Tensions flare in Michigan primary as socialist surge threatens establishment picks
The drama in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District’s Democratic primary reached a boiling point Wednesday after former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam hinted that former U.S. The staffer called Brink, who has led in multiple public polls, a “spoiler.”“Non-Lawrence vote is greater than Lawrence vote in #MI07,” Maasdam’s campaign manager Emma Grundhauser wrote on X. “And yet Bridget Brink, seeing the same trends in polling – has decided to stay in this race and play spoiler.”The statement created a firestorm of reaction, with Brink and Maasdam allies each racing to their candidate’s defense.Advertisement“I think he’s the strongest candidate in the general election,” Sen.
- ▪The drama in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District’s Democratic primary reached a boiling point Wednesday after former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam hinted that former U.S.
- ▪The staffer called Brink, who has led in multiple public polls, a “spoiler.”“Non-Lawrence vote is greater than Lawrence vote in #MI07,” Maasdam’s campaign manager Emma Grundhauser wrote on X.
- ▪“And yet Bridget Brink, seeing the same trends in polling – has decided to stay in this race and play spoiler.”The statement created a firestorm of reaction, with Brink and Maasdam allies each racing to their candidate’s defense.Advertiseme
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The drama in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District’s Democratic primary reached a boiling point Wednesday after former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam hinted that former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink should drop out of the race ahead of Tuesday’s primary.Maasdam and Brink, two moderate, establishment-backed candidates, are in a bitter battle to secure the nomination, which has been turned upside down by progressive William Lawrence gaining momentum, a shift that could result in Lawrence prevailing if Brink and Maasdam split the more moderate vote of the Democratic primary voters in the district.
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