Posted on 05/15/2023 3:30:46 AM PDT by COSIllinois
During Saturday’s Illinois Republican State Central Committee (SSC) meeting in Edwardsville, Larry Smith and Rhonda Belford were the deciding votes, during a Motion of No-Confidence, that saved Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy’s job – at least for now, in a blow to the grassroots movement that’s sweeping across the state.
The meeting, which was held at the Holiday Inn & Suites, was set up by Tracy to deliberately silence the voices of the grassroots during the public comment section of the meeting by limiting the number of conservative activists who could speak.
In an email obtained by Illinois Review, Tracy’s executive director and top aide sent out an email to SSC members with the following message, copying Tracy:
“For public comments, it will be invitation only at the direction of SCC members. SCC members are allowed to invite one speaker. Public commentators must register with me by 6PM the day before the meeting – Friday, May 12, 2023.”
(Excerpt) Read more at illinoisreview.com ...
You can’t make this stuff up!!
Illinois is one of those states that can’t be saved, a Republican Party happy with losing and collecting enough in donations to make a few people wealthy, bottom line it probably doesn’t matter who is the head of the party
Illinois Republican Party makes the Illinois Democrat Party look sane...
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