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<div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div><div style=""><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">an maya 1 23</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">new information from the Jan. 6 committee’s report includes evidence that five Michigan lawmakers <a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2023/01/05/jan-6-committee-docs-indicate-five-michigan-legislators-agreed-to-support-fake-elector-plan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"><u>were in favor</u></a> of former President Donald Trump’s election fraud claims, reports Michigan Advance.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">When Trump’s campaign asked Michigan GOP officials for their agreement to a “fake elector plan," five of the legislators — Senators Jon Bumstead, Rick Outman, Roger Victory, and former House Reps. Sue Allor and </span><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Daire Rendon all said “yes.”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> Rep. Mary Whiteford, responded with “maybe.”</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">The committee obtained a <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-J6-DOC-McCallum_01_001528/pdf/GPO-J6-DOC-McCallum_01_001528.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"><u>spreadsheet</u></a> composed of the lawmakers’ answers from <b>Trump staffer Angela McCallum</b> when she was subpoenaed last year.</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong>READ MORE: </strong><a href="https://www.alternet.org/2022/11/trump-lawyers" target="self" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"><u><strong>'Worthless': Newly unearthed emails show Trump lawyers' meltdown as 2020 election lawsuits imploded</strong></u></a></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">According to the spreadsheet, Sen. Bumstead happily obliged. “Would be supportive of any actions we take,” he said. He confirmed, “there is a lot of support and interest.”</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Although supportive of the arrangement, Sen. Outman had further questions. He first wanted “to see the evidence of the fraud” and was “a bit unfamiliar with the process of what appointing electors looks like.”</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">The original script McCallum provided to the legislators in Trump’s request was also handed over to the Jan. 6 committee as evidence. It read, “You have the power to reclaim your authority to send a slate of Electors that will support President Trump and Vice President Pence. When there is a resolution to appoint electors for Trump, can the president count on you to join in support?”</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">The strategy, Michigan Advance reported, <a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2023/01/05/jan-6-committee-docs-indicate-five-michigan-legislators-agreed-to-support-fake-elector-plan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"><u>included a list</u></a> of<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> 16 “fake Republican electors who '<a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2022/06/22/michigan-national-election-experts-call-fake-trump-electors-in-2020-vigilantism/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">fraudulently</a>' submitted a false certificate at the state Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020, when the Electoral College met to certify the state’s election results.”</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">[READ MORE: <a href="https://www.alternet.org/2022/10/ginni-thomas" target="self" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"><u>Ginni Thomas reportedly still believes that Trump won the 2020 election</u></a></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Another fake elector plan that the committee’s report confirmed this week includes would have involved the fake electors hiding in the state capitol building and then attempt cast their votes. Past Michigan GOP Chair Laura Cox <a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2023/01/04/jan-6-committee-docs-former-michigan-gop-chair-slams-2020-fake-elector-plan-as-insane/" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">said the plan</a> was “insane.</span>”</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">All of these plans were prepared despite the fact that President Joe Biden won all 16 of the state’s Electoral College votes.</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong>READ MORE:</strong><a href="https://www.alternet.org/2022/11/devoid-of-any-evidentiary-basis" target="self" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"><u><strong> 'Devoid of any evidentiary basis': Michigan Judge brutally tosses GOP 'false flag' lawsuit over mail-in ballots</strong></u></a></p><p times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">raw <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/matthew-deperno-2658319741/">https://www.rawstory.com/matthew-deperno-2658319741/</a></font></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The GOP nominee for attorney general in Michigan could face criminal charges stemming from his election denialism before the November election.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Kalamazoo attorney Matthew Perno is being investigated by Muskegon County Prosecutor DJ Hilson, who was appointed special prosecutor by Attorney General Dana Nessel, the Detroit Free Press reported.</b></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hilson issued a statement on the timing of potential charges, saying, "As prosecutor, I have an ethical obligation to ensure that all necessary evidence and information is obtained and reviewed so that a determination of criminal charges can be made. In order to meet that obligation, I have determined that additional investigative work needs to be done and I am working with investigators on those issues."</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"I am acting as expeditiously as possible, but due to this ethical obligation, I cannot say at this time when any decisions would be made."</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nessel requested a special prosecutor as DePerno is her opponent following an investigation by her office and the Michigan State Police.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Also under investigation are </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">GOP state Rep. Daire Rendon </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">and </span><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, among others.</b></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"According to documents from Nessel's office, several people − including DePerno − are also accused of either illegally tampering with voting machines or being present when others "broke into the tabulators." Additional people accused of misconduct in the request for a special prosecutor include Stefanie Lambert Juntilla, Ann Howard, Ben Cotton, Jeff Lenberg, Douglas Logan and James Penrose," the newspaper reported. