Trump's local influence: No food for 'RINOs' at Muskegon GOP BBQ
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and last updated 2021-07-24 23:19:27-04
MUSKEGON, Mich. â The smell of BBQ food filled Kruse Park in Muskegon Saturday afternoon, but none of the food was for âRINOs,â according to signs posted at the local Republican party event.
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Sign posted at Muskegon GOP BBQ
The term, an abbreviated form of âRepublican In Name Only,â has been made popular by former President Donald Trump, who evokes it to attack members of his own party who are critical of him.
Those literal signs are among other things showing the former presidentâs continuing influence on local Republicans who, at the Muskegon County GOP BBQ bash Saturday, echoed concerns that the 2020 election was in some way âstolenâ from Trump, despite a Republican state-Senate report that found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Michigan.