The Michigan GOP director resigned after facing pushback for criticizing Trump

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LANSING, MI A Michigan Republican Party official who faced calls for censure and removal after blaming Donald Trump for losing the 2020 election has resigned.

Jason Roe announced his resignation Wednesday from his position as executive director of state of the Republican party.

I resigned from the position as executive director and the reasons remain between me and (GOP Chairman Ron) Weiser. Weve built an amazing team and I know they will be successful in 2022. I look forward to helping with whatever I can, Roe said.

Roe, who faced pressure from grassroots activists for his criticisms of Trump, did not go into the details of his departure.

Read more: Conservative activists demand removal of Michigan GOP official for dishonesty with Trump

More than 550 conservative activists have supported an effort to insult and remove Roe for comments made that blew former President Donald Trump away in the 2020 election.

In an interview on May 17 with MIRS News, Roe said he stands by earlier statements that Trump blew the election in 2020. Roe said joining the Republican Party was one of the biggest challenges going into the election season last year. 2022.

Eight months after Michigan certified the election results, the GOP is talking to internal disagreements about whether to support Trump’s false statement that state election votes were stolen from him. Trump himself told supporters to remove Republicans who were disloyal to him after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Debra Ell, a well-known grassroots organizer who collects signatures to insult Roe, told MLive on Wednesday that she believes Roe was fired.

He had no choice, Ell said. This is the beginning of the RINO hunt.

He was too arrogant to blame the loss of the 2020 election on our Republican president not the Democrats and cited no fraud. So he called our president … He really doesn’t represent us as America First Republicans in Michigan and yes ROE MUST GO! Ell said in a Facebook post.

Weiser declined to comment on speculation that Roe was removed in an interview with MLive on Wednesday, but insisted that his removal was Roes’ own decision.

He has other chances and this is his decision, Weiser said.

Note: This story has been updated to include additional comment

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