An Example of what the Republican F*****t Nation will look like and they will go after your Guns!
Good old American values have been creating a monster that has the ability to turn into a F*****t state quickly with the Republican Party itself as the governing body of a F*****t State.
Look at what the Republican Party is Alabama is doing to its candidates in the article below and remember what the RNC did to Cheney and Kinzinger.....same thing.....Stomp down any discourse involving t***h and ethical conduct because it gets in the way of their vision of Absolute Power. That is F*****m through and through.
There is no way it isn't and there is no use arguing that someone else is if you can't see the example of what the Republican Party has become.
It's a sad day in America when the best of our good hardworking conservatives that we have always counted on to be fiscally responsible turn into something we never dreamed could happen here and now they are running around with pitchforks looking to someone to use them on.
They will most certainly go after the guns of Americans in order to protect their Absolute Power and then where will we be?
The Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Republican Party removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Tue, February 22, 2022, 7:12 AM
Tripp Powell, who is seeking the Alabama Senate District 21 seat in the November 2022 general e******n, was removed from the Republican primary b****t over the weekend.
The Alabama Republican Party removed four candidates from its primary b****t over the weekend, alleging they had supported Democrats in violation of party rules.
The party’s bylaws give the GOP's candidates committee broad discretion to disqualify candidates. But some of those removed from the b****t said Monday they thought the party had arbitrarily applied the rules.
Tripp Powell, a Tuscaloosa businessman who was challenging Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, in the GOP primary, said Monday the reason given for his removal was a $500 donation he made to Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox when he sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018.
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A 2007 Alabama Republican Party rule allows the removal of Republican candidates who “publicly participated in the primary e******n of another political party or publicly supported a nominee of another political party” if they held public office as a Republican at the time. But Powell said in an interview Monday he wasn't an elected official when he made the donation.
“I did not feel like the rules were applied fairly to my case,” he said.
A spokeswoman for the Alabama Republican Party said John Wahl, the chairman of the state party, was not available for comment Monday afternoon. The bylaws and rules of the Republican Party do not provide an explicit appeal process.
The party also removed former Rep. Elaine Beech of Chatom, who was looking to return to her southwestern Alabama House seat, which she represented as a Democrat from 2010 to 2018. Beech said Monday that the party told her she had not met a six-year waiting period for former officeholders to run as Republicans.
Alabama GOP bylaws allow the party to deny b****t access to anyone who “is not officially recognized as a Republican” and require candidates to follow a procedure for switching parties. But the rules on switching parties only mention elected officials. A 1994 “sore loser” rule imposing a six-year ban on b****t access to those who run in general e******ns after losing a GOP primary only appears to apply to those who run in a Republican contest. (The rule also says it "does not include all of the reasons for denying b****t access.")
“Basically I think they didn’t want me in the party, since I had been a Democrat all my life,” Beech said in a phone interview on Monday.
The party also removed Teresa Rhea, who had been challenging Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, in a Gadsden-area Senate district. Jones challenged Rhea’s candidacy because she had v**ed on a Democratic b****t in the 2017 U.S. Senate e******n; that her husband, a retired judge, had served as a Democrat, and that she had attended Democratic fundraisers.
Rhea, who v**ed in the 2018 and 2020 Republican primaries, told The Gadsden Times that she disagreed with the party’s decision but would “respect” it.
Anson Knowles, a Republican candidate for a House District seat in Madison County, said he was removed from the b****t in part for previous work with the Libertarian Party in Madison County in 2015 and 2016. Knowles, who serves on the county’s Republican Executive Committee, said he planned to work for GOP congressional candidate Paul Sanford, a former state senator.
More: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
“I want to contribute and do something positive for the party to demonstrate, indeed, that I am a Republican,” he said.
Powell had a little under $178,000 for his state Senate campaign as of Feb. 2, according to his most recent campaign finance report. He said Monday he was “still exploring how the next step goes,” including looking at appeals or the possibility of an independent candidacy.
