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☆ What we know about the 16 fake electors charged in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Some of the GOP electors in Michigan were local activists who were recruited to serve as “fake electors,” all while inaccurately believing there was still a chance that then-President Donald Trump might secure a second consecutive term. CNN has reached out to the 16 fake electors for comment about the criminal charges. Here’s what we know about the 16 fake electors facing state charges. Meshawn Maddock, 55, was co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party during the 2020 campaign and is married to a GOP member of the Michigan House of Representatives. James Renner, 76, was also brought in later in the process to replace one of the original GOP electors.

Persons: ”, Donald Trump, Meshawn Maddock, Kathy Berden, Marian Sheridan, Kent Vanderwood, Stanley Grot, Amy Facchinello, Ann Henry, Michele Lundgren, “, we’d, Trump, …, ” Clifford Frost, John Haggard, Timothy King, Rose Rook, Mayra Rodriguez, Hank Choate, Sonny Perdue, Ken Thompson, Thompson, James Renner Organizations: CNN, Republicans, Republican National Committee, Trump, Michigan Republican Party, GOP, Michigan, Representatives, Republican National Convention, Wyoming City Council, 2nd District Republican Party, Genesee County Republican Party, Congressional, Republican, Democratic, Detroit Free Press, Michigan GOP Locations: Michigan, Washington ,, DC, Wyoming , Michigan, Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Shelby Township, Grand Blanc, Flint , Michigan, Genesee, Michigan’s, Lansing, Detroit, Macomb County, Van Buren County

☆ Michigan announces felony charges for 16 Trump-backed electors who tried to overturn the election
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges against 16 "fake" electors. The felony charges mark a historic first against a pro-Trump scheme to overturn the 2020 election. Nessel's decision is the first time that pro-Trump electors who sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election are facing state charges. They are often called fake electors since President Joe Biden's electors were the duly elected representatives based on the state's certified election results. Each of the 16 individuals will face charges related to forgery generally and election law forgery, specifically.

Persons: Dana Nessel, Meshawn Maddock, Donald Trump, Nessel, Joe Biden's, Trump, Mike Pence Organizations: Trump, Michigan Republican Party, Service, The Detroit News, Michigan GOP Locations: Michigan, Wall, Silicon, United States of America

☆ Trump's die-hard fans handed him another $6.6 million after he was indicted a second time, according to his campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump has received some $6.6 million from his fans in "a few short days," his campaign said. The fundraising boost echoes the $15 million Trump raised when he was first indicted in March. On Wednesday, he announced that his campaign raised $6.6 million in the "few short days" before and after he was arraigned. Trump raised $15 million in the two weeks after his first indictment in Manhattan, giving a significant boost to his previously dwindling donations, per The New York Times. His supporters also sent him $1.5 million in the days after he falsely predicted that he would be arrested on March 21.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, he's, Trump, Bret Baier, Abraham Lincoln Organizations: Trump, Service, New York Times, Fox News, Michigan GOP Locations: Bedminster, Miami, New York, Manhattan, Michigan

☆ Michigan GOP to change 2024 nomination process, may boost Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/4] Kristina Karamo, a candidate for the Michigan Republican Party's state party chair, speaks to delegates ahead of their vote on the key party leadership position, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 18, 2023. That could serve as an advantage for Trump given his popularity among local party officials, some Republicans and political experts said. Michigan Republicans have been weighing changes to its delegate-selection process after the Democratic Party, which controls the state legislature, moved forward its primary to Feb. 27. Kristina Karamo, chairwoman of the Michigan Republican party, said on Saturday that the hybrid primary and caucus plan was aimed at avoiding a penalty from the RNC. "If Trump is really strong in Michigan he may sail to the nomination."

Persons: Kristina Karamo, Nathan Layne, Donald Trump, Trump, Michael Schostak, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Tim Scott, Chris LaCivita, DeSantis, LaCivita, Karamo, Elaine Kamarck, William Mallard Organizations: Michigan Republican, REUTERS, Republican, Republican National Committee, Trump, Michigan Republicans, Democratic Party, RNC, Republicans, Twitter, Brookings Institution, Thomson Locations: Lansing , Michigan, U.S, Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan's, Florida

☆ Two GOP election deniers who were soundly defeated in the 2022 midterms are the top candidates to lead Michigan's Republican Party
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two 2020 election deniers are the top candidates to lead the Michigan GOP headed into 2024. The state party on Saturday will decide on a leader to replace outgoing chair Ron Weiser. But the outlet also reported that the state GOP had over $2.3 million in outstanding debts in its main state campaign account. Former President Trump is backing Matthew DePerno to lead the Michigan Republican Party. "We must start by supporting Matt DePerno for chairman of the Michigan Republican Party.

