Donald Trump has emerged victorious in the Michigan primary. The former president had been leading by between 43 and 60 points in polls published before voting began on Tuesday. But a majority of the Michigan GOP’s delegates are awarded on Saturday, at a state party convention with its own chaos.
Saturday will see two GOP conventions, both claiming to be the authentic one that will assign 39 delegates versus tonight’s 16. One will be chaired by Pete Hoekstra, recognized by the Republican National Committee. The second convention is chaired by Kristina Karamo, the former official chairman whom Hoekstra ousted in January.
Karamo claims the ouster was illegal, while Bethany Wheeler, a state committee member, offered the following analogy:
“If this was a corporation, that’s the board. They’ve now fired the CEO, basically. She can fight it. But the fact of the matter is she was removed by the state committee, and now they are in charge.”
A judge also ruled Karamo is no longer chairman.
Donald Trump is expected to outperform expectations tonight, as things stand, while Joe Biden appears to be getting decimated by “Uncommitted” in the Democrat Michigan Primary.