Two women, Marian Sheridan and Diane Shindlbeck, also ran for leadership positions, which, along with Ms. Maddock, formed the Trump Republicans from Michigan after he was elected in 2016. The group has organized rallies, caravans and forums across the state to promote support for its regular election campaign.
“The Republican Party has evolved into the Trump Party, and from Weiser’s point of view, it’s brought a lot of new people to the party, and it’s his job to keep them there,” said Tom Shields, a Republican political consultant in Lansing. with Marketing Resource Group. “And it’s smart to use Meshawn as a tube for the grass roots.”
The race to lead the Michigan Republican Party was thwarted this week when Mrs. Cox, the current chairman, on mr. Weiser is targeting a party official who called a “bad payout” to drop him from the 2018 Secretary of State race.
Mrs. Cox claims that Mr. Weiser sent $ 200,000 to Stan Grot, the clerk of the Shelby township in Macomb County, so that Mary Treder Lang would have no opposition to the Republican nomination as Secretary of State, Ms. Cox said. She said this is not only unethical, but could also be a violation of state campaign funding legislation. She passed her complaint to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat who could launch an investigation into the state Republican Party.
“If you think what Ron did is good, then vote for him,” she said. Cox wrote in an email to party delegates Thursday. “If you do not want rear camera offers and secret payouts, then vote for me.”
In a message on social media, Mr. Weiser the accusations of me. Cox ” a shameful attempt to destroy our party with unfounded and reckless conspiracy theories so she can get back in the chair and save her salary. ‘
He said the money given to Mr. Cave Paid was for organizing work he did in Macomb County, a major Republican stronghold during the 2018 election cycle.