Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Breaking News: GOP’s Meijer defeated in primary by Trump-backed challenger after impeachment vote

John Gibbs, an official in former President Donald Trump's administration, has ousted incumbent GOP Rep. Peter Meijer in a primary — the first election since Meijer voted to impeach Trump last year.

Meijer, a freshman, voted to charge the then-president over his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in one of his first acts as a member of Congress in 2021. Gibbs worked in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under then-Secretary Ben Carson and has parroted Trump's conspiracy theories about the 2020 election results.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/03/meijer-defeated-gibbs-primary-trump-impeachment-00049529

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