Contemplating a field dominated by grassroots activists running on far-right messaging, the former Republican congressman Fred Upton said: “We lost the entire statehouse for the first time in 40 years, in large part, because of the top of the ticket.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/19/election-denier-michigan-republican-party-kristina-karamo-trump

It turned off a lot of voters,” former longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Fred Upton said.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/leaderless-michigan-gop-seeks-new-direction-in-chair-race/article_2f5cbd42-5ac2-5191-b34f-684c9f190a9a.html