LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan Republicans voted on Saturday to remove state GOP Chair Kristina Karamo. The move came after many  party leaders called for her resignation following a year of leadership plagued by debt, infighting, and messaging problems.

Karamo did not attend the meeting and sent an email to constituents on Saturday night saying, “The rogue cabal of anti-grassroots establishment operatives, led by Melinda Pego [sic], initiated the attempted coup when they colluded with Matt Daperno and other unethical individuals from the Oakland County Republican Committee.”

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She called the meeting and her removal “illegal” and “illegitimate.” The email also said Karamo “and her administrative officials will take swift and decisive action to hold all participants in today’s attempted coup accountable to the fullest extent allowed under the rules of the Michigan Republican Party bylaws.”

The scuffle takes place as the 2024 election cycle unfolds and Republicans look to rebound from the abysmal 2022 midterms. Michigan is looking to flip now retiring Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow’s seat, as well as fill outgoing Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee’s U.S. House seat.