The state party has voted to oust Kristina Karamo, but she is refusing to accept the result. So who’s in charge?

Michigan’s Republican party has devolved into feuding factions – and at this point, it’s not even clear who, if anyone, is in charge.

Kristina Karamo, the Michigan GOP’s election-denying chair, was ousted in a 6 January vote held during a special meeting called by state committee members critical of Karamo. But she and the faction that support her have refused to step down, further inflaming the chaos that has engulfed the swing-state Republican party with the 2024 presidential election just months away. On Saturday, the party will meet to vote on a new state party leader.

Even if Karamo’s opponents succeed in choosing a new chair this weekend, their vote is unlikely to settle the matter – dragging the beleaguered party deeper into internal conflict that promises to escalate as the 2024 elections approach.

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    But she and the faction that support her have refused to step down, further inflaming the chaos that has engulfed the swing-state Republican party with the 2024 presidential election just months away.

    Even if Karamo’s opponents succeed in choosing a new chair this weekend, their vote is unlikely to settle the matter – dragging the beleaguered party deeper into internal conflict that promises to escalate as the 2024 elections approach.

    Karamo’s opponents have signaled they will go to court to settle the matter, while her remaining allies within the state party sent cease-and-desist letters to them on Thursday alleging trademark infringement and warning them to stop using Michigan GOP logos and branding.

    The crisis within the Michigan GOP may be the most dramatic example of the rift that has grown within the Republican Party across the US since Donald Trump left office, with members clashing over election denialism and the US Capitol attack.

    By the time Karamo was elected to chair the party in 2023, she already had a reputation for floating wild conspiracy theories and had made an unsuccessful bid for Michigan secretary of state.

    Local party officials questioned financial decisions by the party’s leadership under Karamo, including their decision to take out a loan to pay a more than $100,000 speaking fee for Jim Caviezel – the actor who starred in The Passion of the Christ and has emerged as a celebrity proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory.

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