DRYDEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman who quit the Republican Party to protest GOP efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump has died. Paul Mitchell died Sunday, according to a statement his family provided to CNN. In December, near the end of his second term, he left the GOP and became an independent amid Trump’s false claims that he beat Biden. “Congressman Paul Mitchell served Michiganders with integrity, bringing Midwest grit to our nation’s capital to champion issues important to our state and its people,“ state Republican Party Chairman Ron Weiser said Monday. His wife urged people wishing to honor him to donate money to local foster care charities.

Source: thestar August 16, 2021 18:11 UTC