QAnon loyalist demands appeals court reverse 'injustice' — and reinstall her as GOP chair
Former MAGA secretary of state candidate, QAnon believer and self-described Michigan Republican Party chair Kristina Karamo is asking a state appeals court to put her back in charge of the GOP, The Detroit News reported Monday.
For months, Michigan was split between Karamo and former ambassador Pete Hoekstra, who was elected to the post by party leaders.
In 2023, Karamo was installed as the state party chair, but after some controversy, two votes were held, the final of which voted her out with 55 percent. On Valentine's Day, 2024, Hoekstra was voted in. Karamo sued, but a judge ruled against her.
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Karamo continued to battle Hoekstra, claiming he was not the rightful chair. Her lawyer Daniel Hartman filed a request to an appeals court asking that the panel consider the case. He also asked that they expedite it.
"Please help this injustice and rectify with reversal," Hartman wrote in the weekend motion.
The Karamo appeal revealed that state Republicans still haven't been able to fully focus on the 2024 election over the inter-party battles.
"Judge Rossi must be reversed, and the permanent injunction rescinded, and it must happen soon with all the scheduled events on the near calendar," Hartman wrote.
"Certain top donors chose to stop funding the party," Hartman then said in his Sunday motion asking for a speedy decision.
The claim is curious because Karamo's administration was cursed with fundraising woes. The Detroit News recalled that "the party had about $35,000 in its bank accounts in August."
Trump supports Hoekstra as the chair, but Karamo is a long-time MAGA loyalist known for advocating 2020 election conspiracy theories and QAnon beliefs that Democrats are selling the organs of children.
“There’s a ton of money involved in those freshly harvested organs,” Karamo told RedPill78 in a 2020 podcast.