Deadline Detroit | Michigan Democrat tweets election advice for Mellissa Carone, with a sharp edge
Talk about casting shade. A Lansing Democrat posts advice for rookie politician Mellissa Carone that sounds more like sniper shots than heartfelt suggestions.
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“Since you are a new candidate, I thought I would provide you with the necessary information on how to file a candidate and become Michigan Campaign Finance compliant. [law]”tweets Barb Byrum, Ingham County Clerk since 2013.
Carone, nationally ridiculed after violent testimony on Dec. 2 in Lansing about alleged presidential ballot fraud in Detroit, said she would move from Grosse Pointe Woods to Lake Orion and run in 2022 for a sits in the State House, as Deadline Detroit reported on Jan.22.
The 33-year-old Republican registered a nominating committee on Feb. 3 and said her priorities were electoral integrity and the restoration of “traditional conservative values.” In a Live interview On Wednesday, Carone talks to Malachi Barrett about another goal:
If elected, Carone said she would push to do away with irrelevant postal voting, a right added to the Michigan Constitution by a voter-supported voting initiative in 2018.…
Carone repeated various refuted allegations regarding rigged voting machines, secret ballots and an international conspiracy to hack the presidential election. She said there should be “some sort of re-election” to replace President Joe Biden. …
Carone said she had [Rudy] Giuliani’s endorsement, but has not spoken with Michigan Republican Party leaders about his campaign.
The newbie contestant has more formalities to go through, as Byrum shouts in a 10-tweet thread after Carone followed her on this social media platform. Extracts:
According to your announcements in the press, this deadline may have already passed. If so, you may already owe campaign finance fines to the @MichSoS I would check, because they stack up quickly. https://t.co/WtnjxObGBS
– BarbByrum (@BarbByrum) February 9, 2021
Byrum, a former three-term state representative (2007-12), ends with these shots:
Since websites cost money to host and credit card services have fees, you’re probably already in violation of several campaign finance laws. More fines are likely to come, unless you sort this out …
– BarbByrum (@BarbByrum) February 9, 2021
So you might want to tone down the lies about election rigging …
– BarbByrum (@BarbByrum) February 9, 2021
Related:
Mellissa Carone registers as a candidate at Michigan House, February 9