Fury at Michigan officials charged in 2020 false electors scheme: ‘This isn’t who we are’

State Republican lawmakers who allegedly signed on as Trump's false electors in 2020 face anger, prosecution and recall

When the news broke in 2020 that 16 Republicans in Michigan had signed a certificate falsely claiming to be electors for Donald Trump, Rose Herweyer was dismayed to find a prominent local politician, Kent Vanderwood, listed among the signatories.

His willingness to sign a fake elector paper and try to send that in and negate Michigan's actual vote speaks to his integrity," Herweyer said of Vanderwood, who was then a member of the Wyoming, Michigan, city council. How can I trust anything he does?"