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On New Year's Day, we had an item about how the Michigan Republican Party was in meltdown mode. Now it has reached its denouement. On Saturday, the state Republican Committee voted to oust the Party chair, Kristina Karamo. She didn't bother even going to the meeting. She's going to fight it in the courts, but there is no reason to think the courts will tell the Republican Party who its leader should be.
Karamo is a hyper-Trumpist and election denier who ran for Michigan secretary of state and was crushed. She then managed to get elected chair of the state party. She is great at supporting conspiracy theories but terrible at fundraising and keeping the peace within the state committee. She is also really good at making enemies and now that has come back to bite her in the rear.
Michigan is a key swing state with an open-seat Senate election as well. Democrats have a two-seat margin in the state Senate and a tie in the state House, with two vacancies. There will be crucial battles up and down the line in Michigan in November. The state Republican party is $600,000 in debt and in shambles. How is it going to get organized to help Republicans up and down the ballot when it doesn't have a chair and is beset by infighting between the MAGA and non-MAGA members? The RNC doesn't want to give it money because it is afraid the state party will just use it to pay down its debts and not use it to support candidates for office. (V)