The Republican hopefuls are embracing many aspects of Trumpism, while also running up against the limits of its appeal in a swing state.
Richard Czuba, an independent pollster based in Michigan, said the state’s MAGA contenders largely have had to moderate their pitch in the final weeks of the campaign out of political necessity.
In an “empty chair debate” Saturday night in Grand Rapids — a Trump-style gimmick in which Gibbs and DePerno “debated” their absent Democratic opponents — Gibbs attempted some of Trump’s signature moves such as nicknames and insults. But his delivery was so dry that he came off more as the former software engineer and Department of Housing and Urban Development employee he was than a MAGA acolyte.
“What I tell people right now is I’m the one on the ballot and he’s not on the ballot and other people are not on the ballot,” Gibbs said. “I, John Gibbs, am on the ballot. So I tell people, I’d love to share my story, I’d love to have you listen to it, and then vote for me based on my background, my qualifications.”Tom Barrett, an Iraq War combat veteran and Republican state senator, is facing incumbent Rep.
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