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Chlamydia “more popular than Donald Trump” says former Michigan GOP leader
A former Republican leader in Michigan has claimed Tuesday night’s GOP primary shows that “chlamydia” is more popular than Donald Trump with some voters in the state.
The Context
Trump cruised to yet another GOP primary victory on Tuesday, winning in Michigan by more than 40 points ahead of Nikki Haley (68.1 to 26.5) percent, his only serious challenger left in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to Associated Press projections.
Haley still receiving more than a quarter of the votes in a primary race she is all but certain to lose had led to suggestions that Trump does not have enough support in a general election to win the key swing state, which President Joe Biden won by three points in 2020.
Former President Donald Trump is seen at an event at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino on February 08, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A former Republican leader in Michigan has claimed Tuesday night’s GOP primary shows that “chlamydia” is more popular with some voters in the state than Donald Trump.
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What We Know
Speaking to Meidas Touch Network, Jeff Timmer, former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party, suggested that the “big story” coming of the state’s GOP primary is that Trump did not get support from key demographics and that the former president will “never” get these votes.
“The big story is it’s not just that Donald Trump continues to lose either three or four out of every 10 Republican votes, it’s that those voters are never, ever, ever coming back to Donald Trump,” Timmer said.
“Chlamydia is more popular than Donald Trump among college-educated white voters, especially white women, and even non-college, white, mainstream Protestant women.
“The fact that Donald Trump will never get their votes, that’s the big story out of Michigan tonight. The way it should be covered Donald Trump’s results are much weaker than they appear to be. And Joe Biden’s results are stronger than expected.”
Trump’s office has been contacted for comment via email.
Biden also easily won Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, despite strong support for people voting for “uncommitted” in protest at the president’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
More than 81 percent of Democratic voters in Michigan, which has the largest U.S.-Arab population in the country, backed Biden for the party’s presidential nominee, with “uncommitted” getting more than 100,000 votes (13.3 percent) on the ballots.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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