Apparently there is more to the GeorgiaPol story, reported this morning, that the Georgia College Republicans have distanced themselves from Donald Trump’s candidacy. According to my sources the GACR Chapters were evenly split on their official statement and it required a vote of the state officers to break the tie. Opposition to the official statement
There’s no sense in sugarcoating any of this, 2016 has been a disastrous year for the Republican party and our national institutions. Nobody trusts the media. Hillary Clinton’s campaign insinuates that Russia is “meddling” in the Presidential election –to the benefit of Donald Trump. Polls are “rigged,” as is, according to Trump, the entire election.
In the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential elections, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been suggesting that the elections process is rigged, and that voter fraud was likely. On Monday, he tweeted, “Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going
The Georgia Association of College Republicans officially distanced itself from Donald Trump’s candidacy Monday afternoon. In a statement released Monday afternoon, the organization’s General Assembly wrote, “Donald Trump, throughout his presidential campaign and beforehand, has made several comments and statements that have offended women, veterans, Gold Star families, the disabled, political refugees, and religious and ethnic
Good morning! Just a few weeks left until the election – how many parents/parents of friends/cousins/high school classmates Facebook feeds have you hidden? They’re putting in new canopies at Hartsfield-Jackson, right in time for the holiday travel season! The construction work includes lane closures in front of both terminals; airport officials assure the public there
Rep. Buddy Carter (R, GA-1) is seeking additional help from President Obama by asking for the expansion of the number of counties included in the Major Disaster Declaration and by adding individual assistance declarations for the counties in Georgia that were most impacted by Hurricane Matthew. The individual assistance declaration would allow additional services to
It was announced today by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal that both the Department of Corrections and the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMHSA) will soon be under new leadership. Current GEMHSA Director Jim Butterworth will be leaving his position on December 1 to enter the private arena and will be replaced by Homer
Independent Presidential Candidate Evan McMullin is speaking at the African American Value Voters Summit in Atlanta this evening. McMullin is polling well in Utah and attracted surprising crowds in Idaho over the weekend for organizing events. He’s not on the ballot in Georgia, but has qualified as a certified write-in candidate. Interested in hearing from
Our Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump, has climbed the political ladder by poo-pooing those below him. Republican leaders, sitting congressmen and senators, and even the Speaker of the House have been targeted at being awful people for calling out some of Donald Trump’s ridiculous statements. Most recently, Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he won’t
This week’s Courier Herald column: When Georgia voters go to the polls between now and November 8th, they will be given a series of proposed constitutional amendments to consider. Four measures will be decided that could give the Governor more power to fix chronically failing schools, establish new taxes on strip clubs, provide political oversight