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">"Juntilla, a lawyer, has worked on debunked legal efforts brought by Trump-supporting attorney Sydney Powell and others to suggest widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Cotton, Lenberg, Logan and Penrose worked both with Powell's so-called 'Kraken' team on discredited election efforts across the country and on DePerno's Antrim County lawsuit."</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">DePerno has denied any wrongdoing.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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Joe Tate, D-Detroit, the proposal is extremely unlikely to gain traction in the GOP-controlled House but underscores Democrats' beliefs that federal authorities should probe the actions that high-ranking Michigan Republicans took in the wake of Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden," said the report. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">"</span><b style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Biden won Michigan by 154,000 votes or 3 percentage points, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">a result that's been upheld by a series of court rulings, more than 200 audits and an investigation by the Republican-run Michigan Senate's oversight committee. But some of the former president's supporters have maintained unproven claims that widespread fraud swung the race."</span></b></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"An essential element of being a legislator is accepting the peaceful transition of power when the people choose different leaders, and these members failed to faithfully discharge the duties of their office by acting to undermine this basic tenet of democracy," stated the resolution. "Michigan residents deserve better leaders than people who would subvert their own government to remain in power."</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Michigan was one of several states targeted by former President Donald Trump and his allies as part of a plot to throw out election results. Like many other states Biden narrowly won, several Republican <b style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">operatives declared themselves to be <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/23/michigan-fake-elector-probe-subpoena/7710326001/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">"alternate" electors for Trump</a>, </b>with the idea being either the legislature could submit them instead of the lawfully certified electors won by Joe Biden, or that former Vice President Mike Pence could use them as pretext to throw out the votes of Michigan altogether. The DOJ is investigating this plot.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">"Five of the Republican lawmakers — state Reps. Julie Alexander of Hanover, Beth Griffin of Mattawan, Matt Maddock of Milford, John Reilly of Oakland Township and <b>Daire Rendon of Lake City — were entangled in a plot to advance a false slate of Republican presidential electors, claiming Trump won Michigan,</b></span><b> </b>according to the resolution," noted the report. The lawmakers themselves didn't sign the false electors certificate, contending Trump got Michigan's 16 electoral votes, but were involved in the effort, including the GOP electors' unsuccessful attempts to gain access on Dec. 14, 2020, to the Michigan Capitol.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Sen. 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</b></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2022/7/20 </div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">LANSING, Mich. — Michigan House Democrats introduced a resolution Wednesday asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate 11 of their Republican colleagues for attempting "to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election."</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sponsored by state Rep. Joe Tate, D-Detroit, the proposal is extremely unlikely to gain traction in the GOP-controlled House but underscores Democrats' beliefs that federal authorities should probe the actions that high-ranking Michigan Republicans took in the wake of Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Biden won Michigan by 154,000 votes or 3 percentage points, a result that's been upheld by a series of court rulings, more than 200 audits and an investigation by the Republican-run Michigan Senate's oversight committee. But some of the former president's supporters have maintained unproven claims that widespread fraud swung the race.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"An essential element of being a legislator is accepting the peaceful transition of power when the people choose different leaders, and these members failed to faithfully discharge the duties of their office by acting to undermine this basic tenet of democracy," the resolution says. "Michigan residents deserve better leaders than people who would subvert their own government to remain in power."</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The resolution accuses 11 Republican state legislators of conspiring to overthrow the government and delaying the execution of laws, in violation of federal policies.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Republican lawmakers should be investigated "for the crime of seditious conspiracy," the Democratic proposal says.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Five of the Republican lawmakers — state Reps. Julie Alexander of Hanover, Beth Griffin of Mattawan, Matt Maddock of Milford, John Reilly of Oakland Township and</span><b style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Daire Rendon of Lake City </span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">— were entangled in a plot to advance a false slate of Republican presidential electors, claiming Trump won Michigan, according to the resolution.</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>The lawmakers themselves didn't sign the false electors certificate, contending Trump got Michigan's 16 electoral votes, but were involved in the effort, including the GOP electors' unsuccessful attempts to gain access on Dec. 14, 2020, to the Michigan Capitol.</b></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The building was closed to the public that day, but state law required presidential electors to convene inside.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Detroit News first reported in January that Trump supporters contemplated working with a Republican lawmaker who had a Capitol office to get the 16 Trump electors inside or find a way inside before the building was sealed off.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Laura Cox, who was chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party in 2020, told a U.S. House committee last month that some Trump supporters discussed hiding in the state Capitol overnight.</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Department of Justice has already been probing the false electors' activities in multiple battleground states, including Michigan. In June, some of the 16 Michigan Republicans who signed the false certificate received grand jury subpoenas from federal officials.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>One of the Trump electors, Republican John Haggard of Charlevoix, has previously argued he believed Trump won Michigan's election and his First Amendment rights protected his ability to sign the false certificate.