In a race that received widespread national attention and generated millions of dollars in spending, Donald Trump-endorsed challenger John Gibbs stunned Rep. Peter Meijer in Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District Republican primary on Aug. 2.
It served as another test for House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.
Meijer, whose surname is familiar because of his family’s national supercenter chain that is based in Michigan, was the only freshman legislator of the 10 House Republicans who chose to impeach the president in the final days of his term.
Rep. Peter Meijer inserts his ballot into the voting machine at a precinct in Grand Rapids, Michigan on August 2. (Jeff Louderback/Epoch Times)
In Washington state hours after Meijer was defeated, two additional Trump impeachment voters won their respective primaries….