{"id":1584465,"date":"2022-08-02T09:48:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584465"},"modified":"2022-08-02T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:49:09","slug":"live-updates-meijer-a-republican-opposed-by-trump-casts-ballot-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-updates-meijer-a-republican-opposed-by-trump-casts-ballot-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE UPDATES: Meijer, a Republican Opposed by Trump, Casts Ballot in Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Flive-updates-meijer-a-republican-opposed-by-trump-casts-ballot-in-michigan%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=1584465&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>GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.\u2014Accompanied by his wife and other family members, Rep. Peter Meijer cast his vote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-michigan\">Michigan<\/a>\u2019s 3rd Congressional District Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-primary\">primary<\/a>. Or he attempted to do so, at least.<\/p>\n<p>With a contingent of TV cameras and reporters standing nearby, a poll worker stood with Meijer as he inserted his ballot into the machine. It kept getting returned, and the poll worker said there was a paper jam.<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes later, poll workers resolved the problem. Meijer placed his ballot in the machine once again, and this time it was accepted. He smiled and high-fived an exasperated poll worker.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, Meijer and his family stood in front of reporters outside the precinct at Forest Hills Baptist Church in Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n<p>Meijer, who is completing his first term, was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the U.S. Capitol breech on Jan. 6, 2021. His challenger, John Gibbs, is endorsed by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my first re-election and it\u2019s in a new district,\u201d Meijer said. \u201cWe feel confident that we will win today<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long road, and this is just the first step,\u201d he added. \u201cAfter today, we will have to win in the general election in a new district that leans Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meijer talked about the homes he has visited across the district while meeting voters face-to-face and admitted that some residents questioned his vote to impeach Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome folks have said they didn\u2019t like that vote, but they don\u2019t want the seat go to a Democrat,\u201d Meijer said. \u201cAnd they said they have liked many of my other decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meijer said he has watched some of the January 6 Committee hearings but that \u201cit is difficult to watch it in-depth traveling back and forth from D.C. and being in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.\u2014Accompanied by his wife and other family members, Rep. Peter Meijer cast his vote in Michigan\u2019s 3rd Congressional District Republican primary. Or he attempted to do so, at least. With a contingent of TV cameras and reporters standing nearby, a poll worker stood with Meijer as he inserted his ballot into the machine. 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