Peter Meijer was kicked to the curb by Michigan Republicans for voting to impeach Trump in 2021, but that hasn't stopped him from throwing his hat into the ring for the open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Meijer, the heir to a grocery chain fortune, would seem to have a lot of time on his hands these days for his quixotic run. Michigan's Republican Party hasn't forgotten though, that's for certain. They tweeted after his announcement, “Peter Meijer voted to impeach President Trump. Remember that” before deleting it, and going back to pretending to be impartial for the primary.
Meijer also said that his support of Trump will make The Lincoln Project and Never Trumpers unhappy, but I highly doubt that as Meijer has no chance of winning the Republican nomination. Republicans don't trust him, and everyone else thinks he's a joke now. "I will work with anybody that I think has the interests of the country at heart - even if they are doing it for cynical political ends," said Meijer.
Source: Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Peter Meijer, a Republican who served one term in Congress before being ousted by voters following a vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump, announced Monday that he will run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan.
