(CBS DETROIT) – Kristina Karamo was expelled earlier this year as chair of the Michigan Republican Party, but her fight to regain leadership of the party is not over.
Karamo and her attorney Daniel Hartman have officially asked the state Court of Appeals to overturn Kent County Circuit Court Judge J. Joseph Rossi’s ruling. decision to remove Karamo and reinstate her as state party chairman.
“I think it’s tragic because six months have been wasted. Not just six months, but for the entire last year, it was just these people fomenting chaos, spreading lies, sowing discord, sowing confusion when we had a country to save,” Karamo told CBS News. Detroit.
“We challenged five issues with Judge Rossi’s opinion on the appeal,” Hartman said. “The first and only of the things that are a case killer is the fact that the judge had no right to make the decision, and that is subject matter jurisdiction.”
In the months since Rossi’s decision in February, former Rep. Pete Hoekstra said has taken on the role of Michigan GOP chairman. In response to the lawsuits, Hoekstra said the party is focused on electing Republicans.
“No distractions!” Hoekstra writes in a statement.
Tyson Shepard, the party’s executive director, also wrote in a statement: “How Kristina Karamo chooses to waste her time and money is up to her.”
It’s a response that Karamo says he found humorous.
“I mean, it’s hilarious that he says that,” she said. “That shows what a puppet this guy is. I mean, he says these lawsuits are a waste of time and money. While it was his accomplices who filed the lawsuit.’
The continued unrest within the state Republican party comes just weeks before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Karamo said she would not discuss whether she plans to attend.
Elle Meijers