“What I know is there has been a lot of support from a lot of different people saying I shouldn’t take this,” he said.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brian Lyman at 334-240-0185 or blyman@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama GOP removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
336Robin wrote:
Good old American values have been creating a monster that has the ability to turn into a F*****t state quickly with the Republican Party itself as the governing body of a F*****t State.
Look at what the Republican Party is Alabama is doing to its candidates in the article below and remember what the RNC did to Cheney and Kinzinger.....same thing.....Stomp down any discourse involving t***h and ethical conduct because it gets in the way of their vision of Absolute Power. That is F*****m through and through.
There is no way it isn't and there is no use arguing that someone else is if you can't see the example of what the Republican Party has become.
It's a sad day in America when the best of our good hardworking conservatives that we have always counted on to be fiscally responsible turn into something we never dreamed could happen here and now they are running around with pitchforks looking to someone to use them on.
They will most certainly go after the guns of Americans in order to protect their Absolute Power and then where will we be?
The Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Republican Party removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Tue, February 22, 2022, 7:12 AM
Tripp Powell, who is seeking the Alabama Senate District 21 seat in the November 2022 general e******n, was removed from the Republican primary b****t over the weekend.
The Alabama Republican Party removed four candidates from its primary b****t over the weekend, alleging they had supported Democrats in violation of party rules.
The party’s bylaws give the GOP's candidates committee broad discretion to disqualify candidates. But some of those removed from the b****t said Monday they thought the party had arbitrarily applied the rules.
Tripp Powell, a Tuscaloosa businessman who was challenging Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, in the GOP primary, said Monday the reason given for his removal was a $500 donation he made to Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox when he sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018.
MORE: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
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A 2007 Alabama Republican Party rule allows the removal of Republican candidates who “publicly participated in the primary e******n of another political party or publicly supported a nominee of another political party” if they held public office as a Republican at the time. But Powell said in an interview Monday he wasn't an elected official when he made the donation.
“I did not feel like the rules were applied fairly to my case,” he said.
A spokeswoman for the Alabama Republican Party said John Wahl, the chairman of the state party, was not available for comment Monday afternoon. The bylaws and rules of the Republican Party do not provide an explicit appeal process.
The party also removed former Rep. Elaine Beech of Chatom, who was looking to return to her southwestern Alabama House seat, which she represented as a Democrat from 2010 to 2018. Beech said Monday that the party told her she had not met a six-year waiting period for former officeholders to run as Republicans.
Alabama GOP bylaws allow the party to deny b****t access to anyone who “is not officially recognized as a Republican” and require candidates to follow a procedure for switching parties. But the rules on switching parties only mention elected officials. A 1994 “sore loser” rule imposing a six-year ban on b****t access to those who run in general e******ns after losing a GOP primary only appears to apply to those who run in a Republican contest. (The rule also says it "does not include all of the reasons for denying b****t access.")
“Basically I think they didn’t want me in the party, since I had been a Democrat all my life,” Beech said in a phone interview on Monday.
The party also removed Teresa Rhea, who had been challenging Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, in a Gadsden-area Senate district. Jones challenged Rhea’s candidacy because she had v**ed on a Democratic b****t in the 2017 U.S. Senate e******n; that her husband, a retired judge, had served as a Democrat, and that she had attended Democratic fundraisers.
Rhea, who v**ed in the 2018 and 2020 Republican primaries, told The Gadsden Times that she disagreed with the party’s decision but would “respect” it.
Anson Knowles, a Republican candidate for a House District seat in Madison County, said he was removed from the b****t in part for previous work with the Libertarian Party in Madison County in 2015 and 2016. Knowles, who serves on the county’s Republican Executive Committee, said he planned to work for GOP congressional candidate Paul Sanford, a former state senator.
More: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
“I want to contribute and do something positive for the party to demonstrate, indeed, that I am a Republican,” he said.
Powell had a little under $178,000 for his state Senate campaign as of Feb. 2, according to his most recent campaign finance report. He said Monday he was “still exploring how the next step goes,” including looking at appeals or the possibility of an independent candidacy.