☆ Ronna McDaniel locked down votes for RNC chair despite the midterm debacle. Here's how she did it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Jonathan-Allen-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Jonathan Allen | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

An ally, Richard Porter, an RNC member from Illinois, met with her in Washington to make sure she wanted to run for another two-year term. And the most ardent Trump critics among RNC members say McDaniel, Trump's pick for the post six years ago, is too close to him. Bill Palatucci, an RNC member from New Jersey, said he opposes McDaniel's re-election for that reason. For McDaniel to lose, an opponent would have to win the remaining undecided RNC members and swipe nearly two dozen avowed McDaniel backers. Lori Klein Corbin, an RNC member from Arizona who hasn’t committed to any candidate, said McDaniel hasn’t asked for her vote yet.

☆ Fewer states than ever could pick the next president
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Five states decided the last presidential race by flipping from Trump in 2016 to Joe Biden in 2020 – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The Democratic and Republican presidential nominees have each carried 20 states in every election since at least 2008. Democrats did not demonstrate the capacity to threaten any of the GOP’s core 20 states, as Republicans did in Nevada. A race with just Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona as true battlegrounds would begin with Democrats favored in states holding 260 Electoral College votes (including Washington, DC) and Republicans in states with 235. After 2022, the list of genuinely competitive presidential states may be shrinking, but, if anything, that could increase the tension as the nation remains poised on the knife’s edge between two deeply entrenched, but increasingly antithetical, political coalitions.

“Personalities come and go,” said Dave Ball, the GOP chair in Pennsylvania’s Washington County, who has supported and defended Trump. Trump is preparing to do just that, with a Tuesday announcement expected at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. In Illinois, Republicans had threatened to take two state Supreme Court seats and flip state Senate and House seats. In Pennsylvania, GOP leaders had hoped to at least hold on to the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Pat Toomey. Trump lost the state by narrow margins in 2016 and 2020.

☆ Retired conservative federal judge calls the 2022 midterm elections a 'resounding victory for American democracy' after many election deniers lose races across the country
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

J. Michael Luttig called the 2022 midterm results a "resounding victory for American democracy." "I don't think of the mid-term elections in the partisan political terms of whether the Democrats or the Republicans 'won' or 'lost.' I think of these midterm elections only in the 'constitutional' terms of whether American Democracy won or lost," he tweeted. And the elections were indisputably a resounding victory for American democracy," he continued to say. "Just as the People vest and entrust their power in their political leaders, so also can they divest those political leaders of that entrusted power – divest the demagogues and charlatans among their leaders who have betrayed them," he wrote.

☆ The 2022 election disaster that wasn't: The system worked and Trump-backed candidates are conceding
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The run-up to Election Day 2022 was marred by fears of chaos and refusals to concede. A slew of Trump-backed candidates who rejected the legitimacy of the 2020 election were on the ballot. Election Day went smoothly, and while there were minor issues in places like Maricopa County, Arizona, they were quickly identified and resolved and there were no broader infrastructure problems. Taking a lesson from the 2020 election, cybersecurity and election security officials also stepped up efforts to combat disinformation related to this year's midterms. Crucially, many of Trump's handpicked candidates conceded defeat when their races were called.

☆ Fans hail Trump-backed Michigan gubernatorial candidate for her 'common sense' attitude but say they're glad her experienced running mate will be around if she wins
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michigan GOP gubernatorial hopeful Tudor Dixon is running to unseat incumbent Gov. Dixon's running mate, Shane Hernandez, is a former Michigan state representative. Jazmine Early, a Macomb County resident who said she's been involved in local politics for more than a decade, called the first-time candidate vying to unseat incumbent Democratic Gov. Warren Rojas/InsiderKatrina Whetsel, a Macomb County resident and local GOP official, agreed wholeheartedly with Early. Laura Davidson, a Kent County resident, said she was sure Dixon was in good company.

☆ Video: Hear robocalls paid for by Arizona and Michigan GOP encouraging voting by mail
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Michigan GOP gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon says 'single women working' lead 'a pretty lonely life'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dixon said that the incumbent governor's "dream for women" is to have "single women working." Gretchen Whitmer of not providing support for families in the state, arguing that the governor favored "single working women" who have "a pretty lonely life." Single women working. Single women working. I think that's pretty twisted," Dixon told the newspaper.

☆ Michigan GOP gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon mocks 2020 kidnapping plot against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michigan GOP gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon mocked the kidnapping plot against Gov. "Gretchen Whitmer sure is good at taking business hostage and holding it for ransom," Dixon said. Two men were convicted in the plot, in which they sought to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home. Insider contacted Dixon's campaign office for comment, but didn't immediately receive a reply Saturday. "Tudor Dixon's comments are dangerous, an insult to law enforcement who keep us safe, and utterly disqualifying for the role of Michigan governor," he said.

☆ Hot mic catches South Korean president insulting US Congress, describing them as 'idiots'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol was captured on a hot mic reportedly disparaging American lawmakers. Yoon was overheard calling members of US Congress "idiots" in a now-viral clip. The remarks were made after Yoon met with US President Joe Biden in New York City. Yoon and Biden met Wednesday at the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference in New York City. The South Korean president's remark was apparently in reference to Biden pledging $6 billion in funding to the Global Fund, an international organization that aims to defeat HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria.

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