"Business as usual" will continue for Kristina Karamo, the disputed chair of the Michigan Republican Party (MRP), even after yesterday's letter signed by Republican National Committee (RNC) General Counsel Michael Whatley and Chief Counsel Matthew Raymer.

Neither of the disputed, contested, alleged or deposed Michigan Republican Party (MRP) Chairs Kristina Karamo or Pete Hoekstra will be credentialed as voting members at the Republican National Committee (RNC)’s winter meeting next week.

The faction of the Michigan Republican Party (MRP) State Committee that voted Friday to remove Kristina Karamo from the chairmanship on Jan. 6 has elected former Congressman and U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra to lead the party.

A trolling email using the moniker “Unshackle the Mitten” asked Republican precinct delegates in a mass Wednesday email if they stand with disputed Michigan Republican Party Chair Kristina Karamo so she can “continue the work of God.”

The year's first logjam of the split Democratic/Republican House came Wednesday when Republicans declined to sign off on the cleanup of legislation that allows child care centers contracting with community mental health services to use physical “emergency safety intervention” in certain cases.