GOP’s Meijer voted to impeach Trump. Now Democrats are targeting him.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has become the latest party entity this election year to aid a Trump-endorsed Republican in a primary against a candidate who has resisted the former president.

• The DCCC's investment in Michigan's 3rd District - which was redrawn in the decennial redistricting process to become more Democratic - marks the first time the House Democratic campaign arm put money behind an ad interfering in a GOP primary.

The DCCC ad shows Gibbs next to the 45th president

• In the past, Gibbs has promoted a baseless conspiracy theory about Democrats and in 2016 he suggested in a tweet that Democrats were focused on "Islam, gender-bending, anti-police."
• Many Republicans in Meijer's district were furious that he bucked Trump, and several county-level GOP groups censured him for his impeachment vote, though the larger state party voted down a censure resolution.

The committee declined to comment beyond Maloney's remarks on the strategy.

• A party operative familiar with the strategy described it as an easy call
• Even if Meijer wins, he would be a vote for the GOP speaker and would present a threat to democracy
• Such an approach will end up electing more politicians who Democrats and Republicans consider dangerous

Some voters in the district said they still supported Trump but were willing to give Meijer a pass on his impeachment vote

• Tim Fosse, a retired veteran, said he's less worried about Washington political infighting than he is about fixing the economy.
• "What matters is how he represents the people and what is he going to do to help Michigan?"

Democrats have elevated other pro-Trump Republicans this year in places where they are confident they can beat them

• The Democratic Governors Association bought or shared the costs on ads in several of its targeted states to help Trump-endorsed Republicans defeat candidates who they see as more appealing to independents
• Most of these candidates in these primaries embrace the “big lie” and end up in the MAGA camp 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/27/meijer-trump-impeachment-democrats/