Like a 'hot air balloon rapidly losing helium': Michigan GOP's 'civil war' stuns analyst

The Democrats's woes in the the state of Michigan when it comes to the 2024 election have got nothing on the Republican Party, an analyst wrote Friday.

While it's true that President Joe Biden has an uphill battle in the state when it comes to the Arab-American vote, a columnist wrote it's nothing compared to the absolute implosion that's happening to the state's GOP.

According to MSNBC host Alex Wagner, one advantage Biden has is the fact that the Michigan Republican Party is collapsing on itself, "like a souffle, or a hot air balloon rapidly losing helium. Something highly collapsible."

Wagner contends that the Michigan GOP's problems began when it chose Kristina Karamo, a "vocal election denier," to be the new head of the party after she had just lost the race for Michigan Secretary of State but never conceded. After Michigan Republicans put her in charge of the party, they immediately began squabbling over the decision.

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"After Karamo’s first year as chair, the state’s Republican Party was in dire financial straits, which led to accusations that Karamo misused party funds, Wagner wrote.

"In January, a faction of the party voted to oust Karamo and elected a new party chair. The only problem was that Karamo is an election denier — and election deniers do not admit defeat or concede power. That’s kind of their whole schtick. So began the Michigan Republican Party’s civil war."

Thanks to that civil war which is still dragging on, the upcoming Republican primary is looking like it's going to be a mess. Thanks to "complicated calendar shenanigans," the state will be holding both a Republican primary and a Republican “caucus convention” this year.

"So that means there will be one Republican Primary and two Republican caucus conventions this year. Which is a whole lot of nominating contests for one party in one state. But hey, why not?"

Read the full op-ed at MSNBC.com.