Lansing Sun

The Calhoun County Republican Party’s executive committee in Michigan on Feb. 11 censured Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) for his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump.

“As our membership diligently debated what course of action to take in this matter, it ultimately came down to the fact that, without so much as a hearing, with few settled facts at your disposal, no due process, and with a key charge of the impeachment resolution that you clearly disagreed with, you still chose to join Democrats in a partisan rush to judgment in an attempt to remove a president that was already set to leave office in just seven days,” the formal censure letter states, according to The Epoch Times.

This is the first time Meijer has been censured and he said he had made his decision (to impeach) because he thought it was right.

“It’s not a surprise,” Meijer told WZZM of the censure, The Epoch Times reported. “This was not a decision that we expected would be politically popular. We made the decision based on what we thought was right and necessary and where we think accountability should lie for the events of January 6th.”

Meijer, who has only been in the office for a month, is not the only Republican to be censured for voting to impeach Trump. Wolverine State congressman Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), has already been censured by two county Republican parties. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the third-ranked House Republican, was also censured by Wyoming GOP executives earlier this month.

Cheney already has two challengers for the 2022 primary while Meijer will be faced by Tom Norton whom he defeated last year. Meijer’s predecessor, former Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) quit after voting to impeach Trump the first time. 

The decision to censure Meijer was passed two days before Donald Trump’s acquittal. On Saturday the Senate voted 57-43 to impeach Trump, a margin not big enough to convict him.