Meijer, who voted to impeach former President Trump after the 2021 Capitol attack, lost to Trump-backed challenger John Gibbs on Tuesday after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads who support Gibbs. Meijer’s race was among a series of primaries in which Democratic campaign arms spent money on Trump-backed candidates, a strategy ostensibly aimed at making it easier for Democrats to win the general election. “I mean the DCCC should be ashamed of itself,” Kinzinger said. “If Peter’s opponent wins and goes on to win in November, the Democrats own this. Congratulations,” he continued. “Here’s the thing, don’t keep asking me where all the good Republicans are who stand up for democracy and then take your donors’ money to spend half a million dollars promoting one of the worst election deniers out there.” Although some Democrats have come out against the DCCC’s strategy, top Democratic officials such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have come out in favor of the tactic. “The policy decisions that are being made out there are being made to advance our election victory,” Pelosi said last week, “because we believe that the opposition between Democrats and Republicans — as it is now — is so drastic that we have to win. “ Paul Pelosi pleads not guilty to misdemeanor DUI charges Pelosi’s flight to Taiwan most watched in Flightradar24 history Meijer’s loss is another victory for Trump, who has made it a midterm priority to remove Republicans from office who have publicly opposed him since the Jan. 6 Capitol uprising. Meijer said Democrats ignored “certain moral boundaries” in politics when they supported his opponent. “If successful, Republican voters will be blamed if any of these candidates are ultimately elected, but there’s no doubt that the Democrats’ fingerprints will be on the gun,” Major said in an essay posted online Monday.
