Last week, you discovered how the GAGOP began to re-establish relevance to politicians and voters when it banned Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from ever running again as a Republican, following their ban of Former Lt. Gov Geoff Duncan. This occurred at the GAGOP State Convention this year.
Now, it is important to remind people and spread the word about another written motion (“Resolution”) that passed, establishing that the GAGOP is calling upon any legislator that claims to be a Republican to pass Senate Bill 378 – the “Anti-Corruption Act”.
Did you know that, right now, government entities, funded by YOUR tax dollars, can hire lobbyists to get laws passed and other government action that go against your interest?
You don’t have lobbyists working for you at the Gold Dome, yet those “Republicans” who support bigger government and wealth redistribution to corporate interests get to use your tax dollars to ensure that their policies get enacted.
We still have an income tax in this state, and it’s not because government has hired lobbyists to advocate cutting its own taxes or spending.
Senate Bill 378 would end this practice: ensuring that politicians can’t use your tax dollars to lobby the government.
Additionally, right now, certain state level politicians can receive unlimited contributions through “leadership committees”. These committees were created in 2021 to allow special corporate interests to give extreme monetary power to certain political office holders (mostly so-called “Republican” politicians), who then are able to use the money to terrify other Republicans to fall in line in how they vote.
For example, if politicians had voted against Gov. Brian Kemp’s corporate welfare bill for insurance companies and caused it to fail, they would have potentially had to deal with primary challengers funded by millions of dollars of his “leadership committee” money.
Senate Bill 378 would end these “leadership committees“ to create a level playing field for all Georgia politicians, making it harder to bully your state representative or state senator.
Click here to see the bill as proposed.
And click here to see the GRA-endorsed and submitted resolution that was overwhelmingly passed by the GAGOP, at convention, in June.
This resolution stated the Georgia Republican Party’s stance on the bill, and called on ALL Republican politicians to support it. While the Brad Raffensperger resolution forces the GAGOP to not qualify him for office, the resolution supporting the Anti-Corruption Act simply makes it clear that the Georgia Republican Party wants to see it passed. What does this mean about getting it done?
It means that each and every Republican in Georgia (including you) are needed to make it happen. How could you do that? Here are two ideas:
- Demand Action From Your County, District, and State Party Officers:
This resolution was passed by the GAGOP. Meaning that it is the official position of the entire Georgia Republican Party.
Every person you elected into GAGOP party office needs to be making sure the rest of the party volunteers know about it (forward a copy to them), and that each of them are bringing it up to every state house and state senate member they interact with and letting you know they have done so.
If they refuse to end these two obvious corrupt practices, challenge them at the ballot box next year.
And the people you elected to party office should be willing to speak publicly about the resolution to enact the will of the party. Here is the contact info for the State Executive Committee.
- Demand Action From Your Elected Officials:
Bring it up to your state senator or state representative if you see them at party meetings. E-mail them. Call them. Make sure they know the Party’s stance, and hold them accountable!
If Republicans are going to win in November and next year, the Georgia Republican Party needs to lead with common-sense solutions that represent the concerns of citizens in politics: like ending corruption and self-dealing by government, and listening to the GAGOP and not to monied interests. Maintaining the GAGOP brand is the key to Advancing the GOP.