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Michigan Republican Resigns from GOP Committee

April 26, 2022 at 11:19 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Tony Daunt, a longtime Michigan Republican insider, resigned Tuesday night from the GOP’s state committee, saying party leaders had made the coming election a test of ‘who is most cravenly loyal’ to former President Donald Trump,” the Detroit News reports.

In an email to party leaders, Daunt described Trump as a “deranged narcissist.”

He added: “Incredibly, rather than distancing themselves from this undisciplined loser, far too many Republican ‘leaders’ have decided that encouraging his delusional lies — and, even worse — cynically appeasing him despite knowing they are lies, is the easiest path to ensuring their continued hold on power, general election consequences be damned.”

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