Post #85

Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis received a hand-delivered letter signed by 18 of Michigan’s top state House Republicans. The message: They’re “ready and willing to help [DeSantis] win” in 2024. The letter is a thinly veiled shot at Donald Trump — the only announced Republican candidate — following a series of elections that saw the GOP get bludgeoned at the ballots. Since 2018, Michigan’s Republicans have lost control of three statewide offices, both state legislative chambers, several congressional seats and other key posts. Michigan’s officeholders aren’t the only ones willing to break away from the former president. A survey released last month found that a plurality of the state’s Republican voters prefer a Trump alternative as the party’s 2024 nominee. Michigan was key to Trump's rise. In 2016, he won the state over Hillary Clinton — the first time since 1988 that Michigan voted Republican in a presidential race — but he then narrowly lost the state to Biden in 2020. We’ll be back with updates. If you have questions in the meantime, DM me on Telegram @janjbyun🙋‍♀️