Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon said Sunday she disagreed with former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose family supported Dixon’s campaign, about the role former President Trump played in the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol. .
“The secretary knows that she and I differ on this issue. I want to make sure that political speech is always protected because that can open up a can of worms for anyone on both sides of the party. But the secretary knows I don’t agree with her on that,” Dixon told Fox News Sunday host Bret Baier.
DeVos resigned from the Trump administration the day after the Jan. 6 riots, citing Trump’s involvement.
“There is no question about the impact your rhetoric has had on the situation, and that is the inflection point for me,” DeVos wrote in her resignation letter, read aloud to the committee on Jan. 6 on June 28, 2022.
Dixon was also asked if she believes the 2020 election was stolen by Trump, who continues to make false claims about his loss to President Biden.
Dixon dodged the question but said the election was “certainly a cause for concern” because of changes made to accommodate voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We need to make sure that our elections are secure and what happened in 2020 will not happen again,” she said.
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Trump threw his support behind conservative commentator Dixon on Friday. The DeVos family endorsed Dixon in May.
Dixon is in the primary with a handful of other candidates vying for the GOP nomination in the Aug. 2 election, with recent polls showing Dixon leading the others.
The Republican nominee will face incumbent Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in the general election.
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