{"id":2096406,"date":"2023-11-10T14:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/battleground-state-republican-party-facing-imminent-default-ahead-of-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T14:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:09:24","slug":"battleground-state-republican-party-facing-imminent-default-ahead-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/battleground-state-republican-party-facing-imminent-default-ahead-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Battleground State Republican Party Facing &#8216;Imminent Default&#8217; Ahead of 2024"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbattleground-state-republican-party-facing-imminent-default-ahead-of-2024%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=2096406&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--><h2>Battleground State Republican Party Facing &#8216;Imminent Default&#8217; Ahead of \u20632024<\/h2>\n<p>After fighting her way \u2064to the top\u2064 of the state\u2019s GOP by condemning the party\u2019s establishment, the current Michigan\u2063 Republican Party chair \u200dhas experienced difficulty in\u200c raising money from\u200d past donors, many \u2064of\u2064 whom presumably consider themselves part of that establishment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Now, \u2062says an\u200d outgoing member of the organization\u2019s \u200bbudget committee, the Michigan GOP faces an \u201cimminent default on the line \u200cof credit\u201d it took out \u2063to\u200d cover expenses.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jessica\u200b Barefield was one of 13 Republicans on the committee, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/11\/09\/michigan-gop-republican-party-faces-imminent-default-credit-line-budget-committee-member-letter\/71516394007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Detroit News<\/a>, but resigned this week.<\/p>\n<p>Her resignation\u200d letter, of which which the News obtained a copy, \u201creveals\u2064 the seriousness of the \u200bfinancial problems facing a \u200cparty in a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recruits-allies-on-capitol-hill-to-defend-him-ahead-of-third-indictment\/\" title=\"Trump enlists Capitol Hill allies to protect him before third indictment.\">battleground\u2062 state<\/a> a year before the 2024 \u2062presidential general election,\u201d the\u2063 outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Barefield apparently submitted her resignation\u200b after \u200can \u201cemergency meeting\u201d on November 3 \u200dto address the looming\u200d default.<\/p>\n<p>The News reached out to party Chairwoman Kristina Karamo and budget committee Chairman \u200bDan\u2064 Bonhomie for comment, but neither\u2063 responded.<\/p>\n<p>Barefield, however, confirmed to \u2063the outlet that she had resigned from the budget committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite my efforts, \u2062it\u2063 has\u200c become evident\u2062 that\u2062 the issues within\u2063 leadership and the committee\u200d are deeply \u2063rooted\u200c and resistant to change,\u201d Barefield wrote in the\u200d letter, according to the News. \u201cIt has reached a point where I feel it\u200b is \u2062no longer safe for me to be associated with this committee as it allows leadership to engage in practices that run counter \u200cto \u2063my \u2063principles and\u2063 values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A former\u200b executive director of \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-problem-trump-campaign-receives-great-news-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan<\/a> state GOP,\u2063 Jeff\u200b Timmer, \u200dtold the News that the party\u2019s financial situation\u200c \u201creally is unprecedented,\u201d calling \u200cthe emergency\u200c meeting the party\u2019s \u2064\u201clast gasp\u201d \u2064before insolvency.<\/p>\n<p>The total amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americans-burning-savings-keep-bidens-economy-afloat-experts-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debt<\/a> owed by the party was unclear, though Karamo said it March, the month after she\u200b had assumed her position, that it amounted to nearly half a million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Karamo said in a radio interview Thursday cited by the News that she \u2064had inherited \u201cmore than $500,000\u201d in debt \u200bwhen she took over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have\u2062 a legal pathway to settle this $500,000 debt that a billionaire\u2063 left us,\u201d Karamo said in the interview, \u200creferring \u2063to former party Chairman Ron \u200dWeiser, \u200bwho the News\u2062 described as \u2064a \u201cwealthy Ann Arbor real estate businessman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s common, the News noted, for political parties to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/key-inflation-metric-moves-wrong-way-new-govt-report-combines-income-stagnation-fuel-debt-spiral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">borrow \u200bmoney<\/a> \u200dduring elections and pay it back \u2063with fundraising\u2062 the \u200cfollowing year. Much of the $460,000 said to have been owed\u200c in March may have been the result of 2022 borrowing. Campaign finance disclosures\u2064 reviewed by the News showed that the party had borrowed $1\u200d million or more on the line of credit\u200d leading up to \u200dlast year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-republicans-made-massive-gains-2022-new-election-strategy-key-winning-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u200b emergency budget committee\u2062 meeting, party leaders \u2064suggested trying to sell the party\u2019s former headquarters, a building that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happy-anniversary-lincoln-project-founder-rick-wilson-celebrates-7-years-since-390k-tax-lien\/\" title=\"Happy Anniversary! Lincoln Project Founder Rick Wilson Celebrates 7 Years Since 0K Tax Lien\">tax records show<\/a> to be\u200b worth more \u2063than \u2062$1 \u2063million.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem\u200b with that \u200cplan is \u200cthat the swing\u200b state\u2019s GOP doesn\u2019t own the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey \u2064don\u2019t \u200bhave a legal right to do it,\u201d said Weiser, one of the former party\u2064 chairs who owns the trust that owns the\u2063 company with the title to the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unclear what the \u2062specific \u200bfinancial repercussions would\u2062 be if the party defaulted on its line of credit with Comerica Bank,\u201d the News \u200dreported Thursday. \u201cBut\u200d the rocky money situation will complicate Karamo\u2019s ability to\u200b raise additional dollars and could hinder\u2064 the party\u2019s efforts to obtain\u200c future loans.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our\u200c Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>Did you know that 90 percent of advertisers will have\u2062 nothing to do with The Western Journal? 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