While speaking in support of Republican U.S. Senate Candidate and former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake) Monday, Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra said he feared Democrats would “steal some votes” in audio obtained by the Detroit News .
In the recording, taken from a Monday fundraiser in Farmington Hills, Hoekstra noted the party’s support for Rogers saying the party would do everything it can to make sure Rogers wins his election against U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly).
While Hoekstra pointed to Roger’s past experiences winning close races, with Rogers winning the race for U.S. Representative in 2000 by 160 votes , Hoekstra said it’s something the party wouldn’t recommend this election cycle.
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“If it gets that close, we are afraid that they will steal some votes to make sure that he doesn’t win,” Hoekstra said in the recording shared by the News .
Republicans both in state and across the country have repeatedly falsely accused Democrats of stealing elections following former President Donald Trump’s loss to President Joe Biden in 2020, in which Biden defeated Trump 306-232 in the electoral college and by a 4-point margin in the popular vote.