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Chicken-Fried News: Party crashers
Ingvard Ashby
The GOP controls every statewide elected position and body of government with level of domination that the state hasn’t seen since conservatives still voted Democrat (before civil rights got in the way) and Oklahoma was part of the Solid South.
Despite the success at the voting booth, the Oklahoma Republican Party is about $25,000 in debt, according to Tulsa World, and the party’s leadership is split on its undying support of our Dear Leader president who is facing an impeachment inquiry.
Party Vice Chairman Mike Turner is accusing President David McLain of using party funds to take trips to Washington, D.C. and the Republican National Committee in North Carolina.
“Our job is to fund raise [sic], take punches so the elected official don’t have to, and strike back at the Democrats,” Turner wrote in an email. “Our state party instead chose to pay for on-the-job training, and brought in individuals with marked histories of being anti-Trump, and also fanatically hostile to elected Republican leaders.”
Read more: https://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/chicken-fried-news-party-crashers/Content?oid=6662410