Posted on 07/09/2021 5:19:02 AM PDT by cotton1706
The top three elected leaders of the Greenville county Republican party jointly resigned their offices on Thursday afternoon, citing an inability to work with the grassroots conservative activists currently dominating the direction of the local party.
The trio of county leaders were at their posts for less than three months … and their ouster is the latest major development in what has become a pitched battle for the heart and soul of the South Carolina Republican party (SCGOP), as well as the mantle of “conservatism” is this ostensibly bright red state.
The resignations of party chair Jennifer Black, vice chair Stacy Shea and state executive committeeman Randy Page constituted a major coup for the so-called “MAGA” wing of the party – a growing assemblage of right-wing activists who view more centrist Republicans as being part of the GOP “establishment.”
Of interest? Thursday afternoon’s group resignation came just two days after a special committee (appointed by Black) uncovered a questionable “ballot harvesting” operation that helped these three politicos defeat their right-wing rivals at the April 2021 county party convention. According to the committee’s report (.pdf), unknown donors to the SCGOP subsidized a controversial delegate recruitment effort in the days leading up to the county convention – enabling Black, Shea and Page to defeat their rivals in what critics contend was a “rigged” vote.
Implementing this recruitment effort? Multiple “agents of the party” – including one SCGOP field operative and multiple state lawmakers, according to sources familiar with the operation.
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RINOs colluding with Commies. A huge problem!
Republicans are growing cojones! Blame Trump
“Republicans were united in South Carolina in 2020 – leading to huge electoral victories across the state. Unfortunately, the fruits of “Republican rule” have been quite bitter for fiscal conservatives to swallow – and the liberal bent of some within the GOP has infuriated the grassroots “patriots.”
Can this divided house stay standing? Not everyone is optimistic …
“What’s going on in the Greenville GOP is a microcosm of what’s going to happen at a national level leading up to 2024,” one Upstate political observer noted. “The GOP is a dead man walking.”
wow - how biased can you get. I bet this same “Upstate political observer” applauds the “fresh blood” from AoC and Ilhan Omar too.
Generally speaking, ANYTHING RINO’s don’t like I’m for.
Sounds like a good thing. I think people have had it with these people who continue to insist we must be polite and subservient to Democrats and the corrupt MSM.
While that is true, the reality is across the entire nation for control of the Republican Party, not just South Carolina.
Bushites got Steamrolled.
I know the ladies who were elected I’ve met them several times and considered myself friends with them, I don’t know the guy. These people were not rhinos, however they were absolutely the country club Republicans that we decry. They were definitely Mega types, they were trustworthy to fulfill a fairly conservative office, but they seriously lacked the conviction to follow through in the things that were tearing the state apart. There were people who ran for these offices who got very few votes for the office yet received an extremely high number of votes as a delegate. That was the first serious red flag I saw. This this is an indication clearly of ballot harvesting or just flat-out fraud. It is about time the Greenville County got back to his politically conservative roots
They need to get rid of ALL the RINO’s including Tim Scott. /spit.
RINO is a euphemism for Deep State.
Let’s call them what they are: Deep State.
It's a beautiful thing
Nikki Haley is not pleased.
The GOPe needs to be sent packing throughout The United States.
So GOP-e cheats in an election to defeat conservatives? Am I getting that right?
It figures.
No, the MAGA crowd gave the GOP-E the bums' rush, with a swift kick in the bums for good measure.
This is a great story to start the day. Bring on the torches and pitchforks!
The buried lede is that GOP Chair McKissick was endorsed by Trump. Its also very odd that Cong. Tom Rice, one of 10 Republican House members to vote to impeach Trump, is not mentioned in the piece.
In other words: Republicans acting like Democrats. I suspect that by resigning they hope to remain out of jail.
I was talking about the previous election, the one that put the 3 Stooges into office in the first place.
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