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Related: About this forumMichigan GOP infighting leads to actual fight between Karamo, DePerno backers
LANSING An alleged assault on the eve of a Michigan Republican Party leadership meeting stemmed from an escalating proxy battle between new state GOP Chair Kristina Karamo and former ally Matthew DePerno, party insiders say.
Authorities say local police were called to a patio bar at the Doherty Hotel in Clare on Friday night, where members of the Michigan GOPs new state central committee gathered for their first formal meeting the following day.
A video recording obtained by Bridge Michigan shows a confrontation between Kalamazoo Republican Party Chair Kelly Sackett and Macomb County GOP Secretary Melissa Pehlis. After they exchanged words, Sackett appeared to knock a cigarette and phone from the hand of Pehlis, who responded by thrusting an open hand at Sackett's head.
Sackett told Bridge she filed a police complaint over the incident but declined further comment. Bridge was unable to reach Pehlis, and the Macomb County Republican Party did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-gop-infighting-leads-actual-fight-between-karamo-deperno-backers
Authorities say local police were called to a patio bar at the Doherty Hotel in Clare on Friday night, where members of the Michigan GOPs new state central committee gathered for their first formal meeting the following day.
A video recording obtained by Bridge Michigan shows a confrontation between Kalamazoo Republican Party Chair Kelly Sackett and Macomb County GOP Secretary Melissa Pehlis. After they exchanged words, Sackett appeared to knock a cigarette and phone from the hand of Pehlis, who responded by thrusting an open hand at Sackett's head.
Sackett told Bridge she filed a police complaint over the incident but declined further comment. Bridge was unable to reach Pehlis, and the Macomb County Republican Party did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-gop-infighting-leads-actual-fight-between-karamo-deperno-backers
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Michigan GOP infighting leads to actual fight between Karamo, DePerno backers (Original Post)
demmiblue
Apr 2023
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Reminds me of the fight at a Republican conference on Mackinac Island a few years ago.
FireUpChips10
Apr 2023
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Srkdqltr
(7,612 posts)1. They sound like a bunch of drunks.
Good grief.
FireUpChips10
(23,987 posts)2. Reminds me of the fight at a Republican conference on Mackinac Island a few years ago.
marmar
(78,002 posts)3. From controlling both houses of state govt. to total joke in less than a year.
Walleye
(35,147 posts)4. That is some low-class shit right there
What is the question the woman keeps asking the Marge Taylor clone?. How many lines you got or something. Are they sniffing coke