“What I know is there has been a lot of support from a lot of different people saying I shouldn’t take this,” he said.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brian Lyman at 334-240-0185 or blyman@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama GOP removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
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I find this puzzling, there’s hardly any N**is in Alabama.
And the Huntsville County Courthouse doesn’t have N**is pictures on the walls.
This should be interesting to watch.
336Robin wrote:
Good old American values have been creating a monster that has the ability to turn into a F*****t state quickly with the Republican Party itself as the governing body of a F*****t State.
Look at what the Republican Party is Alabama is doing to its candidates in the article below and remember what the RNC did to Cheney and Kinzinger.....same thing.....Stomp down any discourse involving t***h and ethical conduct because it gets in the way of their vision of Absolute Power. That is F*****m through and through.
There is no way it isn't and there is no use arguing that someone else is if you can't see the example of what the Republican Party has become.
It's a sad day in America when the best of our good hardworking conservatives that we have always counted on to be fiscally responsible turn into something we never dreamed could happen here and now they are running around with pitchforks looking to someone to use them on.
They will most certainly go after the guns of Americans in order to protect their Absolute Power and then where will we be?
The Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Republican Party removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Tue, February 22, 2022, 7:12 AM
Tripp Powell, who is seeking the Alabama Senate District 21 seat in the November 2022 general e******n, was removed from the Republican primary b****t over the weekend.
The Alabama Republican Party removed four candidates from its primary b****t over the weekend, alleging they had supported Democrats in violation of party rules.
The party’s bylaws give the GOP's candidates committee broad discretion to disqualify candidates. But some of those removed from the b****t said Monday they thought the party had arbitrarily applied the rules.
Tripp Powell, a Tuscaloosa businessman who was challenging Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, in the GOP primary, said Monday the reason given for his removal was a $500 donation he made to Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox when he sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018.
MORE: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
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A 2007 Alabama Republican Party rule allows the removal of Republican candidates who “publicly participated in the primary e******n of another political party or publicly supported a nominee of another political party” if they held public office as a Republican at the time. But Powell said in an interview Monday he wasn't an elected official when he made the donation.
“I did not feel like the rules were applied fairly to my case,” he said.
A spokeswoman for the Alabama Republican Party said John Wahl, the chairman of the state party, was not available for comment Monday afternoon. The bylaws and rules of the Republican Party do not provide an explicit appeal process.
The party also removed former Rep. Elaine Beech of Chatom, who was looking to return to her southwestern Alabama House seat, which she represented as a Democrat from 2010 to 2018. Beech said Monday that the party told her she had not met a six-year waiting period for former officeholders to run as Republicans.
Alabama GOP bylaws allow the party to deny b****t access to anyone who “is not officially recognized as a Republican” and require candidates to follow a procedure for switching parties. But the rules on switching parties only mention elected officials. A 1994 “sore loser” rule imposing a six-year ban on b****t access to those who run in general e******ns after losing a GOP primary only appears to apply to those who run in a Republican contest. (The rule also says it "does not include all of the reasons for denying b****t access.")
“Basically I think they didn’t want me in the party, since I had been a Democrat all my life,” Beech said in a phone interview on Monday.
The party also removed Teresa Rhea, who had been challenging Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, in a Gadsden-area Senate district. Jones challenged Rhea’s candidacy because she had v**ed on a Democratic b****t in the 2017 U.S. Senate e******n; that her husband, a retired judge, had served as a Democrat, and that she had attended Democratic fundraisers.
Rhea, who v**ed in the 2018 and 2020 Republican primaries, told The Gadsden Times that she disagreed with the party’s decision but would “respect” it.
Anson Knowles, a Republican candidate for a House District seat in Madison County, said he was removed from the b****t in part for previous work with the Libertarian Party in Madison County in 2015 and 2016. Knowles, who serves on the county’s Republican Executive Committee, said he planned to work for GOP congressional candidate Paul Sanford, a former state senator.
More: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
“I want to contribute and do something positive for the party to demonstrate, indeed, that I am a Republican,” he said.
Powell had a little under $178,000 for his state Senate campaign as of Feb. 2, according to his most recent campaign finance report. He said Monday he was “still exploring how the next step goes,” including looking at appeals or the possibility of an independent candidacy.
