Michigan Governor Race: Candidates Continue to Question 2020 Election Results
In the race for Michigan’s gubernatorial seat, two Republican contenders maintain that the 2020 presidential election was unjustly taken from Donald Trump.
During an event on April 13, covered by the Midland Daily News, Rep. John James and state Sen. Aric Nesbitt voiced their beliefs that Michigan’s Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, favored President Joe Biden, influencing the election outcome. Benson is currently running as a Democratic candidate for governor.
Nesbitt decisively stated, “Trump won Michigan” in the last election. Meanwhile, James, who had campaigned for the U.S. Senate in 2020, suggested that the election was also unfairly taken from him.
“Who here believes that Jocelyn Benson … screwed Trump in 2020?” James asked. “Who here believes the president won in 2020? All right, well, if you do, I outperformed President Trump in 2020, and there are five judges that agree with you that Jocelyn Benson had her thumb on the scale in 2020.”
In the 2020 election, Biden secured his Michigan victory by a margin exceeding 154,000 votes, while Sen. Gary Peters defeated James by 92,000 votes.
Despite ongoing claims from Trump about election fraud, numerous legal challenges and independent investigations have refuted these allegations.
Following the 2020 election, Trump criticized Benson for her endorsement of mail-in voting, labeling her as a “rogue Secretary of State.” This criticism led to armed Trump supporters protesting outside Benson’s residence with threatening chants.
Addressing the incident, Benson tweeted, “The individuals gathered outside my home targeted me as Michigan’s chief election officer. But their threats were actually aimed at the 5.5 million Michigan citizens who voted in this fall’s election, seeking to overturn their will. They will not succeed in doing so.”
James and Nesbitt are set to compete in the primary on August 4.
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