At 7:00pm tonight, the GRA is releasing the above video with the latest report on its outreach. Check out the premiere, and if you aren’t yet a part over the movement, join us now!
Atlanta, GA – On Monday, Georgia legislators explored a change to state law to allow doctors to write lethal prescriptions to facilitate suicide (instead of employing suicide prevention) for patients who have a terminal diagnosis. This sounded alarm bells for GRA members and pro-life advocates who believe the state should recognize and affirm the value of all innocent human life, including the lives of the elderly, disabled, and terminally ill.
“This is a learning committee meeting,” said Rep. Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta) Chairman of the Public Health Committee as she introduced the presenting organizations.
The assisted suicide concept was presented to the committee under the benign-sounding euphemism “Medical Aid in Dying” (MAID), which is misleading since hospice and palliative care are already widely available to provide comfort measures before natural death.
If adopted, the suicide prescription would be limited to victims who are over 18 years old, have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and are capable of administering the drug themself, thus taking their own life with the help of medical professionals.
Currently in Georgia, it is a felony to assist someone to commit suicide per GA Code § 16-5-5 – but MAID would change that.
“[Under MAID] everbody is protected from criminal and civil liabilities,” said Dr. Adrienne Mims, one of the presenters. Dr. Mims was appointed by the governor to the Georgia Older Adults Cabinet and the Georgia Council on Aging.
The committee examined data from Oregon where physician assisted suicide has been legal for many years.
“What we find is, although more than 4,000 prescriptions were written, only 66% of those were used,” said Dr. Mims.
This indicates that one-third of those who requested the suicide pill did not take it. For those who take it, if they change their mind, there is no recourse. “There is no antidote,” said Mims.
Once a patient ingests the lethal cocktail of drugs, they lose consciousness in about 10 minutes and are dead within about an hour. As with any suicide, the family and friends of the victim would be left to mourn the fatal decision, discover the body, and wonder if they were in some way responsible. If you have ever attended the funeral of a suicide victim, you know the shock and trauma it causes for the family. They are often plagued with questions like:
“Was it something I said that led him to this?”
“Should I have done more to reach out and support him?”
“Could I have prevented him making this decision?”
Thankfully, Rep. Scott Hilton (R- Peachtree Corners) raised concerns about the suicide drug to his colleagues calling it “morally abhorrent.”
The patient would have to request the deadly prescription in writing, which raises concerns about the possibility of coercion and abuse from one’s caregivers or heirs who might be able to forge the patient’s signature. Once Grandma is sent home with the prescription how would anyone know if she self-administered the lethal drug voluntarily and knowingly or not? If it was concealed in other medications, or if there was a struggle, who would know?
During the meeting it was mentioned that this deadly dose could even come to the victims house through the mail!
Some might argue that potential loopholes are not a big concern in these cases because the patient had a terminal illness, and was going to die anyway. This thinking represents an obvious assault on the sanctity of life, and has led to the creation of organizations like Not Dead Yet that advocate for the rights of patients with a terminal diagnosis.
We believe Georgia law should recognize and protect the lives of terminally ill patients just like anyone else. The GAGOP platform and resolutions passed over the years have repeatedly affirmed the right to life for all innocent human beings. Any loopholes that might provide cover for murder, jeopardizing lives of vulnerable patients should be a massive concern.
Legislation like this begs the question, who stands to benefit from this change?
The official narrative would have you to believe this effort is all about allowing sick people to engage in the ultimate act of autonomy by choosing to die on their own terms in defiance of their Creator. But the reality is that most legislation is driven by money, and behind all the sob stories and compassionate language stands the health insurance companies who could save a ton of money by encouraging suicide instead of natural death.
Someone who believes in eugenics might regard potential loopholes for murder as a feature not a defect in the law since people tend to wrack up their largest medical expenses at the end of life representing high costs for the taxpayer (because medicine has become so heavily socialized) and/or the insurance companies who have an incentive to make suicide easy and attractive to sick people whom they regard as a “drain on the system.” Health insurance companies benefit from milking patients by collecting premiums and government subsidies for decades of the consumer’s life when they don’t need much medical assistance. Then, when they begin to need it, that’s when the industry looks for ways to drop them as a liability.
If physician assisted suicide is legalized in Georgia, might health insurance companies possibly be incentivized to say “we can’t pay for your chemotherapy, but assisted suicide is covered 100%,” thereby encouraging suicide?
These financial incentives are some of the many tragic eventual consequences of socialized medicine. Heartbreaking stories from Canada and Europe have shown us that physician-assisted suicide quickly leads to euthanasia.
Any assistance in suicide would seem to violate the “do no harm” clause in the Hippocratic Oath taken by many physicians and according to the Heritage Foundation, could open the door for the “practice of medicine to be corrupted.”
