Patrick Colbeck is a member of the Michigan Republican Party and a former candidate for Governor and former State Senator. He has spent the last eight months attacking the integrity of our elections in the State of Michigan. 

Colbeck and his associates have attacked elected and unelected members of the Michigan Republican Party in the process of furthering his conspiracy theories regarding the November 2020 Election. Specifically, he has called for the censure of those Republican Senators on the Oversight Committee who have published a report indicating that there was no systematic fraud with respect to the November 2020 General Election. 

In response to Colbeck and his associates’ claims, Senate Republican Leader Mike Shirkey has said that “The effort by those who are echoing Trump’s scenarios, I just think that they’re, frankly they’re actually destroying the fabric of our nation, and it’s a bit shameful.”

In this light, it is imperative for the integrity of our republic that the MI GOP censure Former Senator Patrick Colbeck for his actions at the next meeting of the MI GOP state committee in August.  These actions are responsible for fomenting division, not unity, within not only the Michigan Republican Party but nationally, as well, as it undermines the peaceful transition of power, which is a key tenet of our democratic republic.  Failure to censure this former Senator for his actions will further divide the State of Michigan.  Republicans can no longer sit idly by as prominent members of their party promote the corruption of our American ideals.

This call for censure is a direct result of his abject disregard for the public trust in our electoral process and, by extension, our democratic system of government. This choice is now before the delegates, state committee members, and officers of the Michigan Republican Party.