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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 12:33 PM Jul 2021

Trump-allied GOP chairs turn on fellow Republicans

State Republican Party chairs who have bought into former President Trump's lies of widespread election malfeasance are turning their fire on fellow Republicans who have acknowledged the reality of Trump's defeat, in a turn that has longtime party leaders and strategists worried about the future of the conservative coalition.

For most of modern political history, a state party chair's role has been confined to raising money and building an organization that can contact voters and elect candidates. Their job is much more often to promote those who win primaries than to wade in on behalf of a specific contender during those primaries.

But in the age of Trump, some party leaders are as eager to talk about the perceived turncoats within their own ranks as they are to go after the opposition party.

In Arizona, state Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward has carried out a long-running feud with Gov. Doug Ducey (R), as well as members of the state legislature who do not fully support the state Senate's so-called audit of nearly 2.1 million votes cast in Maricopa County last year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-allied-gop-chairs-turn-on-fellow-republicans/ar-AALUPgi

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Trump-allied GOP chairs turn on fellow Republicans (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP
Look, you guys built and benefited from that conservative coalition... JHB Jul 2021 #1
Have at it!! Toddlers behaving badly....only helps the Dems in the long run PortTack Jul 2021 #2

JHB

(37,159 posts)
1. Look, you guys built and benefited from that conservative coalition...
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 01:04 PM
Jul 2021

...but if it never dawned on you until now that "This is going to end in fire", what were you smoking?

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