{"id":99393,"date":"2021-01-25T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=99393"},"modified":"2021-01-25T11:53:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:53:38","slug":"mich-ariz-gop-censures-several-lawmakers-over-support-for-impeachment-failure-to-keep-states-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-ariz-gop-censures-several-lawmakers-over-support-for-impeachment-failure-to-keep-states-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Mich., Ariz. GOP censures several lawmakers over support for impeachment, failure to keep states red"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fmich-ariz-gop-censures-several-lawmakers-over-support-for-impeachment-failure-to-keep-states-red%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=99393&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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2360576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 665px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2360576 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AP21024040190881-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2360576\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2360576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake arrives for the inauguration of Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Arizona Republicans voted Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 to censure Cindy McCain and two prominent GOP officials who have found themselves crosswise with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 7:24 AM PT \u2013 Monday, January 25, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Several Republican lawmakers are getting criticized by their state\u2019s party leadership. This comes as the Republican parties of Arizona and Allegan County in Michigan voted to censure several elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>The censure votes, which formally express discontent for party members, comes amid backlash over both states turning blue in the general election. Additionally, party members are being called out for supporting Democrat efforts to impeach President Trump for a second time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican Party here is not just here to elect Republicans, it\u2019s here to hold Republicans accountable to the party platform,\u201d stated\u00a0Tyler Bower, national committeeman for the Arizona GOP. \u201cParty discipline means adherence to the party platform, party discipline means pulling someone aside behind closed doors and saying \u2018you\u2019re not living by the party platform.\u2019 How do we fix this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?v=431250301411984&amp;ref=watch_permalink\">Arizona GOP publicly rebuked<\/a> Gov. Doug Ducey (R), former Sen. Jeff Flake (R) and the late Sen. John McCain\u2019s wife Cindy McCain.<\/p>\n<p>The censures accused Ducey of executive overreach for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and failure to overturn the election results in favor of President Trump. Meanwhile, Flake and McCain are coming under immense fire for their support for Joe Biden and divergence from President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if all of us cannot have the resolve here to look into our legislative district committees, our county committees and have the most disciplined two years of our lifetimes, we may lose Arizona forever,\u201d Bower continued.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Allegan County Republican Party approved a resolution to censure longtime Republican congressman Fred Upton. The committee decried Upton for allegedly ignoring the voices of constituents and party members when voting for impeachment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2360575\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 760px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2360575 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fre.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2360575\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2360575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiel- Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) is pictured. (AP Photo \/ Carlos Osorio)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe final straw for me was obviously what happened last week: the President\u2019s remarks that his actions, in his words, were totally appropriate as he called these folks patriots as they were tearing down the capitol,\u201d stated the Michigan representative.<\/p>\n<p>Although censure votes don\u2019t carry any formal consequences, they do show the party\u2019s waning confidence in lawmakers\u2019 ability to lead the party. This could lead to primary challengers who strictly adhere to party principles gaining more support than censured incumbent.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/israeli-closes-international-airport-amid-virus-strain-fears\/\"> Israeli closes international airport amid virus strain fears<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/AP21024040190881-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Mich., Ariz. 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