Transparency + Accountability Win Elections!

December 19, 2025 by Alex Johnson in Issues

We’re disappointed to see Democrats win races we should never be losing — but we’re also grateful for the Republican victories that were secured.

Here’s the honest takeaway:

When grassroots conservatives show up early, organize locally, and stay involved between elections, we win.
When we don’t, the Left fills the vacuum — and we all pay the price.

So no doom-and-gloom today. Just determination.

Below are FOUR important updates (a quick read), plus simple action steps to take right now.

THE GA GOP “SURVEY” LINK WAS PULLED, RE-POSTED — AND RESULTS WERE RELEASED WITHOUT THE REAL SUBSTANCE

In response to our last email, the “advisory committee” that published the survey took it down and replaced it with a new link.

Initially, I believed the purpose of the survey was to gather information to help the elected State Committee do its job between conventions, so issues could be debated at multiple business meetings with full discussion.

But the survey was taken down to avoid hearing your thoughts/opinions. And results were later released WITHOUT the written commentary that actually explains WHY ideas are good or bad (here is the link to the “results”), and what the real impacts/drawbacks would be (such as those described, partially, in the last e-mail). Even worse, the last State Committee business meeting appeared to be shut down in a way that avoided discussion of issues State Committee members were trying to raise.

If we want better outcomes, we have to insist on transparent process — and refuse to be managed by “feedback” that’s reduced to first impressions and stripped of context.

GA GOP ENDORSED BY PUTTING OUT A MAILER SUPPORTING A CANDIDATE IN A CONTESTED FULTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL RACE — WITHOUT A VOTE — AND THAT’S A PROBLEM

Recently, the Georgia Republican Party endorsed in a contested Fulton County municipal race where multiple Republicans were running. This mailer from the Georgia Republican Party states:

“The Georgia Republican Party is encouraging citizens to support its endorsed candidates for statewide office, including the Public Service Commission, and to stay in engaged in local city elections… Make a plan to get out and vote to reelect John Bradberry.”

That’s the exact opposite of how you keep volunteers energized.

Compare that with the Georgia Republican Assembly (GRA):
• Members vote on endorsements.
• A 2/3 vote at an endorsement convention is required to earn endorsement.
• The process is driven by active grassroots conservatives — not backroom decisions.

When endorsements happen without buy-in, you alienate the very volunteers who knock doors, make calls, give money, and deliver margins — and that helps us lose elections.

JOIN THE GRA (and have a vote):
www.GeorgiaRA.com

2026 STATEWIDE PRIMARIES ARE ALREADY TAKING SHAPE — SLOW DOWN AND CHOOSE WISELY

Statewide primary races for next year have begun.

Good news: the GA GOP Executive Committee voted to ban Geoff Duncan from qualifying as a Republican — and he is now campaigning as a Democrat (where he belongs).

At the same time, Brad Raffensperger — despite a State Convention vote to ban him from qualifying as a Republican — is attempting to campaign as a Republican. Hopefully the GAGOP carries through and stands up for your rights by keeping him off the ballot.

Bottom line: don’t let anyone pressure you into early endorsements. Do your homework. Wait for proven, principled Republicans.

One of the best tools for cutting through the noise is seeing who GRA members vote to endorse at our endorsement convention early next year. If you want a vote in that process, and want to be a part of the only Republican group the liberals at the AJC *and* the GAGOP Establishment are continuously attacking, apply to join the Georgia Republican Assembly now:
www.GeorgiaRA.com

GAGOP ASSISTANT SECRETARY RESIGNED — AND THE REPLACEMENT PROCESS NEEDS SUNLIGHT

GAGOP Assistant Secretary Ja’quon Stembridge resigned:

That position is being filled by a vote of the GAGOP Executive Committee later this month. We are told the top three finalists are being chosen TODAY, Friday, December 19, 2025, with voting beginning at 5:00 PM and ending at 9:00 PM.

Because there does not appear to be a clearly published, transparent process, you should immediately contact your Executive Committee members and tell them:
• if you want to run (and ask how to submit your name), and/or
• who you want them to vote for.

GAGOP leadership / Executive Committee list:
https://www.gagop.org/about

(As of December 17, the list we’ve seen of declared candidates is attached to this email here.)

