{"id":1012124,"date":"2021-11-14T17:59:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T22:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1012124"},"modified":"2021-11-14T17:59:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T22:59:18","slug":"former-trump-official-launches-u-s-house-campaign-to-primary-michigan-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-official-launches-u-s-house-campaign-to-primary-michigan-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump Official Launches U.S. House Campaign To Primary Michigan Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-trump-official-launches-u-s-house-campaign-to-primary-michigan-republican%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1012124&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A former housing official who served under the Trump administration launched a campaign last week for the U.S. House, entering a race where he will attempt to primary a fellow Republican representing a district in West Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Republican John Gibbs is running against freshman U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI), who voted to impeach President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting insurrection after an unruly mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in January.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Meijer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2021\/01\/14\/peter-meijer-trump-impeachment-vote\/4164012001\/\">acknowledged<\/a> the move \u201cmay have been an act of political suicide,\u201d but still defended his actions as \u201cnecessary for the good of the country.\u201d He was one of only ten Republicans to join the Democrats pushing impeachment. Since then, Gibbs has been the fourth candidate to announce a primary challenge against Meijer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAMERICA FIRST, AMERICA ALWAYS,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/votejohngibbs\/status\/1459565932871880708\">tweeted<\/a> Gibbs on Saturday. \u201cAmerica is much more than just an idea, a creed, or a document. Rather America is her people, and our people are the consciousness of our culture, heritage, language, customs, and faith, which we share in continuity with our forefathers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/11\/12\/trump-staffer-gibbs-launches-campaign-congress-district-held-meijer\/8592328002\/\">reported<\/a>, \u201cGibbs, a Michigan native from Lansing, was nominated last year by former President Donald Trump to serve as director of the Office of Personnel Management, but the Senate never confirmed him to the post.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After his nomination, CNN had reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/07\/22\/politics\/john-gibbs-opm-kfile\/index.html\">revealed<\/a> several controversial social media posts from Gibbs, including tweets from 2016 that referred to some Republicans as \u201ccucks\u201d and accused Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign manager of participating in a satanic ritual. That Twitter account is currently set to private, meaning only approved followers can view its posts.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs had spent several years as the acting assistant secretary for community planning and development at the Department of Housing and Urban Development under former Secretary Ben Carson.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Carson, thank you for the vote of confidence! It was a great honor serving under you and I look forward to keeping up the fight in the US Congress! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udfff\u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fJmUr20ziz\">https:\/\/t.co\/fJmUr20ziz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Gibbs For MI-03 (@votejohngibbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/votejohngibbs\/status\/1459248138024333315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Saturday night to the Save America PAC followers, former President Trump called out Rep. Meijer by name, along with other Congressional Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaving America starts by saving the GOP from RINOs, sellouts, and known losers!\u201d wrote Trump.<\/p>\n<p>FOX News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/trump-aims-oust-apos-rinos-144104831.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALzNj2EsS62P6m9AHPBcfu49YROVi9mHjZ9NcCJQFixxoqAbG8Egrp_pJPfuV0qZxmU9v1r8l32wQN9hoYAyWH6cHpH2ogSxdmg4Z1X_GT9hGIpqhosJy9aKXc3Y5VsdvPa3gU9XSsCXaufCsFMbdfDoebUbNbe_4hTXldVrh3bW\">reported<\/a> that Trump mentioned GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska and \u201ccalled for primaries of 11 other representatives in his statement to face primary battles, most of whom voted in favor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former housing official who served under the Trump administration launched a campaign last week for the U.S. House, entering a race where he will attempt to primary a fellow Republican representing a district in West Michigan.Republican John Gibbs is running against freshman U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI), who voted to impeach President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting insurrection after an unruly mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in January.At the time, Meijer acknowledged the move \u201cmay have been an act of political suicide,\u201d but still defended his actions as \u201cnecessary for the good of the country.\u201d He was one of only ten Republicans to join the Democrats pushing impeachment. Since then, Gibbs has been the fourth candidate to announce a primary challenge against Meijer.\u201cAMERICA FIRST, AMERICA ALWAYS,\u201d tweeted Gibbs on Saturday. \u201cAmerica is much more than just an idea, a creed, or a document. Rather America is her people, and our people are the consciousness of our culture, heritage, language, customs, and faith, which we share in continuity with our forefathers.\u201dThe Detroit News reported, \u201cGibbs, a Michigan native from Lansing, was nominated last year by former President Donald Trump to serve as director of the Office of Personnel Management, but the Senate never confirmed him to the post.\u201dAfter his nomination, CNN had reportedly revealed several controversial social media posts from Gibbs, including tweets from 2016 that referred to some Republicans as \u201ccucks\u201d and accused Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign manager of participating in a satanic ritual. That Twitter account is currently set to private, meaning only approved followers can view its posts.Gibbs had spent several years as the acting assistant secretary for community planning and development at the Department of Housing and Urban Development under former Secretary Ben Carson.Dr. Carson, thank you for the vote of confidence! It was a great honor serving under you and I look forward to keeping up the fight in the US Congress! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udfff\u2728 https:\/\/t.co\/fJmUr20ziz\u2014 John Gibbs For MI-03 (@votejohngibbs) November 12, 2021In a statement issued on Saturday night to the Save America PAC followers, former President Trump called out Rep. Meijer by name, along with other Congressional Republicans.\u201cSaving America starts by saving the GOP from RINOs, sellouts, and known losers!\u201d wrote Trump.FOX News reported that Trump mentioned GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska and \u201ccalled for primaries of 11 other representatives in his statement to face primary battles, most of whom voted in favor of the Democrats\u2019 $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill on Nov. 5.\u201d\u201cAny interest from good and SMART America First Republican Patriots to run primary campaigns against Representatives Tom Rice, John Katko, Don Bacon, Don Young, Fred Upton (challenge accepted), Andrew Garbarino, Peter Meijer (challenge accepted), Nancy Mace, Jaime Herrera Beutler (challenge accepted) and Chris Smith?\u201d he reportedly wrote.\u201cYou will have my backing!\u201d Trump continued.FOX noted that Rep. Meijer was included on Trump\u2019s list despite voting against the package.Trump staffer John Gibbs launches campaign for Congress in district held by Rep. Peter Meijer https:\/\/t.co\/Dhi3ZZyef1 via \u2066@detroitnews\u2069 #MI03\u2014 Melissa Nann Burke (@nannburke) November 13, 2021More details from The Detroit News:Gibbs\u2019 campaign website says he\u2019s been \u201ccalled, for the sake of our state and our country, to the high purpose of serving my community in Congress, in Michigan\u2019s 3rd Congressional district.\u201dMichigan is in the middle of redistricting based on the 2020 Census count, so it\u2019s unclear what the contours of the 3rd District might ultimately look like. The existing district includes\u00a0Ionia, Barry and Calhoun counties along with portions of Kent\u00a0and Montcalm counties.Gibbs on his site touts a number of GOP issues such as opposition to abortion, Second Amendment rights and\u00a0election integrity\u00a0and\u00a0also bashes President Joe Biden, using\u00a0the expression, \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon!\u201d \u2014 a conservative code phrase meaning \u201cF\u2014\u00a0Joe Biden.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1012124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}