Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon stuck by former President Donald Trump on Sunday, claiming she disagreed with former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on his involvement in the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol.
Dixon, who has been endorsed by both Trump and DeVos, said DeVos knows she disagrees with her. DeVos resigned as Trump’s education secretary on Jan. 7, 2021, citing the effect of Trump’s “rhetoric” on the rioters.
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“The secretary knows that she and I differ on that subject,” Dixon said on Fox News Sunday. “I want to make sure that political speech is always protected because that could open a can of worms for anybody on both sides of the party. But the secretary knows that I disagree with her on that point.”
Dixon, who received the backing of both Trump and DeVos, also dodged a question from Bret Baier on whether she thought the 2020 election was stolen, a change from her stance in May, when she indicated she believed Trump was the “rightful” winner of the election. Dixon on Sunday hinted that the election security was compromised due to the pandemic, a source of “concern” for the gubernatorial hopeful.
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“We have to make sure our elections are secure and what happened in 2020 doesn’t happen again,” Dixon said.
Dixon is the front-runner for Tuesday’s Republican primary, leading a handful of other candidates for the nomination. The winner will face Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November.
