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He voted to impeach Trump. Did it kill his career?

Rep. Peter Meijer was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, but back in his district a right-wing base on the rise hopes to punish him for his vote. Read More: Less than two weeks after arriving in Congress, one of Republican Rep. Peter Meijer’s first votes was to impeach former president Donald Trump after the events of January 6, 2021.  Now, Meijer is fighting for his seat back home in his western Michigan district where supporters of the former president have mobilized in staunch opposition to the congressman. And despite bucking his party to stand with Democrats in impeaching Trump, Democrats trying to flip his seat blue <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/27/meijer-trump-impeachment-democrats/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">have interfered in the primary to boost his opponent</a> in the hopes of facing an easier opponent in the fall.  Today on Post Reports, politics producer Arjun Singh takes us to western Michigan to understand the stakes of this Republican primary and explore just how strong Meijer’s opposition really is.  Help us learn a little more about our listeners and take The Washington Post’s <a href="https://washingtonpost.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZHpmYJGYp8PGYK" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">podcast survey here</a>.

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