Berrien County GOP, American Legion, comment on controversial “Battlefield Michigan” event in Stevensville

Berrien County GOP, American Legion, comment on controversial “Battlefield Michigan” event in Stevensville

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

American Legion post attempted to cancel Berrien County GOP event

STEVENSVILLE — Officers from the American Legion post in Stevensville say their hands are tied when it comes to hosting a controversial event that will feature Jan. 6 insurrectionists this week.

Stevensville American Legion issues statement on planned GOP event

The American Legion post in Stevensville is responding amid controversy about its hall being used as the venue for an engagement of the Berrien County GOP this Friday. The party is welcoming some January 6 defendants and two men charged in the kidnapping plot against Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The two January 6ers were convicted but later pardoned by President Donald Trump. The kidnapping plot suspects were acquitted. The Berrien County GOP book…