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.
Nah, they liked that she was black and in qanon. Gave them someone to point to when they were reminded of their parties racism.
What they dont like is that she deliberately pissed off the “country club” republicans that spend the big donor bucks and didn’t pull in any of the small donor MAGA dollars she said she would make flow in. Now they have no money and have to oust the “populist” leader whose lies they loved a year ago in order to toadie up to the old donors.
Its just a money/hierarchy thing.