Election denier Kristina Karamo voted out as Michigan Republican party chair
Election denier Kristina Karamo voted out as Michigan Republican party chair
Critics say the QAnon conspiracy theorist, in the position less than a year, failed to deliver on funding promises
Critics say the QAnon conspiracy theorist, in the position less than a year, failed to deliver on funding promises
A group of Michigan Republicans voted on Saturday to remove Kristina Karamo as state party chair after months of infighting and slow fundraising raised concerns her leadership would hurt the party’s chances in the key swing state in 2024.
Karamo, a former community college instructor and election-denying activist who was elevated to her post in February, has indicated she would not respect Saturday’s vote, setting the stage for a potentially messy court battle over party leadership.
At a special meeting called by critics of Karamo, nearly all of the state committee members present voted to remove her from her post, according to Bree Moeggenberg, a state committee member who helped organize the meeting in Commerce Charter Township.
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She has failed to deliver on that promise while angering many of her supporters with what they have called a lack of transparency from her administration. Contributions from the party’s largest donors have dried up, leading to a cash crunch.
A report released last month by Warren Carpenter, a former congressional district chair and one-time Karamo supporter, said the state party was mired in debt, on the “brink of bankruptcy” and “essentially non-functional” under her leadership.
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I listened to her in this podcast about the situation:
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/820/believe-in-me
One point she makes is that there is too much focus on money, and that money is not the point of a party.
I wish that were true, but it's not, at least in the USA.
I liked when the reporter asked Karamo if she could name just one example of how they've been fundraising and she said yes but still failed to do so.
Kristina Karamo
We're not bankrupt. That's not true. So the thing about it is, we are operating at a positive cash flow. So yes, it has-- have I hit the financial goals that I would like? Not at the level I would like, but we are on our way.
Zoe Chace
Well, that's why I guess I'm asking just for any example. Is there a fundraiser in which you tapped into businesses that had been sitting on the sidelines, like you talked about in your campaign?
Kristina Karamo
Of course.
Zoe Chace
Or something like that?
Kristina Karamo
Of course.
Zoe Chace
Just any specific you can give me?
Kristina Karamo
Yeah, well, for one, yes. But I don't know what specific you're looking for. Because my question is, why are you so dogmatic on the notion of people who want to push the elitist narrative? That's my question. Because I've answered it multiple times.
But my question to you, so why are you so aggressive on that notion? I'm not going to go through the nuts and bolts of every person who's given $1 or $10,000 or $20,000 to our administration. I've answered, we're operating at a positive cash flow.