Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Michigan is where Republicans can barely avoid jail, let alone win
Scuffle breaks out at Michigan GOP state committee meeting
Tensions within the Michigan Republican Party evolved into a physical altercation that drew police Saturday to the GOP's state committee meeting at a hotel in Clare.
As Michigan Republicans have been openly feuding over the party's direction and the leadership approach of new Chairwoman Kristina Karamo, some were frustrated that the beginning of Saturday's special meeting at the Doherty Hotel was limited to only members of the state committee…
In an interview, James Chapman, a Republican from Wayne County, said he traveled to Clare for the meeting but was forced to listen to it through a locked door.
Chapman said he and others said the Pledge of Allegiance together in the lobby outside the meeting and acknowledged he wiggled the knob of one door leading to the meeting room.
Eventually, Mark DeYoung, chairman of the Clare County Republican Party, heard the [doorknob] wiggling and walked over to the door, where he saw someone flip him off through a small window.
DeYoung opened the door.
"He kicked me in my balls as soon as I opened the door,” DeYoung said.
Not a metaphor.