(For example, in a hypothetical 2024 primary between Trump and Florida Gov. The Michigan Republican Party appears to be somewhat in flux right now - with many devotees to the ex-president, but there are signs of waning support. “If he endorsed her, it would turn off people who are grassroots towards him,” Rebandt said. Rebandt told the Advance Friday before Trump made his endorsement that it would be a mistake for him to pick Dixon. Gretchen Whitmer in the November general election. Ralph Rebandt and chiropractor Garrett Soldano will face off in Tuesday’s GOP gubernatorial primary on Tuesday following a race that has been largely molded by Trump and Trumpian, national right-wing talking points, from a barrage of disinformation about the 2020 election to transphobic attacks. Trump’s announcement comes at the tail end of a race dominated by conspiracy theories about the 2020 election - namely that Trump won, which he did not - and one in which all of the candidates have clamored to appear cozy with the former president and the policies he, and now largely Republicans nationwide, have embraced.ĭixon, far-right activist Ryan Kelley, businessman Kevin Rinke, the Rev. Tudor Dixon participates in a GOP gubernatorial debate as part of the Mackinac Island Policy Conference, J| Laina G. The great people of Michigan got it - just like I did,” Trump wrote just after 8 p.m. Then, after recognizing her during my Rally speech in April, her campaign took off like a rocket ship.

She delivered a powerful speech on how she would lead Michigan, fight for Election Integrity, turn around the Economy, and protect the future of Michigan for every child. “When I met Tudor Dixon, she was not well known, but I could tell she had something very special - it was a quality that few others have. Later that evening, Trump made it official with a typically flamboyant statement, much to the chagrin of the other GOP candidates and many of his most ardent supporters. “All of her supporters are working hard for Endorsement/Victory. “Brought her to everyone’s attention at our big Michigan Rally,” Trump wrote, referring to the April 2 rally he held in Macomb County. “Giving Tudor Dixon a good, hard look,” Trump wrote Friday morning on Truth Social, the social media company he founded after being kicked off Twitter in the wake of attempting to overturn the 2020 election he lost to President Joe Biden.

Days before Michigan’s Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump made an announcement some of his supporters had begged him not to do: He just might endorse right-wing media personality Tudor Dixon for governor.

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