{"id":1587756,"date":"2022-08-03T19:21:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T23:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587756"},"modified":"2022-08-03T19:21:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T23:21:19","slug":"trumps-revenge-tour-continues-with-meijers-defeat-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-revenge-tour-continues-with-meijers-defeat-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Revenge Tour Continues With Meijer\u2019s Defeat 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\">18<\/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%2Ftrumps-revenge-tour-continues-with-meijers-defeat-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=1587756&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>In a race that received widespread national attention and generated millions of dollars in spending, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>-endorsed challenger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-john-gibbs\">John Gibbs<\/a> stunned Rep. Peter Meijer in Michigan\u2019s 3rd\u00a0Congressional District Republican primary on Aug. 2.<\/p>\n<p>It served as another test for House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Meijer, whose surname is familiar because of his family\u2019s national supercenter chain that is based in Michigan, was the only freshman legislator of the 10 House Republicans who chose to impeach the president in the final days of his term.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/meijer2-1200x900-1.jpg\"><\/a> Rep. Peter Meijer inserts his ballot into the voting machine at a precinct in Grand Rapids, Michigan on August 2. (Jeff Louderback\/Epoch Times) <\/p>\n<p>In Washington state hours after Meijer was defeated, two additional Trump impeachment voters won their respective primaries.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Rep. Dan Newhouse held off their Trump-backed challengers in districts that are considered moderate.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 10 House Republicans who supported impeachment, four decided to not seek reelection. Rep. Tom Rice lost his primary in South Carolina by around 27 percentage points to Trump-endorsed challenger Russell Fry.<\/p>\n<p>California Rep. David Valadao prevailed in his primary.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-liz-cheney\">Liz Cheney<\/a> (R-Wyo.) is the final House Republican who voted for Trump\u2019s impeachment to face a primary. Cheney is vice chair of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 events at the U.S. Capitol. Wyoming\u2019s primary is Aug. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Before the results were announced, Roll Call elections analyst Nathan Gonzales told reporters that the Aug. 2 primaries \u201ccould confirm an emerging trend: Republicans who voted to impeach Trump either don\u2019t seek reelection or lose in traditional primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPro-impeachment Republicans who have the luxury of running in states with nontraditional primaries [and don\u2019t have to rely on support from base GOP voters] have a chance to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a race that received widespread national attention and generated millions of dollars in spending, Donald Trump-endorsed challenger John Gibbs stunned Rep. Peter Meijer in Michigan\u2019s 3rd\u00a0Congressional District Republican primary on Aug. 2. It served as another test for House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. 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