Meijer: ‘Not one’ regret over Trump impeachment vote despite defeat

“Not one,” Meijer said when asked if he has any regrets from his vote to impeach Trump. “I would rather lose office with my character intact than stay reelected having made sacrifices of the soul.”

The West Michigan lawmaker said he was proud of his Republican colleagues who “have been willing to fall on their swords” rather than finding ways to rationalize “the unacceptable or ignoring the glaring problems that are staring us in the face.”

While Trump and his allies have claimed credit for Meijer’s defeat, the challenger Gibbs was perhaps the beneficiary of a boot from an unlikely source: Democrats. Eager to elevate a candidate it viewed as easier to defeat in November’s general election, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee aired ads reminding Republican voters that Gibbs was endorsed by Trump. The strategy sparked blowback from some Democrats who characterized the push to back Gibbs in the primary as risky.

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