Donald Trump’s call for unity was lost on the Colorado Republican Party, which filed a lawsuit against some of its own members after returning from the most exhilarating GOP Convention of a generation.
Now that Democrats have kicked old Joe aside and nullified their primary elections and disenfranchised 14 million voters, Republicans more than ever need a united front to beat them in November.
Yet the Grand Old Party under chairman Dave Williams can’t stop fighting amongst themselves for five flipping minutes to ensure that happens.
The state party is now taking their own county officers to court to stop the grassroots members from calling a meeting of the central committee to vote on whether Williams and other state party leaders should be removed from office.
Rather than standing up to the challenge and making his case against the charges, which are many, Williams is wasting the party’s money with a frivolous lawsuit.
The charges are these:
That Williams used official party funds for his personal campaign for Congress, likely breaking federal election rules.
That he used Republican Party money from donors to attack fellow Republican candidates in other key races.
He weaponized the party and broke long-standing rules to endorse candidates in the primary using a bogus litmus test.
And to no one’s surprise, except maybe Williams, voters rejected nearly every one of Williams’ choices.
Joy Overbeck over at Complete Colorado’s Page Two writes:
Some are convinced Williams will refuse to leave office even if he is voted out, since the meeting has been declared illegal. Then the RNC will likely step in to declare the rightful Party leader, as they did recently in Michigan when the GOP Chair wouldn’t accept her State Party’s vote firing her.
Whatever happens, the Party officers’ Mafia-esque bully tactics, violating their own bylaws, and vilifying good Republican candidates have transformed them into the establishment RINOs they despise. Now the underdog freedom warriors – the true grassroots – are the brave rebels led by Todd Watkins and Nancy Pallozzi.
The Republican National Committee has more important things to do than get involved with state squabbles, even though the charges are serious.
No matter the outcome in the courtroom, Republicans would make better use of their time preparing for the party reorganization come spring and ready a new team of leadership to take over the ship before it fully capsizes.