LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – When the Michigan GOP chair candidates were showing up at candidate forums and making speeches to win the position, many were saying that the chair would have two main goals – to fundraise and elect Republicans.

The winner of the contest, former Michigan GOP Secretary of State Republican candidate and 2020 Detroit poll challenger, Kristina Karamo, didn’t seem to talk much about those goals during her campaign though – and it appears that they weren’t high priorities the past week leading up to election day in which she was close to silent on the elections going on across the state.

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Regardless of any Republican victories that were eked out during Tuesday’s elections in the state, the MIGOP was a complete failure in any sort of mission to use their time to elect Republicans or to get initiatives passed – unless silence is their strategy.

Unlike the Michigan Democrat Party (MDP) whose chair Lavora Barnes sent out an email on Tuesday morning asking their voters to show up at the polls, the MIGOP didn’t email any sort of “get out the vote” message at all on election day. What they DID email out on election day was a press release announcing that they had hired a legal team to file an amicus brief in the lawsuit concerning the Democrats’ plan to keep President Trump off Michigan’s ballots.

Meanwhile, taking Michigan elections seriously was the MDP who told their supporters in an email, “Team…Many communities across our state have local races on the ballot today. If you aren’t sure whether or not you have an election today, fill out this form to view your sample ballot.” They provided a link to a website and hours for in-person polling as well as instructions on filling out an absentee ballot that could be returned to their clerk’s office or a secure drop box by 8:00 p.m. Directions were also given to polling places and a hotline was given for voter assistance.

While the MDP was busy getting their voters to the polls, the MIGOP was busy posting an anti-Peter Meijer comment on X/Twitter on Monday morning after he announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate – a race that was NOT on the ballot on Tuesday. The Michigan GOP X/Twitter account said, “Peter Meijer voted to impeach President Trump. Remember that.”

Yes, that would be the second time in the week that the MIGOP was concerned about defending Trump instead of getting their voters to the polls.

Minutes later, after the original anti-Meijer post was made, the MIGOP sent out an apology email and put up a new X/Twitter post that said, “The Michigan Republican Party remains neutral and supportive of all Republican Primary candidates. Unfortunately, an over-zealous intern posted a negative comment regarding a candidate that does not reflect the position of the MIGOP. This matter has since been dealt with and the post removed. Our sincerest apologies.”

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It looks like the MIGOP might actually NEED over-zealous interns to engage the public though because the party itself doesn’t appear to be doing much of it. Looking at the MIGOP’s social media pages, the election didn’t seem to be a big deal there either. Their Facebook page hasn’t had a post since October 24th with a statement opposing abortion bills. Their X/Twitter account had a post the day before the election on November 6th that simply said, “Get out and VOTE TOMORROW.” That post had a whopping 23 “likes,” 5 comments and a lackluster 3,608 views. On election day, they strangely took the time to post an X from the national GOP about polls opening in Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia and New Jersey. Their Instagram account only has 5,293 followers compared to the MDP that has 11.9K. And the emails from the MIGOP tend to lean on communicating ideological statements instead of organizing their voter base to win elections.

The MIGOP didn’t say much before the election either. Back at the end of October, the MIGOP sent out an email to ask for poll challengers and other monitoring positions during the election but no “get out the vote” effort was utilized, not even a little one. Instead, four days before the election, an email was sent out about the Democrats’ abortion bills. And on November 3rd, they posted a cryptic “God is in control” post on X/Twitter.

Before being elected chair by the state’s Republican precinct delegates, Karamo had promised to “reinvigorate disillusioned activist and donors who have walked away from the party” but that doesn’t necessarily appear to be the case.

Campaign priorities according to her website had been to capture young voters, take advantage of new voting laws from Proposal 2, change the public perception of Republicans, and empower precinct delegates. However, those priorities, whether being worked on or not, don’t appear to be generating Republican turnout or donors to the party. In October, the party had to take out a  $110K loan to cover a speaker fee at their conference on Mackinac Island. Karamo had told Bridge Michigan, “We had a goal to raise money for that event and unfortunately that did not occur.”

If the party can’t raise money for an event, how are they going to raise money for a Republican victory in Michigan in 2024? Especially when they decide to use some of the money they are raising on attorneys to help former President Trump’s presidential bid.

With a party that was reportedly in debt to the tune of $641K back in April, a party that needs a loan to pull off a political event and a party that has decided that Trump is a priority, what will happen to the candidates for the state House, congressional races, and the open U.S. Senate seat? Are they all on their own or is there a MIGOP victory plan? And will there even be any money available for a plan?

If yesterday’s election is any indication of the participation that the MIGOP intends to be engaged in to win elections for the state’s Republican party, it doesn’t bode well for Republican victory in 2024.

Michigan News Source reached out to the MIGOP about what they did to help Republicans in yesterday’s elections and their plans for the future but they didn’t return our request for comment.