ACTION STEPS (DO THESE ASAP)

Join the GRA so you can vote on endorsements and help drive accountability:
www.GeorgiaRA.com
Contact your GAGOP Executive Committee members TODAY about the Assistant Secretary vote:
https://www.gagop.org/about
Commit to doing your homework before the 2026 primaries — and don’t let insiders rush you.

If you’re tired of politics being done TO you instead of WITH you, then you already know what time it is.

Let’s organize. Let’s grow. Let’s win — and let’s earn it the right way.

GRA State Convention Passes Two Resolutions: Supporting Midwifery & Opposing Assisted Suicide

December 6, 2025 by Georgia Republican Assembly in events / Issues

Tunnel Hill, GA – Saturday the GRA State Convention overwhelmingly passed two resolutions. The first one opposed the concept of Physician Assisted Suicide which State Rep. Sharon Cooper (R-Cobb) considered in a hearing for her Public Health Committee earlier this year. This new program called “Medical Aid in Dying” would involve a patient receiving a lethal prescription from his or her physician. This is morally abhorrent and a slippery slope to non-voluntary lethal prescriptions, also known as euthanasia. Public campaign disclosures show that Rep. Cooper receives a good deal of financing from Big Pharma.

You can see the final version of the resolution, which the GRA membership passed here:

*Garland & Tamara Favorito speak at the convention.*

The second resolution passed affirmed support for the decriminalization of midwifery in Georgia. It stated: “GRA principles include support for free enterprise and the elimination of ‘intrusive government intervention in the marketplace’… and it is not the proper role of government to interfere or restrict a woman’s liberty to make decisions regarding where she gives birth or with whom she contracts to assist her in the birth of her baby[.]”

Many other states allow for midwives to practice freely, as they have successfully for the vast majority of human history all over the world, but in Georgia state law makes it very burdensome for midwives to be able to serve expectant mothers who wish to give birth at home rather than in a hospital. Once again, Big Pharma appears to want to maintain a corporate monopoly over this medical practice.

You can see the text of the final version of the resolution that passed in support of midwifery here:

State Court Defies Federal Court in Catoosa GOP Freedom of Association Case

November 8, 2025 by Abigail Darnell in Government / Issues

Ringgold, GA — Yesterday, the Judge David K. Smith of the Superior Court of Catoosa County contradicted the Federal 11th Circuit Court decision issued a few months ago, which upheld the Catoosa GOP’s “freedom of association” lawsuit. In 2024, the Catoosa Republican Party attempted to deny four commissioners a place on their primary ballot, due to those commissioners’ reputation for opposing and not implementing core Republican principles — such as supporting low taxes, allowing backyard chickens on private property, protecting medical freedom, and not endorsing Democrats. They set a very low bar of mainstream Republican positions, and politely denied candidates who didn’t meet that minimum standard.

Click to watch the video.

*The attorneys representing the Catoosa GOP.*

“While it is disappointing that the state court decision completely ignores the recent related federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that clearly recognizes the constitutional issues at play, we look forward to continued appellate review that accurately recognizes the rights of volunteer-run political parties to enforce their platform on behalf of busy citizens and not be forced by government to cover for insider wealthy interests deceiving voters,” said GRA Chairman Alex Johnson, one of the attorneys representing Catoosa GOP.

Judge Smith is a retired judge from Bartow County who was brought into this case because all four judges over Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit recused themselves.

Judge Smith’s order went so far as to state: “… there was no legal basis for the behavior of the Catoosa Republican Party” and issued a judgment against several members of the Catoosa GOP, requiring them to pay the legal fees of the four County Commissioners.

But this decision flatly contradicts the 11th Circuit Federal Court which stated in Jun e:

“The Supreme Court has explained that the First Amendment’s ‘freedom to join together in furtherance of common political beliefs necessarily presupposes the freedom to identify the people who constitute the association,’ Tashjian v. Republican Party of Conn., 479 U.S. 208, 214 (1986) (internal quotation marks omitted), and ‘to limit the association to those people only,’ Democratic Party of U.S. v. Wisconsin ex rel. La Follette, 450 U.S. 107, 122 (1981). In other words, ‘a corollary of the right to associate is the right not to associate.’ Cal. Democratic Party v. Jones, 530 U.S. 567, 574 (2000).

