Michigan man wants to form Patriot Party as GOP alternative
Lansing Inspired, in part, by former President Donald Trump, a Zeeland man and Republican precinct delegate wants to officially form a new Patriot Party in Michigan as an alternative to the GOP. I’m sick of the Republican Party, Brian VanDussen, 44, said this week. So are a lot of other people.
Similar efforts are underway in other states as Trump backers voice frustration with the Republican Party, contending that party officials haven t done enough to support the former president, who left office Jan. 20.
VanDussen said Republican officials didn t do enough to investigate claims of fraud in the presidential election, which Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Many of the assertions of fraud are unsubstantiated, and others have been proven false.