Sunday, May 26, 2024

GET ME REWRITE: Crackpots at Ottawa County (Michigan) Republican Party endorse Ottawa Impact crackpots on Board of Commissioners

 
HeadlineMichigan Advance, 5/25/2024
Defying tradition, the Ottawa County GOP has issued candidate endorsements a full two months before the Aug. 6 primary, a move several area Republicans argue interferes with voters. 
“This is totally unprecedented,” said Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra. 
The county GOP’s endorsement convention on May 16 wasn’t entirely surprising after far-right fundamentalist group Ottawa Impact took a controlling majority on the county board of commissioners and within the local party network early in 2023. 
The group, which formed in 2021 over frustrations with county and state COVID-19 mitigation measures, is led by self-described “parental rights advocatesparental rights advocates” Joe Moss and Sylvia Rhodea and currently holds a six-seat controlling majority on the 11-member Ottawa County board. Supporters often are critical of what they view as ineffective establishment conservatives who have led the party previously.


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