Gilmer County Republican Party

Our next meeting will be held Thursday March 11 at Emily's Restaurant in downtown Ellijay starting at 7:00pm. Our guests this month will be... - Congressman Andrew Clyde, DC Legislative Update via Zoom - State Senator Steve Gooch, State Legislative Update via Zoom - Ellijay City Councilman Kevin Pritchett, Local Update... - Jake Evans, GA Ethics Commission Chair, GA Voter Integrity Committeeman We will also have important information regarding the upcoming convention cycle and the latest from the 2021 legislative session. ***If you're interested in serving as a delegate district or state convention, please send us an email at [email protected].

PLEASE SHARE: We apologize for the inconvenience, but tonight’s regular meeting has been postponed. We will have an announcement on a rescheduled date soon. At that rescheduled meeting we will be announcing our convention committee assignments. If anyone is interested in serving as a delegate or on a committee please email [email protected]

Join us this Thursday at 7:00pm for our monthly meeting. We plan to address and discuss several issues impacting all of us at the national, state, and local level. We look forward to seeing you there!

ATTENTION: The Town Creek polling precinct will be open until 7:40pm. Please go vote!

So we told everyone last night about the constant attempts to destroy private property and suppress our free speech. But we wanted to fill everyone in on something else that has been going on in Georgia in the form of voter suppression. We hear Democrats falsely claiming voter suppression year after year, except when they win course. Could it be they’re actually projecting their own tactics in an effort to deflect attention from what they in fact do to keep Republican voters ...from participating? These homemade signs were brought to us by a concerned citizen. They were placed on public property with no clear indication of who paid for them, as law regarding political signage requires. We decided to literally roll back the red tape. To nobody’s surprise, it was wrapped around a sign that had been stolen from the 7th Congressional District (Gwinnett/Forsyth). Thats right, Democrats in our state stole the property of Dr. McCormick’s campaign during the General Election campaign. Then they made these signs and drove them throughout North Georgia in an effort to keep YOU from voting in the runoff. Maybe they think we’re stupid? Maybe they thought we’d just let it go and not say anything? Maybe they think they can just get away with doing whatever they want? We must vote tomorrow.

This sign has been on PRIVATE PROPERTY outside the Legion Road gate of Coosawattee for a little over a week now. We made sure to make it heavy and secure, but the Democrat vandals have still persisted in trying to take away our free speech. We've found it in the creek, down the road, and turned over. It's too heavy to just steal like they did the 40+ Trump signs since June. They think they can intimidate us into silence. They're wrong. THEY WILL NOT TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHT TO FRE...E SPEECH. Even it means standing guard around the clock. So that's what we're doing. Hopefully the cowards who come in the middle of the night will decide to do so again. They will be caught. The Sheriffs Office is fully aware of the situation and they're expecting a call if it happens again. But in the meantime... if you needed an example of what is at stake in this run off election. Vandals in the middle of the night have zero problem with disrespecting private property and our American flag. Please go vote this Tuesday or it will be like this everywhere.

America is a Republic whose leaders are chosen in democratic elections. Those elections, in turn, must comply with the Constitution and with federal and state l...aw. When the voters fairly decide an election, pursuant to the rule of law, the losing candidate should acknowledge and respect the legitimacy of that election. And, if the voters choose to elect a new office-holder, our Nation should have a peaceful transfer of power. The election of 2020, like the election of 2016, was hard fought and, in many swing states, narrowly decided. The 2020 election, however, featured unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations and lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities. Voter fraud has posed a persistent challenge in our elections, although its breadth and scope are disputed. By any measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes. And those allegations are not believed just by one individual candidate. Instead, they are widespread. Reuters/Ipsos polling, tragically, shows that 39% of Americans believe ‘the election was rigged.' That belief is held by Republicans (67%), Democrats (17%), and Independents (31%). Some Members of Congress disagree with that assessment, as do many members of the media. But, whether or not our elected officials or journalists believe it, that deep distrust of our democratic processes will not magically disappear. It should concern us all. And it poses an ongoing threat to the legitimacy of any subsequent administrations. Ideally, the courts would have heard evidence and resolved these claims of serious election fraud. Twice, the Supreme Court had the opportunity to do so; twice, the Court declined. On January 6, it is incumbent on Congress to vote on whether to certify the 2020 election results. That vote is the lone constitutional power remaining to consider and force resolution of the multiple allegations of serious voter fraud. At that quadrennial joint session, there is long precedent of Democratic Members of Congress raising objections to presidential election results, as they did in 1969, 2001, 2005, and 2017. And, in both 1969 and 2005, a Democratic Senator joined with a Democratic House Member in forcing votes in both houses on whether to accept the presidential electors being challenged. The most direct precedent on this question arose in 1877, following serious allegations of fraud and illegal conduct in the Hayes-Tilden presidential race. Specifically, the elections in three states-Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina-were alleged to have been conducted illegally. In 1877, Congress did not ignore those allegations, nor did the media simply dismiss those raising them as radicals trying to undermine democracy. Instead, Congress appointed an Electoral Commission-consisting of five Senators, five House Members, and five Supreme Court Justices-to consider and resolve the disputed returns. We should follow that precedent. To wit, Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed states. Once completed, individual states would evaluate the Commission's findings and could convene a special legislative session to certify a change in their vote, if needed. Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given' and ‘lawfully certified' (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed. We are not naïve. We fully expect most if not all Democrats, and perhaps more than a few Republicans, to vote otherwise. But support of election integrity should not be a partisan issue. A fair and credible audit-conducted expeditiously and completed well before January 20-would dramatically improve Americans' faith in our electoral process and would significantly enhance the legitimacy of whoever becomes our next President. We owe that to the People. These are matters worthy of the Congress, and entrusted to us to defend. We do not take this action lightly. We are acting not to thwart the democratic process, but rather to protect it. And every one of us should act together to ensure that the election was lawfully conducted under the Constitution and to do everything we can to restore faith in our Democracy.

Christians who believe the Bible and live in Georgiathe soul of our nation is at stake. I ask you to rally God’s army to PRAY and VOTE in this run-off for the ...Senate. Please encourage your family, your friends, your community to pray and to vote. If conservatives lose control of the Senate, there is nothing to stop the radical agenda of the left. There will not be another chance to get this right. The nation is depending on you. Why are these two seats so important? The control of the U.S. Senate is at stake. The Senate is the last line of defense to block the radical, wicked agenda that is trying to take control of our nation. These two seats will determine whether liberal socialist-leaning progressives OR conservative lawmakers have a majority. The policies supported by those on the left promise to be openly hostile to those who hold Christian beliefs. Liberal, so called progressives, immediately want to pass The Equality Act which is anything but equal. It is an attempt to rid our country of religious freedom protections. Progressives could pass this easily and quickly with control of the Senate. Friends, this is dangerous. This would change our nation at its very foundationand yes, it would also greatly change your everyday life. It will vastly alter the America that we leave for our children and grandchildren. I encourage Christians across the country to pray for this electionand if you live in Georgia, vote before it's too late.