Late at night on the second Tuesday of January, Peter Meijer, a 33-year-old freshman congressman from West Michigan, paced the half-unpacked rooms of his new rental apartment in Washington,. Meijer benefits from representing wealthy and well-educated pockets of West Michigan, an area where pious Dutch sensibilities tend to dull the partisan discourse. Updated: 08/04/2022 01:53 PM EDT. The central policy connection publicly shared by many Republicans who prevailed is some level of rejection of the 2020 election results, ranging from tacit and careful dodging to blasting conspiracy theories. Meijer says hes pretty much resigned to Trump winning his partys nomination in 2024, and worries that the odds of Trump returning to the White House are growing stronger as Bidens presidency loses steam. Genealogy profile for Peter Meijer Peter Meijer (1737 - 1739) - Genealogy Genealogy for Peter Meijer (1737 - 1739) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. He won the Republican Primary in August 2020, earning 50% of the vote against 4 other opponents. I also have a boat that I bought for $5,000 on Craigslist. Peter Meijer, a Republican, is celebrated by the furthest left media for his anti-Republican actions during his short time in DC. Later, after spending 18 months in Afghanistan as a conflict analyst, he finished graduate school at NYU and found work doing urban redevelopment in Detroit. I think he had a very negative impact on both candidate selection in terms of endorsements, but also just the amount of quality candidates in competitive seats. Is Aymeric Jett Montaz in a Relationship? And I saw this kind of firsthand in Washington - a fear of trying to improve something because if you touch it, you take responsibility. The first-term congressman served in the Iraq war and cast one of his first House votes to impeach . In my mind, not going to something like that is a sore loser move. March 1, 2023, 4:39 PM. Wren: Would you run for the seat again in 2024? Late at night on the second Tuesday of January, Peter Meijer, a 33-year-old freshman congressman from West Michigan, paced the half-unpacked rooms of his new rental apartment in Washington, D.C., dreading the decision he would soon have to make. Four of his bills were signed into law, including establishing a Department of Homeland Security trade and economic security council. Peter was born on January 10, 1988, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Peter has created his Instagram account as votemeijer with 123 posts and 2,151 followers. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Peter was born on January 10, 1988, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. China invades Taiwan, he said in a podcast interview. The next morning, January 13, Meijer received an encrypted message just as he was arriving at the Capitol. And I think it was really unfair that the state party threw her under the bus. As a Sergeant, he led the mission and soldiers, which resulted in the detention for killing American soldiers. In some places, he delivered, but the positive-to-negative ratio started to shift pretty dramatically, giving into some of the most unchecked impulses. Justin Amash, the congressman who represented Michigans Third District for a decade, had by virtue of his constant criticism of Trump worn out his welcome with many Republican voters. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/USA Today Network Peter Meijer exchanged wedding vows with his wife in Rio de Janeiro in September 2017. Then he ordered an evacuation of the chamber. 3. Though born with a silver spoon and silver platter, Peter has always had the desire to serve his nation and his countrys people. Gutting, he wrote back. The first trailer for Disney+'s upcoming live-action puts a new spin on the classic story based on the J.M. He remembers raiding a refrigerator in the office of Kevin Brady, the ranking Republican on the committee, and drinking a beer to pass the time. There are people who are actively trying to fight the problem. But I think broadly, populist sentiment and a belief that our institutions are failing, our institutions are corrupt, our institutions are irredeemable is becoming a very common belief on both sides of the aisle, and there is good reason to believe it. Interestingly, he has no known male siblings. Haley Meijeris one of Peters siblings. Meanwhile, Democrats spent about $400,000 to help Mr. Meijers Republican challenger in the Michigan primary. They want life in the shoes of the 10 of us to be miserable. The question he and his friends now ask of themselves isnt just Can I win reelection? Instead, he said, Its Am I going to have to talk for the next few years about Italian military satellites and bamboo ballots and whatever [MyPillow CEO] Mike Lindell says?. Rep. Peter Meijer. I just feel lonely, he told me, sighing with exasperation. Meijer, 29, is the oldest son of Hank Meijer, co-chairman of the family-owned Michigan-based supercenter chain with more 230 stores across the Midwest. Do you have any regrets? Peter Meijer, a Republican, is celebrated by the furthest left media for his anti-Republican actions during his short time in DC. For a few minutesit felt much longerthey were on their own. As of late January, he says, I thought there was the opportunity to have a harsh confrontation with reality. Hes been working hard on a lot of other things. Walking back with barely a brisker pace to the gallery, he discovered another officer guarding the door. Many people came together this week to ensure Mr. Meijer would not return to Congress in 2023 and would instead be replaced on the ticket and possibly in Congress by John Gibbs, who has said the 2020 election results are mathematically impossible.. Congressman Meijer joins us now. That wont necessarily require the overt delegitimization of American democracy. The member responded that he was not; that no matter his belief in the legitimacy of the election, he could no longer vote to certify the results, because he feared for his familys safety. You can see how a Democratic official would, on some cynical level, justify the risk of helping to elect a conspiracist who might win anyway, especially if nobody can really know how a candidate who carefully dodges the question about the 2020 election would act in office. Its a common instinct, and a dangerous one, because the party is playing its own long game. (This last topic allowed Meijer numerous victory laps for the unauthorized trip he took to Kabul during the U.S. evacuation. Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump after the Capitol riot, has narrowly lost his Republican primary to Trump-backed conservative challenger John Gibbs . But thats also the type of long-term reform where you have to have an understanding and an expectation it will be probably chunked out with an idea of giving folks more comfortable, very substantive change. Interestingly, he has no known male siblings. Its better not to poke the bear, they tell him; better to let Trump and his loyalists forget the name Peter Meijer altogether. Gibbs has been endorsed by former president Donald Trump. Meanwhile, some of the really serious, severe things that are critical for us to get ready for the future of the country: competing with China, dealing with our deficit, dealing with entitlement reforms. But as he began talking with his colleagues, he was shocked to realize that more of themperhaps far more of themwere now preparing to object to the election results than before the riot. (Calhouns leaders accused Meijer of having betrayed the trust of so many who supported you and violate[d] our faith in our most basic constitutional values and protections.) The next month, as other local parties across Michigan were debating similar reprimands of both Meijer and Fred Upton, the state GOP chair joked with party activists that assassination was one remedy for dealing with the two of them. When Amash made it known in the summer of 2019 that hed be leaving the party to become an independent, Meijer announced that he would seek the Republican nomination. After the vote, Meijers congressional officestill barely staffedwas inundated with calls and messages. But Peter Meijera junior Republican representative from Michigan and an heir to the multibillion-dollar Midwestern supermarket chain that bears his family namewas one of them. Congressman Meijer has criticized the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which spent big money on ads to boost his opponent. Its even more rare for somebody who worked and lived by themselves in downtown Kandahar City I just have a unique perspective and personal network. In fact, Haley Meijer wants her brother out of DC so much she is a "top fan" of Norton's, according to Norton's campaign Facebook page. While they looked down on some of their senior-most colleagues being rushed off the floor, Stephanie Bice, a fellow Republican freshman from Oklahoma, told Meijer that they were witnessing history. Theres a lot of work that we were able to get done; but a lot more that we had hoped to be able to do. Meijer: Weve gone back and forth on whether or how we can quantify that. Wren: As the scion of the Meijer supermarket franchise, you could be next in line to take it over. PETER MEIJER: Thank you for having me on. Meijer was the only freshman among themand the only freshman in U.S. history to vote to impeach a president of his own party. Peter Meijer: Obviously bittersweet. A lot of other folks gauge their metrics by just bill introductions. After January 6, Peter Meijer thought he could help lead the Republican Party away from an abyss. Everyone is worried that our sovereignty is going to be stripped away; dont do anything. And half the time, you dont really have any authority over that. Trump targeted Meijer who is in his first term and is a member of the wealthy family that owns and operates the eponymous grocery store chain bearing his last name for voting to impeach . He has shared pictures of his family, his wife, his time in Iraq as the US Army, and his election campaign. And then incumbents dont have that disadvantage. He is a member of the Meijer family, the owners of the Meijer superstore chain. He ultimately studied at the Military Academy for one year at West Point before transferring to Columbia University. We had a moment in one of our town halls [when] there were all these people who said, Can we talk about something else now? Meijer recalls. MEIJER: You know, I don't want to overextrapolate from my one scenario. Not long after that, Representative Paul Gosar announced his objection to the results in his home state of Arizona, the third in the alphabetical roll call. But his brain dissented. Im proud that the prior record for the number of bills signed into law by a freshman in the minority was at two, and now were at least four I would argue five. Everyone fell still; the room full of old friends whod been buying raffle tickets and cracking jokes was suddenly on edge. Whatever his final decision, Meijer didnt want to blindside the people back in his district. How many did you help evacuate? Peter Meijer is the heir to the multibillion-dollar company with a net worth of $6 billion. But I think there is certainly a broader trend. He is currently 34 years and was born on January 10, 1988, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. The folks who whipped up [the violence] were just as terrified as everyone else; they fled like everyone else, Meijer says. Wren: As a veteran who served in the U.S. Army Reserves in Iraq, and as an NGO operative in Afghanistan, one of your key goals was to reform the War Powers Act. His side is unilaterally disarming while the other side is escalating every day. His optimism didnt last long. Here are some tips. 2. Obviously, we werent able to get that signed into law. You want to be locked in, he asked Meijer, or locked out? That seemed like an easy call. Peters father and mother Deborah Meijer have two other children. By Wednesday morning, it was too early to declare a winner in the races involving Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler and Dan Newhouse. 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