Ed Martin's message to GOP draws rebuke from Danforth
Source: St. Louis Post-dispatch
The split in Missouri’s Republican Party could be turning into a chasm.
An email this week from Missouri Republican chairman Ed Martin chastising the GOP’s “old guard” for failing to embrace a recent U.S. Senate filibuster about drones has angered former Sen. John C. Danforth, a leader in the party for decades.
In an email sent to thousands of people, Martin wrote that he was disappointed with Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina for criticizing a 13-hour filibuster led last week by Sen. Rand Paul, a fellow Republican from Kentucky.
“The old guard of the GOP missed the significance of the event, which is a reminder that our party has a great deal yet to learn about leadership,” Martin wrote.
“My goal is for the MOGOP to be much more like Rand, and a lot less like McCain and Graham.”
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