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Making Sense of American Chaos: Interview with GOP Former Congressman Peter Meijer

Aatman VakilbyAatman Vakil
March 28, 2023
in Opinion
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Making Sense of American Chaos: Interview with GOP Former Congressman Peter Meijer

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Republican Peter Meijer served as the United States representative for Michigan’s third district in the 117th Congress, and recent news reports indicate that he may be a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2024. Currently a fellow at the UChicago Institute of Politics (IOP), he graciously agreed to sit down with the Thinker for a full-length interview.

Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Meijer served his nation by enlisting in the Army Reserves, in which capacity he was deployed to Iraq in 2010 to conduct intelligence operations. He subsequently led humanitarian efforts in disaster-hit areas both domestically and globally, including in South Sudan and the Philippines, and worked for a nongovernmental organization in Afghanistan.

Meijer was elected to the House in 2020, a cycle wherein the Democrats retained control of Congress. Even so, he was an active legislator, working keenly to address issues such as human trafficking, supply chain disruptions, the cost of living crisis, and veterans’ health and well-being.

Early in 2021, Meijer voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump after the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. He was subsequently defeated in the 2022 election cycle by a Trump-endorsed primary challenger.

My interview with Meijer covers three broad topics: his views on government regulation and the American dream, the topic of his seminars at the IOP; foreign policy, in particular the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and Russia’s war in Ukraine; and his experiences in U.S. politics and thoughts on the future of the Republican Party.

Watch our full conversation below:

* The views expressed in this article and video solely represent the views of the author, not the views of the Chicago Thinker.

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Aatman Vakil

Aatman Vakil

Aatman Vakil is a staff writer for the Chicago Thinker. As a senior at the College, he is majoring in Economics and Music. He has a profound interest in Renaissance, Early Modern, and Indian history, and he is active in various ensembles on campus, specializing in Renaissance and Baroque music.

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  1. Jay els says:
    2 months ago

    “Early in 2021, Meijer voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump after the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. He was subsequently defeated in the 2022 election cycle by a Trump-endorsed primary challenger.”

    I respond:

    Translation: He took the 30 pieces of silver, betrayed Trump and all regular non Woke Americans – for what? Just to get accepted at David Axelrod’s U C Institute of Politics?

    What was the bloody point of Impeaching Donald Trump after Jan 6th 2023. He had lost a (corrupt election) and only had ~ 2 weeks left in office? It’s just vindictive and petty by the Deep State, Woke, Lugenpresse and RINO punks.

    It’s the same with PC CRT, LGBT 100% Abortion up to Birth people who came from a “Catholic Christian” background that insists like senile Biden that they are somehow still “Catholics”. Nope, Nope and Nope.

    What purpose does the Chicago Thinker have if the only “Conservatives” they interview are bad conservatives, traitors like this Peter Meijer?

  2. jaye els says:
    2 months ago

    Is this as* hole, Cuckservative RINO , fa**ot Peter Meijer still hanging out at U Chicago, in Hyde Park?

    If so I’d like to challenge him to a boxing match. I’m 62 years old, but rather fit, I’ve got the boxing gloves (no hand raps) and mouth guards.

    It’s no use trying to use reason with sucks, RINO, fa**ots like Peter Meijer. They do what they do because they are punks and are rewarded the same way jail house punks and traitors are rewarded – with some meals, scraps from the table.

    Shame on the Chicago Thinker for treating this worst ever Cuckservative RINO with any respect.

    Yep, I challenge him and the likes of Mittens Romney, Pau Ryan, fa*** t, lisping Lindsey Graham those Cucks still left at Jonah Goldbergs (Inter) National Review to a boxing match.

    marquis de queensbury boxing rules

  3. Jeffrey Quick says:
    2 months ago

    The family business has totally sold out to the gay agenda, which is why I won’t shop there anymore. Peter seems not to have fallen far from the tree.

  4. Bob Ross says:
    1 month ago

    “Progressives have been ignoring the rule of law since Brown v. Board in 1954, when the Supreme Court substituted progressive morality for the U.S. Constitution to strengthen the push for school desegregation.” -Ben Ogilvie

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