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GOP official steps down days after sounding the alarm on the midterms: report

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The 19-year-old chairman of the Republican Party of Marquette County , Michigan, has resigned, days after a series of anonymous posts he authored warning of collapsing GOP enthusiasm ahead of November's midterms went viral and drew national scrutiny. The development was flagged on Monday by The Detroit News. Jackson Karki stepped down over the weekend before fellow county Republican leaders could even hold a planned meeting to discuss how to respond, according to Jennifer Jermalowicz, the party's new interim chairwoman. Karki had been posting under the pseudonymous " Red Lion Politics " X account, which has more than 30,000 followers. "The vibes on the ground are the worst I've seen in my life," the account posted on September 17. "No one wants to promote candidates, no one wants to knock doors, no one wants to do (expletive)." Journalist Jake Lahut connected the account to Karki in a report published the next day, exposing his identity to a much wider audience. Jermalowicz said county

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