Kid Rock Eyed as Potential GOP Senate Candidate
Kid Rock — wild rock star, Grammy nominee, record producer, actor … and senator?!?
The “Let’s Ride” rocker from Romeo, Michigan, is being eyed as a potential candidate for the GOP seat in his home state, RollCall.com reported Tuesday.
Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, has been proposed as a possible Republican contender for Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow’s Senate seat next year.
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His name was suggested at the Michigan Republican Party convention last weekend, but no official decisions have been made, according to Roll Call.
The five-time Grammy nominated musician was an outspoken Trump supporter during the presidential campaign, appearing at numerous rallies and selling pro-Trump merchandise.
The “Devil Without a Cause” musician expanded his merchandise line last December after the election to include a number of T-shirts — including one design declaring, “_onald Trump: The ‘D’ is missing because it’s in every hater’s mouth.” Another read: “God Guns & Trump.”
One particularly eye-catching design featured a map of America broken up into red (Republican) and blue (Democratic) states, with a helpful color key noting that red represents “United States of America” and blue represents “Dumbf-kistan.”
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If successful in a political campaign, Kid Rock would become the first GOP candidate to win that seat since 1988. Stabenow has held the position since 2000.
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