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Meijer warns Democrats that backing a pro-Trump candidate could backfire

Meyer: Democratic Support for Trump Opposition Could Backfire

WASHINGTON — Michigan Republican Rep. Peter Meyer, who lost the primary last week, said Sunday that he is the Republican candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump. He warned that the Democrats' strategy to boost . when voters go to vote in his November general election.

"I'm sure there was some cynical calculation by the interference of the Democratic Party, but it's a dangerous strategy. It's a dangerous strategy," he said. told Nation. "Where President Biden has endorsed is so rift that it's easy to see that strategy backfires spectacularly. This is why zero sum should not be used. Politics.”

Meijer was one of ten House Republicans who last year voted to impeach Trump in his January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. did. The former president endorsed Meyer's challenger John Gibbs in the Republican primary, where he defeated incumbent Congressman. It came after the Congressional Campaign Commission (DCCC) spent more than $400,000 on television ads highlighting Gibbs' support for Trump and its alignment with the former president's policies. 

The ad was panned by both Republicans and Democrats, and Meijer described his DCCC efforts as "bipartisan unity." It's a rare thing to show," he mocked.

"There was a scenario where not only did the former president turn against me, but Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic campaign committee also banded together to try and beat me to the vote," he said. said. “Now this highlights the cynicism and hypocrisy of our politics today. The fact that he has a rock arm with the far right says a lot about where our politics will be in 2022.”

Meijer holds himself responsible for his defeat. However, he noted that the ads from the Democratic Party's campaign department were intended to target Republican voters ahead of the close race.

"We're dealing with politics that don't reward substance: reward reality," he said. 

Of his 10 Republicans who voted for Trump's impeachment, only three of him advanced to the November general election, and four retired from Congress. decided. Next week, Trump's most outspoken GOP critic, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, will face opponent Harriet Hageman in the Republican primary. It also has the support of the former president.

Ahead of Tuesday's contest, Cheney published an ad that his father, former Vice President Dick, called him a "coward". denounced as a "threat" to the country.

When asked about the ad, Meyer said Trump wants to maintain a high degree of influence over the Republican Party, and that Nancy, who is also Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, is a former president in the November midterm elections. He said he wanted a referendum on the president.

“Common cause between extreme right and establishment left. I think you wake up every day with your fingers crossed, right now the midterm elections are set for a referendum on President Biden's leadership and House Speaker Pelosi and many of my Democratic colleagues in the House are calling it "They want it to be a referendum on President Trump, and I think former President Trump wants it too." } 2022 Midterm Elections More

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