</b></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In January, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel referred an investigation into the false electors to federal prosecutors. The Democratic attorney general has suggested forgery charges could be considered and said the GOP electors in Michigan seemed to be part of a "coordinated effort."</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The new House resolution says all of the 11 House Republicans mentioned in the document signed on to an unsuccessful court filing in December 2020, claiming state legislators should have a post-election certification vote to determine the presidential electors for Michigan.</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style=""><b style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In addition to Alexander, Griffin, Maddock, Reilly and</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> Rendon,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> state Reps. Gary Eisen of St. Clair Township, Michele Hoitenga of Manton, Greg Markkanen of Hancock, Jack O'Malley of Lake Ann, Brad Paquette of Niles and Rodney Wakeman of Saginaw Township signed the filing.</span></b></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">
</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Then-Rep. Doug Wozniak of Shelby Township also signed, but he is now serving in the Michigan Senate.</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"State legislatures have plenary power to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the elections under the U.S. and Michigan constitutions, so it is our duty to conduct further investigations," Alexander said at the time.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tate's resolution comes 111 days before the November election, in which candidates' handling of the 2020 vote is expected to be in the spotlight.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style=""><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Rendon, who is mentioned in the resolution, has become entangled in an ongoing state investigation into unauthorized access to voting tabulators, </b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Detroit News first reported in May.</span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Multiple northern Michigan clerks have said Rendon contacted them after the 2020 election seeking access to voting equipment. Carol Asher, the longtime clerk in Denton Township, said she provided a statement about Rendon's request to the Attorney General's office.]]</div></div><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">After now-President Joe Biden won Michigan in 2020’s presidential election, <b>Christian nationalist and anti-vaxxer Kristina Karamo </b>was among the far-right conspiracy theorists who <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/06/michigan-republican-secretary-state-picks-false-election-claims/9661591002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">falsely claimed</a> that then-President Donald Trump was the real winner in that midwestern state. Now, Karamo is the Republican nominee for Michigan secretary of state, and she is hoping to unseat Jocelyn Benson — the Democrat who currently holds that position — in the 2022 midterms.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Trump and his MAGA allies were unsuccessful in their efforts to steal Michigan’s electoral votes from Biden in 2020, and Benson deserves some of the credit. As Michigan secretary of state, Benson forcefully pushed back against the Big Lie. But if Karamo defeats Benson, journalist Elaine Godfrey warns in an <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/05/kristina-karamo-secretary-of-state-michigan-election/629922/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">article published by The Atlantic</a> on May 22, elections in Michigan will be run by a relentless Big Lie promoter.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Barring any changes at an upcoming convention in August, and with Republicans poised to have a strong midterm election year, Karamo has a shot at victory in November,” Godfrey explains. “Michigan’s next election chief, in other words, might be one of its foremost election-conspiracy theorists. And what happens in this swing state in 2024 could tip the entire presidential outcome.”</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Trump has <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/04/23/1094474805/michigan-gop-karamo-secretary-of-state" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">endorsed the 36-year-old Karamo</a> as well as Matt DePerno, the Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general — a position presently held by Democrat Dana Nessel, an ally of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (who is running for reelection).</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Despite never having held elected office, Karamo already has proved to be an enthusiastic brawler in the GOP’s culture war,” Godfrey observes. “On her theology-and-politics podcast, which she appears to have launched in 2020, Karamo has endorsed the conspiracy theory that left-wing anarchists were behind the January 6 attack on the Capitol. She has warned listeners about ‘conservative imposters’ within the Republican Party, declared herself an ‘anti-vaxxer,’ and called public schools ‘government indoctrination camps,” according to a CNN review. “More integral to Trump’s goals, though, is that Karamo has never backed down from her allegations of fraud, despite the State Senate investigation and multiple state-run election audits. She’s said that Trump, not Biden, is the real winner of Michigan — and the election.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jeff Timmer, former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party, is a conservative who is highly critical of the GOP’s Trumpified direction in his state — and he views Karamo as dangerous. Timmer has no doubt that Karamo, as Michigan secretary of state, would try to help Trump steal the 2024 election if he were the Republican nominee.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Timmer told The Atlantic, “Without question.… she’ll use her office,” Timmer said. “They want to throw a wrench in the process, create chaos, and muscle through the results they want.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/robert-regan-qanon-supporter-who-endorsed-call-kill-biden-fauci-and-others" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none;">https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/<b>robert-regan-qanon-supporter-who-endorsed-call-kill-biden-fauci-</b>and-others</a></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">no lnx many scary pix</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>GOP nominee for Michigan legislature is a QAnon supporter who endorsed call to kill Biden, Fauci, and others</b></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-size: small;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Robert Regan used Rumble to push QAnon and calls for violence...</font></p></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></span></div>