MICHIGAN CONGRESSMAN DUMPS GOP OVER TRUMP’S CRAZY ANTICS

Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell of Michigan has told Jake Tapper of CNN that due to his disgust and disappointment with President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the election, he has requested the Clerk of the House to change his party affiliation to "independent."

In an interview with CNN published on December 15, 2020, Mitchell said he has written GOP leaders that he is withdrawing his "engagement and association with the Republican Party at both the national and state levels."

"I supported the administration policies 95%, 96% of the time the last two terms. I've been actually in the national state party. But this party has to stand up for democracy first, for our constitutional first and not political considerations. It's not about a candidate. It's not simply for raw political power and that is what I feel is going on and I've had enough," Mitchell told Tapper.

Mitchell, who is retiring at the end of this session of Congress, says he fears that the House GOP leadership's participation in the outgoing President's conspiracy theories and attempts to disenfranchise millions of American voters to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory could cause "long-term harm to our democracy." He added: "This election simply confirms to me that it's all about power first, and that frankly is disgusting and demoralizing."