It comes as no surprise that Chairwoman Cooper, who appears to have initiated this explorative learning session about MAID, receives massive campaign contributions from the healthcare industry (medical groups, individual doctors, Pfizer, etc.)
Rep. Cooper received a failing 37% on her GRA legislative scorecard this year after comparing her voting record to the principles of the Republican Party. Many Cobb County Republicans find it infuriating that, while running on the Republican ticket, Rep. Cooper has not allowed hearings on pro-life and medical freedom legislation, and instead gives priority to extreme ideas like assisted suicide and bills that grow government and benefit Big Pharma. Many find it disturbing that the GA Faith and Freedom Coalition for the last three years has given a perfect score (100% in 2025, 2024 , and 2023) to Rep. Cooper in spite of her record of opposition to public policy positions that Christians and Republicans usually support.
Please join us in emailing the members of the Public Health Committee to let them know your thoughts on physician assisted suicide. Sometimes hearing from constituents can make all the difference. Experience has taught us that politicians need a lot of encouragement to do the right thing, so please also consider sending a message of gratitude and encouragement to Rep. Scott Hilton for his bold opposition to so-called “Medical Aid in Dying.”
Email Rep. Scott Hilton: Scott.Hilton@House.GA.gov
Fayetteville, GA — Yesterday, the West GA Republican Assembly chapter held a meeting to re-charter and renamed itself the “3rd Congressional District Georgia Republican Assembly! It remains a multi-county regional chapter including Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fayette, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Spalding, Troup, and Upson Counties.
After voting to adopt new chapter bylaws, Lisa Pierce from Upson County was elected the chapter Chairwoman and Linda Menk from Coweta County was elected the new chapter President along with other chapter officers. Also elected were Nancy Holland as the 1st Vice President, Julie Stone as the 2nd Vice President, Sharlene Alexander as the 3rd Vice President, and Angela Bean as the Secretary.
“We will be holding local in-person meetings now!” said Lisa Pierce. Leaders of the new chapter said they would seek to rotate the location of the chapter meetings around the district to encourage more participation from GRA members in the district. Pierce currently serves as the Upson County GOP Chairwoman and previously ran for 1st Vice Chair of the GAGOP.
Linda Menk is a long time activist and patriot fighter who previously served on the Coweta County School Board. GRA members from the 3rd District are excited about their new chapter’s potential. “Everything seems impossible until you try,” said Menk.
Atlanta, GA — The Fulton County Commission held a long-awaited vote on whether to approve the Republican appointments to the Board of Elections. They had previously defied the law by refusing the appointments, and a judge had ordered the county commission to follow the law and accept the two appointments from GRA member and Fulton GOP Chairman Stephanie Endres. She appointed GRA Election Integrity Chairman Jason Frazier and election integrity activist Julie Adams to serve, but when it came time for the Commissioners to vote, several of the Democrat Fulton County commissioners left the room before the vote was taken.
The final result was 2 in favor and 2 against. Thus, the motion failed.
The Democrats on the commission have labeled Frazier and Adams as extremists simply because they take election integrity seriously. Yet now, these same Democrats are disregarding both the law and a court order—and they may soon find themselves in serious trouble.
The Fulton County Republican Party, with help from attorneys from the RNC, filed a motion on Thursday to find the defiant Democrat commissioners in contempt.
This is not the first time the Democrat-controlled commission has violated the law by refusing to accept Endres’ appointment to the board. In June of 2023, the county commission also rejected Frazier. Frazier had developed a reputation by volunteering his own time and money to clean up voter rolls in Fulton because the county wasn’t doing its job as required by law. In one example of his challenges, an abandoned house at 850 Oak Street NW in Atlanta had twenty voter registrations!
Frazier had also been the one to discover that there were approximately 20,000 duplicate voter registrations in Fulton and approximately 2,000 registrations had no address listed.
Rome, GA — Last Tuesday, the Etowah Republican Assembly chapter co-hosted a celebration of the legacy of the Ten Commandments and the influence of other historic documents reflecting a Christian worldview which were seminal in the founding of America.
Etowah RA chapter President Angela Rubino said, “Thanks to the vision and tireless work of Lynda Phelps—who first brought this idea to us back in February at an ERA meeting—and with the generous support of Karen Dobson with Trump Force 47, the Etowah Republican Assembly, and our anonymous donors, these nine framed documents now hang proudly in the Floyd County Commissioner’s administration building.”
The Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Georgia Constitution, the National Motto, and the National Anthem were also a part of the display.
This is more than a historical display, but rather a present-day acknowledgment of the sovereignty of God — from whom all our rights originate — over our institutions.
“Our mission doesn’t end here,” said Rubino. “We’ve already sparked interest in neighboring counties, and on August 18th we’ll be before the Floyd County School Board to propose placing these documents in every school throughout our county. Imagine every child, every teacher, every parent pausing for a moment each day to read those words and to remember how our great country came to be.”