“What I know is there has been a lot of support from a lot of different people saying I shouldn’t take this,” he said.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brian Lyman at 334-240-0185 or blyman@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama GOP removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
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336Robin wrote:
Good old American values have been creating a monster that has the ability to turn into a F*****t state quickly with the Republican Party itself as the governing body of a F*****t State.
Look at what the Republican Party is Alabama is doing to its candidates in the article below and remember what the RNC did to Cheney and Kinzinger.....same thing.....Stomp down any discourse involving t***h and ethical conduct because it gets in the way of their vision of Absolute Power. That is F*****m through and through.
There is no way it isn't and there is no use arguing that someone else is if you can't see the example of what the Republican Party has become.
It's a sad day in America when the best of our good hardworking conservatives that we have always counted on to be fiscally responsible turn into something we never dreamed could happen here and now they are running around with pitchforks looking to someone to use them on.
They will most certainly go after the guns of Americans in order to protect their Absolute Power and then where will we be?
The Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Republican Party removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Tue, February 22, 2022, 7:12 AM
Tripp Powell, who is seeking the Alabama Senate District 21 seat in the November 2022 general e******n, was removed from the Republican primary b****t over the weekend.
The Alabama Republican Party removed four candidates from its primary b****t over the weekend, alleging they had supported Democrats in violation of party rules.
The party’s bylaws give the GOP's candidates committee broad discretion to disqualify candidates. But some of those removed from the b****t said Monday they thought the party had arbitrarily applied the rules.
Tripp Powell, a Tuscaloosa businessman who was challenging Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, in the GOP primary, said Monday the reason given for his removal was a $500 donation he made to Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox when he sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018.
MORE: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
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A 2007 Alabama Republican Party rule allows the removal of Republican candidates who “publicly participated in the primary e******n of another political party or publicly supported a nominee of another political party” if they held public office as a Republican at the time. But Powell said in an interview Monday he wasn't an elected official when he made the donation.
“I did not feel like the rules were applied fairly to my case,” he said.
A spokeswoman for the Alabama Republican Party said John Wahl, the chairman of the state party, was not available for comment Monday afternoon. The bylaws and rules of the Republican Party do not provide an explicit appeal process.
The party also removed former Rep. Elaine Beech of Chatom, who was looking to return to her southwestern Alabama House seat, which she represented as a Democrat from 2010 to 2018. Beech said Monday that the party told her she had not met a six-year waiting period for former officeholders to run as Republicans.
Alabama GOP bylaws allow the party to deny b****t access to anyone who “is not officially recognized as a Republican” and require candidates to follow a procedure for switching parties. But the rules on switching parties only mention elected officials. A 1994 “sore loser” rule imposing a six-year ban on b****t access to those who run in general e******ns after losing a GOP primary only appears to apply to those who run in a Republican contest. (The rule also says it "does not include all of the reasons for denying b****t access.")
“Basically I think they didn’t want me in the party, since I had been a Democrat all my life,” Beech said in a phone interview on Monday.
The party also removed Teresa Rhea, who had been challenging Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, in a Gadsden-area Senate district. Jones challenged Rhea’s candidacy because she had v**ed on a Democratic b****t in the 2017 U.S. Senate e******n; that her husband, a retired judge, had served as a Democrat, and that she had attended Democratic fundraisers.
Rhea, who v**ed in the 2018 and 2020 Republican primaries, told The Gadsden Times that she disagreed with the party’s decision but would “respect” it.
Anson Knowles, a Republican candidate for a House District seat in Madison County, said he was removed from the b****t in part for previous work with the Libertarian Party in Madison County in 2015 and 2016. Knowles, who serves on the county’s Republican Executive Committee, said he planned to work for GOP congressional candidate Paul Sanford, a former state senator.
More: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
“I want to contribute and do something positive for the party to demonstrate, indeed, that I am a Republican,” he said.
