Michigan House candidate Robert "RJ" Regan denounced for comments about rape

Top Michigan Republicans on Tuesday denounced a state House candidate over his remarks about rape, the latest in a number of controversial comments from the man who narrowly won a special GOP primary a week ago. Robert "RJ" Regan made the statements Sunday in a livestream hosted by a conservative group that was posted on Rumble. 

He advocated for decertifying the 2020 presidential election, telling another participant who said it is too late to do anything that her attitude is like what he tells his three daughters: "Well if rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it."  

On the day of his upset victory in Kent County's four-person primary, he called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "fake war just like the fake pandemic." He also shared antisemitic social media posts in 2021.