Phyllis Schlafly Pushes Own Daughter To Resign Amid Cruz-Trump Split

Daily Caller ^ | 4/11/16 | Alex Pfeiffer

[markomalley]

Longtime conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly has asked her daughter and five others to resign from the board of Eagle Forum after tension spread through the group over Schlafly’s endorsement of Donald Trump.

Schlafly asked board members Eunie Smith, Carolyn McLarty, Anne Cori, Rosina Kovar, Shirley Curry, and Cathie Adams to step down in an April 10 letter. Cori is Schafly’s daughter. All but Curry have endorsed Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential primary.

In March, Schlafly endorsed Trump. She said, “we’ve been following the losers for so long — now we’ve got a guy who’s going to lead us to victory.”

One of the members that Schlafly is asking to resign, Cathie Adams, has previously said that Schlafly’s endorsement “is going to be widely dismissed. At 91, it is just totally unfair to impose upon someone who has such a beautiful legacy. … I think this was very much a manipulation. When you’re 91 and you’re not out with the grass roots all the time, it is very much taking advantage of someone.”

Schlafly wrote in the letter that she asks for these resignations with a “heavy heart.”

“I have fond memories of our work together and our friendships. I will cherish those,” she wrote. “I ask you to resign immediately from the Board, so that I may continue with Eagle Forum’s important work.”

The Eagle Forum in a statement Saturday alleged that the six board members are “pursuing a scheme to push Phyllis Schlafly out of Eagle Forum.”

The statement referred to them as the “Gang of Six,” and accused them of plotting to meet Monday to discuss their “hidden agenda.” The Eagle Forum alleged these board members as being backed by a “big, liberal law firm.”

The statement went on to accuse the members of refusing to return calls and insulting Schlafly.

[dragnet2]

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[dragnet2]

[AppyPappy]

“we’ve been following the losers for so long”
So why stop now? Endorse Trump.

[samantha]

When you become rational,let us know and we will decide.

[Responsibility2nd]

Trolling becomes you.

Why not add in some bully tactics and insults? Trump would approve.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Even your own family members.”

In a heartbeat I’d choose my country over a liberal family member — and I have. Many of us FReepers have done the same.

[dynoman]

How many votes did Kasich and Trump get in Colorado??

[Durbin]

I would never shut my kids out because of a difference in beliefs. Sucks to be you.

[RinaseaofDs]

What I’m agog at is that regardless of your affiliation, you can’t endorse this process.

The party has to change. It doesn’t mean anything any more, and allowing delegates to be up for highest bidder is so very wrong that it calls into question why you need delegates at all.

This feels a lot like 2005 though 2008 all over again, in that the people who are supposed to be doing their jobs aren’t. No raindrop blames the other for the flood, and so nobody goes to jail over the fact that the ratings agencies sold AAA ratings on dogshit mortgages and mortgage bonds, and CDOs. Nobody went to jail when the banks failed to rate the swaps the Shorts were holding against them until they had knowingly sold off enough of the crap to unsuspecting people who went in believing the Moody’s ratings (CALPERS).

Once they had enough swaps, then they marked the swaps correctly, but only after they rigged the market in their favor. WSJ was silent on it. Fox was silent. CNN silent.

You can win a state, but you can lose the delegates. The delegates can simply decide to do what they want, and its OK to buy them.

And after this election, if a group of concerned citizens decided blowing up DC, literally, seemed like the only thing left to do, what do the rules say about that?

I understand that sort of thing is frowned upon, but when you decide that the only vote you are ever going to get for the foreseeable future is a show vote, ala the USSR, I can see people thinking there may not be an alternative.

[samantha]

No,it sounds like they are trying to take over,and it is her freaking company. What part if that don’t you get? If I was her I would have security throw them out in the street.

[dragnet2]

Really, so the Cruz campaign depicting tens of millions of Americans as Nazis and Trump as Hitler in it’s campaign video, is A-OK and perfectly rational?

[RedWulf]

>So, if your employees don’t support your candidate of choice, then they should resign from their positions. Even your own family members. Sounds like a damn Liberal.

They were trying to force her out so they could endorse Cruz. And yes they do sound like Liberals and “I’ll do anything to win” Ted Cruz.

[Durbin]

Oh I get it. Gestapo in full effect.

[trisham]

Say What Now? Isn’t Phyllis like 102 years old? Why not wait a week or two? Things will settle themselves out in due time.

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You're eagerly awaiting her death? I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Dear old Phyllis has become a bit batty in her dotage.

[MayflowerMadam]

If it sucked to be me, I’d know it. It doesn’t suck to be me.

What should Schlafly do... retain a subversive in the organization she founded? It’s the daughter who’s at fault. She should choose to resign and walk away out of respect for her mother and the great work her mother’s organization has done. Daughter can go someplace else and she would be welcomed with open arms. Selfish bitch.

[alstewartfan]

Yes, the guy who has NOT donated to Rotten, Kerry and Pelosi were endorsed by these patriots. Big deal.

[samantha]

Who the hell are you to tell her what to do with her company? She sounds a lot more with it than you do. Leave her alone,she has done a lot more for conservatives than you ever will in two lifetimes. This nasty talk sounds like mean girls crap,grow the hell up.

[detective]

“Trump has talked about....
And he has done nothing.”

If Trump had not entered the race, none of these issued would even be discussed.

Trump is campaigning for president. He is supposed to talk about issues.

Cruz, Rubio, Rand Paul and Lindsey Graham are sitting Senators. They are supposed to do something.

But they have not. They talk about defunding Planned Parenthood. Then the Senate approves funding it at even higher levels. They talk about securing the border. The border is worse. They talk about trade and jobs. Then they vote for TPP and other bills that lose jobs. Cruz voted for TPP. He voted against requiring Senate approval to add China to the deal.

What have Cruz, Paul, Rubio and Lindsey Graham accomplished as Senators? What have they done other than talk?

What have they done other than gang up against Trump?

[VerySadAmerican]

You would have had to read a few lines to know she’s 91. If people would read they wouldn’t post things like “How old is she? Like 102”?