Republican parties in important swing states are falling behind
The MAGA makeovers of state parties are driving away donors—and potentially voters
STANDING ON A podium in a pink hotel ballroom Kristina Karamo, the chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party, addressed a group of Republican university students. “I first got my start in politics on a college campus,” she said. “I picked up a book called ‘The Politics of Population Control’, and I learned that…the abortion movement…was a plot to lower the human population.” So began the 35th Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference.
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United States October 7th 2023
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- Republican parties in important swing states are falling behind
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