Regarding the right not to associate, the U.S. Supreme Court “has recognized that the inclusion of persons unaffiliated with a political party may seriously distort its collective decisions—thus impairing the party’s essential functions—and that political parties may accordingly protect themselves from intrusion by those with adverse political principles.” La Follette, 450 U.S. at 122 (quotation marks omitted). And generally “a [s]tate, or a court, may not constitutionally substitute its own judgment for that of the [p]arty.” Id. at 123–24.

We have recognized that a political party’s right to advance the shared political beliefs of its members may include the right not to associate with candidates on a primary ballot. (Underlining added.)
See page 8 of the Federal 11th Circuit Court Opinion.

*Catoosa Republicans activists supporting the freedom of association*

With such overt clarity from the U.S. Supreme Court on this issue, it is shocking that a state level court would issue an order so contradictory to this legal precedent. You know, Stare Decisis and all that.

However, it is not entirely unexpected that the Federal Court might be more neutral and objective about Catoosa GOP’s case, since the Federal judiciary is not beholden to Governor Brian Kemp nor are they as closely connected to some of the state legislators whose political careers might be in jeopardy if the Georgia Republican Party began exercising its freedom of association rights more regularly. Make no mistake – Georgia politicians are watching this case very closely.

*Advocates for Catoosa GOP’s freedom of association exercise on the primary ballot speak to the press.*

The 11th Circuit opinion said:
“…we see no reason why a county-level party, and its constituent members, would not also enjoy the right to freedom of association and the right to identify those who constitute the local party based on political beliefs. See Id. The court also suggested that the Duke cases are different because they involved a presidential primary where the party ‘enjoyed substantial discretionary power’ to select candidates, but Georgia state law ‘provides no discretion for a county party to deny qualification to candidates based on substantive concerns.’ See O.C.G.A. § 21-2-153. That state law may prevent the Catoosa GOP from excluding primary candidates for ideological reasons, though, simply shows that its right to freedom of association has been burdened. It does not negate the right. After all, a political party’s constitutional right to exclude, ‘central to its freedom of association,’ is not derived from state law. Wash. State Grange v. Wash. State Republican Party, 552 U.S. 442, 445 (2008).” (Underlining added.)

The far-left Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper and some Establishment-leaning GOP activists were quick to report on this unfavorable ruling, even though they seemed to ignore the 11th Circuit (Federal) Court’s opinion when it was handed down on June 12th, probably because they didn’t like the outcome of that decision.

Fake Republican politicians don’t like being held accountable to a written platform. Politicians and Debbie Dooley are terrified that grassroots Republicans like you just might click the donate button and enable Catoosa GOP to continue this legal fight where SCOTUS precedent is so clearly on their side.

This aggressive decision from the Catoosa Superior Court is ripe for appeal, and Catoosa GOP members stand resolute, despite the fear-mongering efforts of their critics. They are bolstered by the knowledge that real, principled, grassroots Republicans across Georgia are behind them.

Will you pitch in $10 or $20 to help the Catoosa GOP team as they trailblaze for all Georgia Republicans? You can donate here to support the Catoosa GOP’s ongoing legal battle for freedom of association:

https://www.givesendgo.com/supportjoannahildreth

Two Candidates DENIED Republican Title / Brand

October 8, 2025 by Alex Johnson in Government / Issues

The Georgia Republican Party (on the state level) has done two things in the past year to maintain the Republican Party’s reputation and brand.

One, was when the State Executive Committee of the GAGOP voted to adopt a resolution (“resolution” = “written motion”) to ban Geoff Duncan from running as a Republican .

The second, was when the State Republican Party Convention voted to adopt a resolution (again, “resolution” = “written motion”) to ban Brad Raffensperger from running as a Republican .

For those of you who don’t know Roberts Rules of Order, a motion is a proposal within an organization (be it a board of directors, a convention, the state committee, or any other governing body or committee) to take some sort of action and it requires the organization to enact any commands within it.

Geoff Duncan, is running for Governor as a Democrat . He decided NOT to try to lie to voters and claim he’s a Republican, possibly due to the party making clear that he was not welcome.