Powell had a little under $178,000 for his state Senate campaign as of Feb. 2, according to his most recent campaign finance report. He said Monday he was “still exploring how the next step goes,” including looking at appeals or the possibility of an independent candidacy.
“What I know is there has been a lot of support from a lot of different people saying I shouldn’t take this,” he said.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brian Lyman at 334-240-0185 or blyman@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama GOP removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
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In the words of Elmer Fudd “ be bery afraid!”
What I believe we are seeing in today's America is a struggle between those who believe in the freedom that comes only from leadership that establishes law and order Constitutionally in terms of our founder's original intent and those who wish to subject the rule of law to their vision of utopia. Most of these "utopianists" have hidden in both parties. The issue of "government mandates" has been the circumstantial spotlight that has taken away their cover. These brainwashed Marxist Utopians who want a "new world order with Americans kowtowing to foot the bill," can no longer hide their agenda. We Americans will from now on be struggling to root them out and restore order to our economy and culture. It is not a struggle between American Democrats and Republicans over American policies.
jelun wrote:
This should be interesting to watch.
It is shaping up to be the biggest s**t show ever conceived.
Bush and McConnell and the candidates of t***h and light who express morals and ethics
vs.
Trump and all his lies and toady base force
Under that I'm sure Alabama Republicans fit right in.
If Democrats can't speak out and call these people for what they are and they manage to lose
then its a sad day. We lose the entire country and the power grabbing will begin.
336Robin wrote:
It is shaping up to be the biggest s**t show ever conceived.
Bush and McConnell and the candidates of t***h and light who express morals and ethics
vs.
Trump and all his lies and toady base force
Under that I'm sure Alabama Republicans fit right in.
If Democrats can't speak out and call these people for what they are and they manage to lose
then its a sad day. We lose the entire country and the power grabbing will begin.
It sure doesn't take much to excite you Democrats, does it.
336Robin wrote:
It is shaping up to be the biggest s**t show ever conceived.
Bush and McConnell and the candidates of t***h and light who express morals and ethics
vs.
Trump and all his lies and toady base force
Under that I'm sure Alabama Republicans fit right in.
If Democrats can't speak out and call these people for what they are and they manage to lose
then its a sad day. We lose the entire country and the power grabbing will begin.
"Toady"...hmmm that is interesting.
You know not of what you speak I perceive.
bylm1-Bernie wrote:
It sure doesn't take much to excite you Democrats, does it.
The complete implosion and burn down of the Republican Party is interesting.
They could have done all this by impeaching Trump. They had two chances but chose the option that he
wouldn't burn the party down like they actually trusted that lying two bit pog.
If this case I want to see them rebuild their party into a respectable brand not some want to be
f*****t regime. They may lose an e******n but they will be better on account of what they are doing now.
That is exciting to me yes.
336Robin wrote:
The complete implosion and burn down of the Republican Party is interesting.
They could have done all this by impeaching Trump. They had two chances but chose the option that he
wouldn't burn the party down like they actually trusted that lying two bit pog.
If this case I want to see them rebuild their party into a respectable brand not some want to be
f*****t regime. They may lose an e******n but they will be better on account of what they are doing now.
That is exciting to me yes.
The complete implosion and burn down of the Republ... (
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Better keep your eye on the ball.
336Robin wrote:
Good old American values have been creating a monster that has the ability to turn into a F*****t state quickly with the Republican Party itself as the governing body of a F*****t State.
Look at what the Republican Party is Alabama is doing to its candidates in the article below and remember what the RNC did to Cheney and Kinzinger.....same thing.....Stomp down any discourse involving t***h and ethical conduct because it gets in the way of their vision of Absolute Power. That is F*****m through and through.
There is no way it isn't and there is no use arguing that someone else is if you can't see the example of what the Republican Party has become.
It's a sad day in America when the best of our good hardworking conservatives that we have always counted on to be fiscally responsible turn into something we never dreamed could happen here and now they are running around with pitchforks looking to someone to use them on.
They will most certainly go after the guns of Americans in order to protect their Absolute Power and then where will we be?
The Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Republican Party removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Tue, February 22, 2022, 7:12 AM
Tripp Powell, who is seeking the Alabama Senate District 21 seat in the November 2022 general e******n, was removed from the Republican primary b****t over the weekend.
The Alabama Republican Party removed four candidates from its primary b****t over the weekend, alleging they had supported Democrats in violation of party rules.
The party’s bylaws give the GOP's candidates committee broad discretion to disqualify candidates. But some of those removed from the b****t said Monday they thought the party had arbitrarily applied the rules.
Tripp Powell, a Tuscaloosa businessman who was challenging Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, in the GOP primary, said Monday the reason given for his removal was a $500 donation he made to Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox when he sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018.
MORE: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
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A 2007 Alabama Republican Party rule allows the removal of Republican candidates who “publicly participated in the primary e******n of another political party or publicly supported a nominee of another political party” if they held public office as a Republican at the time. But Powell said in an interview Monday he wasn't an elected official when he made the donation.
“I did not feel like the rules were applied fairly to my case,” he said.
A spokeswoman for the Alabama Republican Party said John Wahl, the chairman of the state party, was not available for comment Monday afternoon. The bylaws and rules of the Republican Party do not provide an explicit appeal process.
The party also removed former Rep. Elaine Beech of Chatom, who was looking to return to her southwestern Alabama House seat, which she represented as a Democrat from 2010 to 2018. Beech said Monday that the party told her she had not met a six-year waiting period for former officeholders to run as Republicans.
Alabama GOP bylaws allow the party to deny b****t access to anyone who “is not officially recognized as a Republican” and require candidates to follow a procedure for switching parties. But the rules on switching parties only mention elected officials. A 1994 “sore loser” rule imposing a six-year ban on b****t access to those who run in general e******ns after losing a GOP primary only appears to apply to those who run in a Republican contest. (The rule also says it "does not include all of the reasons for denying b****t access.")
“Basically I think they didn’t want me in the party, since I had been a Democrat all my life,” Beech said in a phone interview on Monday.
The party also removed Teresa Rhea, who had been challenging Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, in a Gadsden-area Senate district. Jones challenged Rhea’s candidacy because she had v**ed on a Democratic b****t in the 2017 U.S. Senate e******n; that her husband, a retired judge, had served as a Democrat, and that she had attended Democratic fundraisers.
Rhea, who v**ed in the 2018 and 2020 Republican primaries, told The Gadsden Times that she disagreed with the party’s decision but would “respect” it.
Anson Knowles, a Republican candidate for a House District seat in Madison County, said he was removed from the b****t in part for previous work with the Libertarian Party in Madison County in 2015 and 2016. Knowles, who serves on the county’s Republican Executive Committee, said he planned to work for GOP congressional candidate Paul Sanford, a former state senator.
More: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
“I want to contribute and do something positive for the party to demonstrate, indeed, that I am a Republican,” he said.
Powell had a little under $178,000 for his state Senate campaign as of Feb. 2, according to his most recent campaign finance report. He said Monday he was “still exploring how the next step goes,” including looking at appeals or the possibility of an independent candidacy.
“What I know is there has been a lot of support from a lot of different people saying I shouldn’t take this,” he said.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brian Lyman at 334-240-0185 or blyman@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama GOP removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
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One paragraph in and I have to quit reading. How do you get so totally bassackwards. It is the left, the confused left, that is teetering between L*****t, socialist Facism and l*****t socialist c*******m. But in either case, l*****t dictatorship.
336Robin wrote:
The complete implosion and burn down of the Republican Party is interesting.
They could have done all this by impeaching Trump. They had two chances but chose the option that he
wouldn't burn the party down like they actually trusted that lying two bit pog.
If this case I want to see them rebuild their party into a respectable brand not some want to be
f*****t regime. They may lose an e******n but they will be better on account of what they are doing now.
That is exciting to me yes.
The complete implosion and burn down of the Republ... (
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Still bassackwards. Wh**ever the Republican Party is right now is 100% better then the democrats.
336Robin wrote:
Good old American values have been creating a monster that has the ability to turn into a F*****t state quickly with the Republican Party itself as the governing body of a F*****t State.
