Joe Enders of Church Militant joins us to discuss his home state of Michigan, especially pro-impeachment Peter Meijer's defeat and the quest to unseat Governor Gretchen Whitmer. We also discuss the other two pro-impeachment Republicans' races in Washington state and hold a spirited debate on the candidacy of Joe Kent (WA-03).
00:00 Intro
04:05 Fall of anti-Trump, Pro-Impeachment Republican Peter Meijer
22:36 Review of John James's victory, MI governor's race, et al.
41:20 How Conservative Psychology Makes It Hard to Vote Out RINOs
50:40 Debate over Joe Kent
SHOWNOTES
Follow Joe’s work at Church Militant: https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/author/josephenderschurchmilitant.com
Gretchen Whitmer had five of her GOP opponents, including the original frontrunner James Craig, kicked off the ballot for “ineligibility” reasons: https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102485484/why-several-republican-candidates-for-michigan-governor-were-blocked-from-the-ba
Whitmer subsequently had the second GOP frontrunner, Ryan Kelley, arrested by the FBI for “January 6th charges:” https://www.npr.org/2022/06/09/1103925150/michigan-candidate-for-governor-ryan-kelley-arrested-by-fbi-for-jan-6-involvemen
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent over $400,000 backing the Trump-endorsed John Gibbs in the primary against pro-impeachment Rep. Peter Meijer:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/risky-midterm-strategy-democrats-boost-far-right-candidate-michigan-race-2022-07-26/
Hilarious USA Today op-ed whining about the Democrats’ efforts to oust “a principled Republican:” https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/08/03/democrats-help-trump-backed-extremist-win-michigan-primary-election/10222960002/?gnt-cfr=1
Senate GOP spending money on campaign ads in Washington and Colorado: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/02/gop-spending-colorado-washington-senate-00049108
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