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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Jan 4, 2019, 03:59 PM Jan 2019

Did Arizona's GOP chair just warn Sen. Martha McSally not to criticize Donald Trump?

EJ Montini, Arizona Republic Published 1:03 a.m. MT Jan. 4, 2019 | Updated 7:12 a.m. MT Jan. 4, 2019

Opinion: If you read between the lines in the party's recent newsletter it sure sounds like it.

In a recent Arizona Republican Party newsletter, Chairman Jonathan Lines issued marching orders for elected Republican officials in clear, concise, mildly threatening terms:

Lines declared that office holders must "stand with” President Donald Trump. And that it is "non-negotiable."

Are you listening, Sen. Martha McSally?

Non-negotiable.

I kinda think he's talking to you

Because while no names were mentioned, it sounds like the chairman might just be talking to you. After all, you're now the only Arizona Republican in the U.S. Senate. And you have an election coming up in 2020

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2019/01/04/martha-mcsally-donald-trump-arizona-republican-party/2480287002/

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Did Arizona's GOP chair just warn Sen. Martha McSally not to criticize Donald Trump? (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

Caught that earlier. Wellstone ruled Jan 2019 #1

"A demand to 'stand with our president' " StarryNite Jan 2019 #2

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

1. Caught that earlier.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2019, 04:04 PM

Jan 2019

This will come back in spades for this idiots. So the Tea Baggers have not learned their lessons yet,well,class is about to start.

StarryNite

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2. "A demand to 'stand with our president' "

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2019, 05:04 PM

Jan 2019

"A demand to 'stand with our president'
Lines said Romney's essay was "very critical of our President, and Republicans rightly have criticized both his words, and the fact that he used the pages of the Washington Post, one of the most anti-Trump newspapers in the country, to deliver them.”

He added – and part of this is hilarious:

“One of the things I’ve always loved about our party is that we are a big tent. We have room for everyone. That’s why, as your Chairman, I’ve done my best to welcome as many different viewpoints and coalitions as possible into our party… However, while we are accepting of different viewpoints, it is essential that we stay true to our conservative values. And it is non-negotiable that we stand with our President.”

Did you catch the hilarity?

Maybe the tent isn't actually that big
It’s the part where Lines says “we have room for everyone” and welcomes “many different viewpoints” but says that standing with Trump is “non-negotiable.”

In other words, you can have any viewpoint you want … as long as you agree with Trump.

Are you paying attention, Sen. McSally?"

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