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Texas GOP ousts chairman, picks tea party firebrand Allen West to lead in 2020 elections
Dallas Morning News ^ | July 20, 2020 | Allie Morris and Todd J. Gillman

Posted on 07/20/2020 1:01:38 PM PDT by Jane Long

AUSTIN – Conservative firebrand and former Florida congressman Allen West will lead the Texas Republican Party into the 2020 election, after ousting the current chairman early Monday during a convention marred by technical difficulties.

He vowed to use his post to push back against Democrats’ “progressive socialism.”

“I am sick and tired of Republicans being on their heels, being on the defense, always being reactionary with a party that as we see right now-- they don’t stand up for the rule of law, they stand for rule of the mob,” he said during a victory lap on conservative media.

The retired Army lieutenant colonel was propelled into Congress for a single term amid a tea party wave in 2010, but lost his reelection bid in a staggeringly costly race in which he spent $17 million. The Democrat who defeated him called him a right-wing extremist and spent less than a quarter of that.

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West handily out-raised Dickey in the contest, raking in over $130,000 within the last six months, according to reports filed with the state ethics commission. Dickey raised about $30,000.

The ouster comes after a strained convention that was shifted online at the 11th hour, after Houston’s Democratic mayor barred an in-person event and courts rejected the party’s effort to overturn that amid the coronavirus epidemic. Technical difficulties plagued the event, pushing delegates to postpone unfinished business.

In a virtual event Monday, Dickey handed off the convention gavel to West.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: allenwest; gop; jamesdickey; newscurrentevents; texas
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To: curious7

Some gerrymandering was done and his district went poof and was gone.

He was forced to run in a different district loaded with dems.

IIRC


81 posted on 07/20/2020 3:40:05 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Jane Long

Hallelujah!


82 posted on 07/20/2020 4:03:02 PM PDT by boxlunch (The US Pravda ( MSM), Demcheviks, leftists, Chicomms, Soros. All in this together.)
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To: Jane Long

He’s my man, thank God there are still some balls left in the Republican party. Imagine where we would be now if he was president in 2008. An they picked McCain, the clumsy fool.


83 posted on 07/20/2020 4:11:11 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft ( #ReasonableDemocratsforTrump. Where are you?)
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To: luvie

Thanks Luvie, this is great news! I’d like to see Col. West replace Abbott in ‘22.


84 posted on 07/20/2020 4:13:32 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Weaponize your cell phone! Call your legislators every week.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I met Allan West. Like him a lot. But I don’t know how good an administrator/party chairman he is. None of us do.

I hope he’s as good as he was a congressman.


85 posted on 07/20/2020 4:19:21 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Jane Long

“and courts rejected the party’s effort to overturn that amid the coronavirus epidemic.” That is a damnable lie. Dr. Hotze, for the GOP, lost in the first round because Dickey would not join his lawsuit. In the second round, where Dickey finally joined because he had so badly messed up the virtual convention, the GOP won the right to have the convention starting Friday last week and could go through this week, in person. Dickey, after winning, chose not to have an in-person convention.


86 posted on 07/20/2020 4:20:10 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: Excellence

Yes, it is a leftist rag...but, it was the best headline/article, I could find, at the time :)

The good news is....this great news.


87 posted on 07/20/2020 4:35:05 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: luvie; Jane Long

Now, THAT’s the way to do it...


88 posted on 07/20/2020 4:35:11 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Savage Rider

Thanks for the background info, on this. So many don’t follow, have access, etc., so it’s good to get actual facts to cover for the DS/lefty MSM lies.


89 posted on 07/20/2020 4:36:08 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Jane Long; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; ...

This is great news...

Now we need Daryl Metcalf here in PA as the PA GOP Chairman.


90 posted on 07/20/2020 4:36:12 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT

This is great news...

Now we need Daryl Metcalf here in PA as the PA GOP Chairman.

= = = =

I’m just thankful that West moved to Texas.

I hope PA gets Metcalf, as GOP Chair.


91 posted on 07/20/2020 4:41:54 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: NFHale

Is he running for that?


92 posted on 07/20/2020 5:57:36 PM PDT by Impy (Thug Lives Splatter)
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To: gspurlock

Same here. I thought Dickey was fine, just not a compelling, inspirational public figure.

And, I am very glad to have LtC West as the new chair.


93 posted on 07/20/2020 6:20:23 PM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Jane Long

Link won’t open.


94 posted on 07/20/2020 6:24:16 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: Jane Long

Leave it up to Dallas news. Put as much crap in a story as possible.


95 posted on 07/20/2020 6:26:24 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: Jane Long

Nice... Texas will be honored to have Col. West as the head...


96 posted on 07/20/2020 6:32:23 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-) Trump 2020)
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To: ptsal

Will do!


97 posted on 07/20/2020 6:56:35 PM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: Jane Long

I like this!!


98 posted on 07/20/2020 6:56:47 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice." --Donald Trump)
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To: Jane Long; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT

RE Metcalf:

He’s one of the few PA GOP who actually - pardon the language - has a pair.


99 posted on 07/20/2020 7:02:52 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: enumerated
I don’t believe that “firebrand” is a pejorative.

Don’t try to talk sense when they’re emoting.

100 posted on 07/20/2020 7:06:12 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice." --Donald Trump)
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