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:
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.
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.
Atlanta, GA — This morning the Fulton County Superior Court issued a Writ of Mandamus that requires the Fulton County Commission to accept the two appointments that GRA-member & Fulton County GOP Chairwoman Stephanie Endres made to the Fulton County Board of Elections: Julie Adams and the GRA’s Election Integrity Action Group Chairman Jason Frazier. Both of them have pointed out countless flaws with Fulton’s election systems since 2020.
This court decision represents a great victory for our GRA activists and election integrity activists in Fulton County, who have been vigilantly fighting the corruption for the last five years. Jason and Julie’s combined presence on the Board of Elections would bring with it heightened scrutiny and awareness of Fulton County’s corruption.
As many will remember, over four years ago, in 2021, the Fulton County Republican Party was a nexus of the Establishment, and the county convention that year had more votes than eligible voters and had an extensive appeal process due to the Establishment’s initial loss which, disappointingly, led to the Establishment staying in charge in one of the most populous counties in the state.
That all changed two years ago, in 2023, when grassroots activists, led by former Johns Creek city council member and GRA endorsed candidate Stephanie Endres, defeated the Establishment in Fulton County. Then, this year, in 2025, after two years of the Establishment refusing to unify and work with the grassroots activists in Fulton, and spreading lies about them during the convention process, Fulton County GOP Chairman Stephanie Endres and her team were re-elected again in a resounding victory.
Now, why does this matter? Due to their victories, the Fulton County Republican Party was able to appoint two really principled Republicans to the Fulton County Board of Registrations and Elections: Jason Frazier, head of the GRA Election Intergrity Committee, and Julie Adams.
Both of them are anti-Establishment fighters for Republican values.
This is a big deal, since often the people appointed by the Establishment to these positions are self-interested RINO types who get appointed to these positions because they will act nice and friendly with the Democrats, but not fight for what the party wants on the board.
Essentially, Establishment people appointing Establishment people.
Jason and Julie are the opposite of that.
Which is why the Fulton County Board of Commissioners refused to accept their appointment to the Board of Registrations and Elections.
The Fulton County Republican Party, under this anti-Establishment leadership, refused to back down and brought a lawsuit against the Fulton County Board of Commissioners for not following the law.
Reportedly funded by the Republican National Committee with connections made through the GAGOP, the Fulton County Republican Party, under Stephanie’s leadership, received a favorable ruling earlier this week, stating that it was unlawful to refuse the appointments of Julie Adams and Jason Frazier.
Many are concerned that the Fulton County Commission, which is controlled by Democrats, will attempt to appeal the decision of the Fulton Superior Court. But with this decision, it appears that such action would only prolong the inevitable win for Stephanie, Jason, and Julie.
Now, while the litigation is still ongoing and may still continue, it is important to recognize the important truth: who is elected into party leadership matters.
The Establishment fears making appointments that will stand for the people/party instead of with the political industry. The Establishment fears lawsuits instead of fighting for the party to be relevant and active.
That’s not what the grassroots/”We the People” do. And it’s not what Fulton County GOP’s leadership did.
There aren’t always a lot of victories to celebrate, but I would encourage you to message the anti-establishment Fulton County GOP leadership and congratulate them on the win, and thank them for their hard work and not backing down.
Because it’s not easy to put up with faux Republicans trying to minimize your accomplishments while not truly caring about election integrity. And thanking and congratulating fellow grassroots activists when things go well?
It’s the least we can do.
How do you know when having a “Big Tent Party” has gone too far? How about when the opposing Chairman and Vice Chair of the local Democrat Party organization are welcomed into your local Republican Party meeting? That’s exactly what happened at the June 26th Floyd County GOP Meeting just a few weeks ago.
Floyd County Democrat Party Chairman Vincent Mendes was seen attending the previous meeting of the Floyd County Republican Party featuring Janelle & Kelvin King as the guest speakers.
Mendes was accompanied by the Floyd Democrat Party Vice President Marquita Davis and Shawn Harris, the current Democrat opponent of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-14), and the Democrat nominee in the last election. One has to wonder how MTG feels knowing her Democrat opponent was welcome to attend a GOP meeting in her home town …
Shawn Harris on his campaign website says he wants to “restore Roe,” the unconstitutional murderous abortion precedent, and he wants to expand nanny-state welfarism through more government programs. Why would someone with such ideology so diametrically opposed to the Republican platform want to attend a GOP meeting?
“I am not really surprised but rather disappointed,” said Etowah RA President Angela Rubino. “I would have hated to have been photographed with Democrats at a GOP members’ meeting.”
If your “big tent” is so big it encompasses everyone and every ideology, you cease to have a tent at all. If the goal of the party is to make itself appealing to an ever larger and broader electorate, this would defeat the purpose of having a political party at all. Simply put… if everyone is a Republican, then no one is.
