Kwame Kilpatrick, Ben Carson Slated to Speak at Oakland County Republican Party Dinner

Detroit’s former Democratic Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is one step closer to making his full-on Republican transition this campaign season, as the now-pastor and executive director of the Memphis-based criminal justice reform nonprofit Taking Action for Good will deliver the keynote address at the Aug. 21 Oakland County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner. He will be joined by Detroit-born Dr. Ben Carson, whose failed 2016 presidential campaign ultimately landed him a role as the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Donald Trump’s administration. In a post on social media on Aug. 13, Vance Patrick, Chairman of the Oakland County Republican Party, announced Kilpatrick’s appearance, which will take place at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. “I’m proud to announce that Kwame Kilpatrick will be a featured speaker at next Wednesday’s @oakland_party Lincoln Day Dinner!” Vance wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Kwame Kilpatrick found his faith and relationship with God while incarcerated and had his sentence commuted by @realDonaldTrump. His speech will focus on his repentance and redemption, a message all would be well served to hear. The GOP is inclusive, not exclusive.” Kilpatrick, in 2013, was sentenced to serve 28 years on 24 counts of using his...