By Orlandar Brand-Williams
U.S. House (click here) Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has endorsed Peter Meijer in the Republican primary for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District. Pictured is Meijer during a Republican debate at Noto's Old World Italian Dining in Cascade Township on Dec. 2, 2019.
Freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Meijer (click here) appeared to blast some Trump conservatives as "treacherous snakes" in his Memorial Day observances on social media as the military veteran slammed those "salivating for civil war."
Meijer, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq as a non-commissioned officer and was a conflict analyst in Afghanistan, issued a three-tweet barrage Monday about the holiday. It included his "struggle with Memorial Day" due to "browing-beating from the holier-than-thous."
But the 33-year-old congressman from Grand Rapids Township also acknowledged the sacrifices of veterans for whom Memorial Day holiday was created 50 years ago....
Meijer, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq as a non-commissioned officer and was a conflict analyst in Afghanistan, issued a three-tweet barrage Monday about the holiday. It included his "struggle with Memorial Day" due to "browing-beating from the holier-than-thous."
But the 33-year-old congressman from Grand Rapids Township also acknowledged the sacrifices of veterans for whom Memorial Day holiday was created 50 years ago....