One might argue that Election Integrity (the topic of the Floyd GOP Meeting) might be a topic of interest for both Republicans and Democrats, but this kind of fraternization at a GOP members’ meeting is still quite bizarre.
Another might argue that DINOs (Democrats in Name Only) do exist, and perhaps this is an example of Democrats defecting. But it would be strange if Democrat party officers, and an active Democrat candidate were to fit into that category
While Democrats are welcomed and embraced at the Floyd County Republican Party meeting, America First patriots and conservatives are often treated as unwanted outsiders at GOP meetings. This comes after pro-family activists were not allowed to wear “Make the Rainbow Great Again” t-shirts at the Floyd GOP Flag Day event and were asked to turn their t-shirts inside out.
“It appears Floyd County is pushing a Uni-Party agenda and blurring the lines when the people spoke clearly on November 5th for radical change in policies,” added Rubino. “It is concerning. As a member of the Floyd GOP, I feel unwelcome and unwanted when I attend these meetings, but the Democrats look pretty cozy!”
This incident highlights the concern across the state regarding Democrats infiltrating the Republican Party with their Leftist ideas and policies.
DONKEYS AND RINOS AND BEARS! OH MY!
Georgia has far more RED counties than BLUE counties, and in those rural red counties, many Democrats, RINOs, and possibly even Marxists are trying to sneak in wearing Republican masks so that they can advance Statism using the resources of the proponents of freedom!
That is why the Georgia Republican Assembly’s successful work is so crucial to help the state and local GOPs protect their branding by enforcing minimum standards against fake Republican politicians.
That happened just days before the federal 11th Circuit Court affirmed the constitutional right of the Catoosa GOP to block incumbent RINOS from running again as Republicans in local government primaries. These are critical safeguards to compel politicians to listen to the concerns of Republican grassroots activists and actually implement Republican policies.
Now the RINO Establishment at the Gold Dome and their minions across the state are working to strike back against the GRA! Over the next several weeks and months you can count on seeing the Establishment and their Leftist friends in the “fake news” media publicly lie about, attack, and malign the GRA, its leadership, and its membership.
You’ll probably see more political harassment and misrepresentation. They will use anything they can to try to prevent the grassroots from holding politicians accountable to long-professed Republican principles that have made America great. But we urge you to stay the course! The grassroots have never been stronger!
Atlanta, GA — On last Tuesday, dozens of election integrity activists (many of whom are GRA members) spoke before the State House’s “Blue Ribbon Study Committee” at the State Capitol, urging legislators to adopt real election integrity reform in Georgia.
“Much like the fable The Emperor’s New Clothes, we continue to hear strong declarations that Georgia’s elections are secure, yet beneath these confident statements of public trust and high turnout, are persistent, well-documented problems that are impossible to ignore for anyone paying attention,” said GRA member Field Searcy, leader of Georgians for Truth, during public comments.
The public speakers included both conservatives and Democrats however the vast majority advocated for hand marked paper ballots.
Cheating can also occur using paper ballots, they would be auditable and can be verified with a “paper trail,” unlike the electronic Dominion system.
“We are still voting on the same system we voted on in 2020,” said election integrity leader Sam Carnline, also with Georgians for Truth.
Garland Favorito of VoterGA also spoke and raised concerns that our voter data has been outsourced to a Sales Force cloud and our PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is going to third parties without our consent.
This Study Committee may be an attempt to placate the election integrity patriots without providing any meaningful reform, but if so, it is still a good sign that Georgia legislators felt a need to do so. This is an indication of progress for the election integrity movement. Every meeting gives activists an opportunity to keep pressure on the legislators and make our concerns heard by both legislators and constituents. Hopefully we can break through the noise to awaken the disengaged Republicans who only pay attention on Election Day.
We desperately need your Republican-voting friends, neighbors and church members to help us turn Georgia around by getting politically informed and engaged in between elections. Please encourage your less-engaged Republican friends to take a look at our Legislative Scorecards and sign up for our email newsletter on our website.
We urge all GRA members to consider attending the next Blue Ribbon committee meeting August 8th in Rockmart.
Another opportunity to advance election integrity is coming up at the State Election Board Meeting July 29th-30th at 9AM at the Georgia State Capital – Room 341.
If you cannot join in person you can use this Remote link: https://www.youtube.com/@GAStateElectionBoard/streams/.
Today the GRA Board met in-person in Woodstock at the Cherokee County GOP Headquarters. Among the business addressed at the meeting were the passage of timely resolutions addressing several recent events in Georgia politics.
This is the first Board meeting we’ve been able to have since the GA GOP State Convention, the “Goodbye GRA” email attacks, and the announcement of the shut down of First Liberty Capital in Coweta County. So the Board unanimously passed a series of resolutions as official statements on these and other urgent events, which we invite you to read here:
