

Pete, you are a HARD NO. And you are a scumbag.


10 posted on 09/05/2023 4:58:40 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: cotton1706

With the awakening of Republican power and willingness to fight back happening right now in Michigan, Mike Pence has a better chance of getting the Republican nomination.

If he runs as a “spoiler” he will only spoil himself. Republicans won’t cross over and vote for him in any significant n umbers and neither will Democrat/communists.
He might pull some Greens and a few fake independents but won’t be a factor.
If the rodent voter fraud is solved and there was a big development in that area just today, the Republican nominee who will be John James will win by 8 or more points.


11 posted on 09/05/2023 4:59:55 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: cotton1706

Why not do something useful, like running Meijer.


12 posted on 09/05/2023 5:06:22 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: cotton1706; All

Would rather the Democrat. The Repukes must be destroyed.


13 posted on 09/05/2023 5:07:22 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: wiseprince

Absent Republican Party, the conservative agenda is worthless.

There is no conservative Party. There is no other group through which conservative objectives can be acheived


14 posted on 09/05/2023 5:16:41 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: bert

As long as people think that way, nothing will change.


15 posted on 09/05/2023 5:20:14 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: cotton1706

I would literally vote for the Democrat before I would vote for this clown.


16 posted on 09/05/2023 5:53:08 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: cotton1706

Good luck but hey, it’s Michigan, the Demorats will vote him.


17 posted on 09/05/2023 6:04:52 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: cotton1706
With his wife:


18 posted on 09/05/2023 7:33:31 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: cotton1706

I looked him up- he is a member of the family of the Meier grocery store chain.
Another silver spoon kid who has too much time on his hands and too much money to go with it.

We have two of their stores in our area.

A Republican version of the Pritzgers in Illinois, I’ll gamble.


19 posted on 09/05/2023 7:39:12 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: tennmountainman

We need to DEFEAT THIS GUY !!!!


20 posted on 09/05/2023 11:10:29 AM PDT by Pearfect
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