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Republican Rep. Peter MeijerPeter MeijerSunday shows - Officials brace for Jan. 6 anniversary GOP rep says Republicans have 'no other option' than to back Trump Sunday shows preview: Omicron surge continues; anniversary of Jan. 6 attack approaches MORE (Mich.) on Sunday said the GOP has no other option than to back former President TrumpDonald TrumpCheney cites testimony that Ivanka asked Trump to 'please stop this violence' on Jan. 6 McCarthy says Democrats using Jan. 6 as 'partisan political weapon' Biden, Harris to speak on anniversary of Capitol insurrection MORE, pointing to the actions of the Biden administration in its first year.

During an interview on NBCs Meet the Press, host Chuck ToddCharles (Chuck) David ToddJan. 6 panel eying subpoenas to force Republican reps to cooperate Nearly one year after Jan. 6, investigation into riot in full force Thompson says Jan. 6 panel has requested videos Trump made amid Capitol riot MORE cited Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamBiden's court picks face fierce GOP opposition GOP rep says Republicans have 'no other option' than to back Trump McConnell urges Thune to run for reelection amid retirement talk MORE (R-S.C.), who following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol brieflybroke from Trump during a speech on the Senate floor, saying, Enough is enough.

In the words of Lindsey Graham, Enough is enough. I'm out of here, right? I'm done with this. The party is going to move on. Trump's gonna be left behind. Boy, did that not happen. Why do you think that didn't happen? Todd asked Meijer.

Meijer, who was one of 10 House Republicans who voted for Trumps second impeachment following the Capitol attack, said, There was no alternative. There was no other path.

He pointed to the partys pair of losses in the Georgia Senate runoff races and actions taken by President BidenJoe BidenBiden tells Zelensky US, allies will 'respond decisively' if Russia invades Biden, Harris to speak on anniversary of Capitol insurrection Biden's court picks face fierce GOP opposition MOREduring his first year in office.

"Given how President Biden, when he was elected into office, you know, said he would be moderate and look for bipartisan solutions. But then after, and, frankly, I blame the former president for this, after we lost the two Senate seats in Georgia and the Senate flipped, it became an exercise in trying to be an LBJ- or FDR-style presidency and enact transformational change in the absence of any compelling mandate from the American people to do so," Meijer said.

"So that gave the rallying signal. That created a very steep divide. And at the end of the day, theres no other option right now in the Republican Party," he added.

WATCH: After January 6th, Republicans like Lindsey Graham said enough is enough when it came to Trump. So why are Republicans still backing the former president?@RepMeijer: At the end of the day, there's no other option right now in the Republican Party. pic.twitter.com/OnUazUWu6d

Pressed by Todd on why Republicans cant seem to kick their Trump habit and why it is not the responsibility of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthyMcCarthy says Democrats using Jan. 6 as 'partisan political weapon' GOP rep says Republicans have 'no other option' than to back Trump Rep. Mike Turner to replace Nunes in top House Intel spot MORE (R-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellBiden's court picks face fierce GOP opposition GOP rep says Republicans have 'no other option' than to back Trump Eleven interesting races to watch in 2022 MORE (R-Ky.), Meijer cited the stark polarization between the two parties.

We have a two-party system. And in the best-case scenario, each party challenges the other to do better, to be better, to have a scenario where iron sharpens iron, Meijer said.

Instead, if you have one party plumbing to the depths and the other just use that excuse to go further, to go more to an extreme, to go more away from any sort of governing consensus and towards trying to enact whatever the will of the most extreme constituency they have is, you know, that is a recipe for both parties to drive further away from anything that resembles serving the American people as a whole, he added.

Trump endorsed Meijers challenger, former Housing and Urban Development official John Gibbs, in the midterm House election. Gibbs is mounting a primary race against Meijer.

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