Look at what the Republican Party is Alabama is doing to its candidates in the article below and remember what the RNC did to Cheney and Kinzinger.....same thing.....Stomp down any discourse involving t***h and ethical conduct because it gets in the way of their vision of Absolute Power. That is F*****m through and through.
There is no way it isn't and there is no use arguing that someone else is if you can't see the example of what the Republican Party has become.
It's a sad day in America when the best of our good hardworking conservatives that we have always counted on to be fiscally responsible turn into something we never dreamed could happen here and now they are running around with pitchforks looking to someone to use them on.
They will most certainly go after the guns of Americans in order to protect their Absolute Power and then where will we be?
The Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Republican Party removes four legislative candidates from primary b****t
Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser
Tue, February 22, 2022, 7:12 AM
Tripp Powell, who is seeking the Alabama Senate District 21 seat in the November 2022 general e******n, was removed from the Republican primary b****t over the weekend.
The Alabama Republican Party removed four candidates from its primary b****t over the weekend, alleging they had supported Democrats in violation of party rules.
The party’s bylaws give the GOP's candidates committee broad discretion to disqualify candidates. But some of those removed from the b****t said Monday they thought the party had arbitrarily applied the rules.
Tripp Powell, a Tuscaloosa businessman who was challenging Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, in the GOP primary, said Monday the reason given for his removal was a $500 donation he made to Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox when he sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018.
MORE: Alabama Legislature will stay in GOP hands, but some shifts could take place
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A 2007 Alabama Republican Party rule allows the removal of Republican candidates who “publicly participated in the primary e******n of another political party or publicly supported a nominee of another political party” if they held public office as a Republican at the time. But Powell said in an interview Monday he wasn't an elected official when he made the donation.
“I did not feel like the rules were applied fairly to my case,” he said.
A spokeswoman for the Alabama Republican Party said John Wahl, the chairman of the state party, was not available for comment Monday afternoon. The bylaws and rules of the Republican Party do not provide an explicit appeal process.
The party also removed former Rep. Elaine Beech of Chatom, who was looking to return to her southwestern Alabama House seat, which she represented as a Democrat from 2010 to 2018. Beech said Monday that the party told her she had not met a six-year waiting period for former officeholders to run as Republicans.
Alabama GOP bylaws allow the party to deny b****t access to anyone who “is not officially recognized as a Republican” and require candidates to follow a procedure for switching parties. But the rules on switching parties only mention elected officials. A 1994 “sore loser” rule imposing a six-year ban on b****t access to those who run in general e******ns after losing a GOP primary only appears to apply to those who run in a Republican contest. (The rule also says it "does not include all of the reasons for denying b****t access.")
“Basically I think they didn’t want me in the party, since I had been a Democrat all my life,” Beech said in a phone interview on Monday.
The party also removed Teresa Rhea, who had been challenging Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, in a Gadsden-area Senate district. Jones challenged Rhea’s candidacy because she had v**ed on a Democratic b****t in the 2017 U.S. Senate e******n; that her husband, a retired judge, had served as a Democrat, and that she had attended Democratic fundraisers.
Rhea, who v**ed in the 2018 and 2020 Republican primaries, told The Gadsden Times that she disagreed with the party’s decision but would “respect” it.
Anson Knowles, a Republican candidate for a House District seat in Madison County, said he was removed from the b****t in part for previous work with the Libertarian Party in Madison County in 2015 and 2016. Knowles, who serves on the county’s Republican Executive Committee, said he planned to work for GOP congressional candidate Paul Sanford, a former state senator.
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“I want to contribute and do something positive for the party to demonstrate, indeed, that I am a Republican,” he said.
Powell had a little under $178,000 for his state Senate campaign as of Feb. 2, according to his most recent campaign finance report. He said Monday he was “still exploring how the next step goes,” including looking at appeals or the possibility of an independent candidacy.
“What I know is there has been a lot of support from a lot of different people saying I shouldn’t take this,” he said.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brian Lyman at 334-240-0185 or blyman@gannett.com.
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