GOP Insiders in Tennessee Reinterpret Party Bylaws to Kick Trump-Backed Congressional Candidate Off Ballot

Kyle

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The Tennessee arm of the Republican National Committee (RNC), the Tennessee GOP, reinterpreted its bylaws this year in a concerted effort by some party insiders to block primary ballot access for among others a congressional candidate that former President Donald Trump supports.

Trump has endorsed Morgan Ortagus, the former State Department spokeswoman who worked for several years in his administration, for the new congressional district in Nashville created by redistricting efforts from the state legislature. Some party insiders viewed Ortagus and fellow candidate Robby Starbuck as carpetbaggers, because they were new to middle Tennessee having moved there in the past couple years, and so for the past several months these Tennessee GOP insiders devised a number of strategies to try to keep Ortagus and Starbuck off the ballot.

Given the heavy hand of just a few party insiders doing this, if Ortagus can find a way back onto the ballot she could be an even more formidable candidate now than before because she can run not just with Trump’s endorsement but also as an outsider the insiders did everything humanly possible they could to keep her off the ballot.


 

Hijinx

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Republicans who hate Trump are worse than Democrats.
They stab us in the back and work to harm us from the inside.
 

PeoplesElbow

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Personally I dont disagree with the law. I didnt like when Hillary moved to NY for the express purpose of running for an open Senate seat.
 

Tech

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Personally I dont disagree with the law. I didnt like when Hillary moved to NY for the express purpose of running for an open Senate seat.
The should have said to just be a registered voter in the state then require three years residency to register.
 

vraiblonde

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Personally I dont disagree with the law. I didnt like when Hillary moved to NY for the express purpose of running for an open Senate seat.

Oh good, now I don't have to be the first one to say it.

If you haven't lived there for any length of time, how can you possibly represent the people of your district in Congress?

Answer: you can't.

Freaking carpetbaggers. Dem or GOP, doesn't matter. A carpetbagger is a carpetbagger.
 

Hijinx

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Oh good, now I don't have to be the first one to say it.

If you haven't lived there for any length of time, how can you possibly represent the people of your district in Congress?

Answer: you can't.

Freaking carpetbaggers. Dem or GOP, doesn't matter. A carpetbagger is a carpetbagger.
Yo sho do sound Southron. LMAO
 
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