On Trump, Michigan Republicans Lean One Way: ‘Fealty at All Costs’
Even after his defeat, Donald Trump is causing fierce infighting among Republicans in a crucial battleground state. Loyalists are rewarded. Dissenters face punishment.
Representative Peter Meijer, Republican of Michigan, has confronted significant blowback in his state over his vote to impeach former President Donald J. Trump.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
Feb. 16, 2021
ROCKFORD, Mich. When Representative Peter Meijer voted to impeach Donald J. Trump in January, making him one of 10 House Republicans who bucked their party, he bluntly acknowledged that “it may have been an act of political suicide.”
Trump senior adviser Jason Miller previews the former president’s impeachment trial on ‘America’s News HQ.’
Republicans who backed the push to impeach former President Donald Trump are now facing backlash from their constituents.
Freshman Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., as well as more established members of the Republican Party like Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., are defending themselves as voters voice their displeasure.
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Meijer, who arrived in Washington, D.C., just a few weeks ago, contended with unhappy constituents during a virtual town hall on Wednesday.
Nancy Eardley accused Meijer, the only first-term legislator to back impeachment on Jan. 13, of betraying the district
Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, one of just 10 Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump over the deadly attack on the Capitol, defended his decision while taking pointed criticism from voters Wednesday night.
You re an embarrassment. You should resign : Furious Michigan voters tear into freshman Republican Rep. Peter Meijer for voting to impeach Trump during Zoom town hall
Peter Maijers, a new Republican Congressman from West Michigan, defended his decision to impeach Trump during his first virtual town hall on Wednesday
The 33-year-old was one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump for a second time, drawing anger from some of his voters
Two angry constituents on the Zoom call with 400 voters said they were disappointed whilst dozens more wrote that he had betrayed them
The Iraq war veteran was asked: Why didn t you do what your constituents wanted you to do?