DETROIT — With a week to go before Michigan's primary, national Democrats are spending big to help the far-right challenger to freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said it's spending at least $425,000 in the Grand Rapids media market to run a TV ad over the next week about Meijer's opponent, John Gibbs of Byron Center.
The ad is a fake attack on Gibbs that could help promote his name among Trump's base, claiming Gibbs is "too conservative" for west Michigan but also saying he was "handpicked" by Trump to run for Congress, worked in his administration and would pursue Trump's policies in office.