Brad Raffensperger, on the other hand, has decided to run for Governor and lie to voters claiming he’s a Republic an. While qualifying has not happened yet, some within the State GOP are making statements that mislead people about the role and power of the GAGOP. Simply because the GAGOP has failed for years, due to wanting to work for politicians that are leading us closer to Democrat victories, to exercise its ability to ensure Republican politicians are accountable to you, that does not mean that the Republican Party does not have the power to do so.

There is extensive Supreme Court and federal caselaw that holds that the Republican Party cannot be controlled by state laws, including being forced to qualify people it does not want to associate with for office. The First Amendment guarantees a right to freedom of association. The law is clearly on our side.

There are lawyers that have been helping the Catoosa GOP, pro bono, in getting favorable court rulings that affirm that right. The idea that the party needs millions of dollars to exercise a basic constitutional right is not only false, but also belies the inability of those pushing it to actually reach out to attorneys that are willing to help save the country without charging the party millions of dollars.

If we want to win elections not just next year, but for years into the future, the Republican Party must have a good, consistent brand that enacts great policies into law. Not one that’s sold to the highest bidder and seen as bad, but only better than the alternative.

What type of GOP do you want to see? Cheerleaders for the highest bidders? Or a principled organization that encourages accountability?

Catoosa GOP “RINO Ridding” Case Prevails Against Motion to Dismiss

October 6, 2025 by Abigail Darnell in Government / Issues

Rome, GA – On Monday, federal Judge Billy Ray heard arguments related to Catoosa GOP’s “freedom of association” lawsuit, and he did not grant Catoosa County Attorney Chris Harris’s motion to dismiss the case at this time.

This hearing follows a successful appeal to the 11th Circuit Court which recently affirmed the Catoosa GOP’s position, and remanded the case back to federal Judge Billy Ray.

“We are encouraged that multiple claims are definitely moving forward and are hopeful for a positive judicial decision on all the others,” said Alex Johnson, GRA Chairman and volunteer attorney for Catoosa GOP. “We are grateful we do not live in a country where the government can force political parties to associate with people who don’t share their values and principles.”

*Catoosa GOP heroes, heroines and supporters outside the federal courthouse with attorney Alex Johnson in Rome after the hearing*

This lawsuit originated in March 2024 after the Catoosa County Republican Party sought to exercise its constitutional right to freedom of associatio n by denying four commission candidates a place on the Republican primary ballot. The local GOP made this decision because those candidates had previously supported Democrat public policy positions contrary to the Republican Party platform.

Click to watch the video of the background story on the controversy between Catoosa GOP and Catoosa Commissioners

Catoosa County, located on Georgia’s border with Tennessee, voted 77% for Donald Trump in 202 4. In State Senate District 53, Senator Colton Moore received 78% of the vote. These figures underscore the near impossibility of winning office in Catoosa County as a Democrat or third-party candidate. Consequently, control over access to the Republican primary ballot has become a fiercely contested issue.

Like many other deeply conservative counties in Georgia, the real political contest in Catoosa often occurs in the Republican primary rather than the general election.

Despite the local party’s objections, the Catoosa County Board of Elections voted 4–1 to place the four candidates’ names on the Republican primary ballot—over the GOP’s opposition and, the party contends, in violation of state law. The Catoosa GOP has since filed suit against the Board, alleging that its actions infringed upon the party’s constitutional right to freedom of association.

“Any claim related to the freedom of association should be dismissed,” argued Harris.

Attorney Johnson countered that allowing a government entity to dictate who a political party must accept on its primary ballot resembles the practices of countries such as North Korea or Cuba. Such a practice is wholly un-American and unconstitutional.

Judge Billy Ray gave both sides close scrutiny, posing pointed questions to each attorney and testing their arguments as though playing devil’s advocate.

The Ticking Clock and Looming Elections
It was clear that both sides are eager to see this lawsuit resolved swiftly. Attorney Harris noted that the Board of Elections is seeking guidance for future elections, particularly with another primary approaching soon.

The stakes are high and tensions continue to rise, especially as another Catoosa County commissioner, Chuck Harris, faces re-election in 2026. Earlier this year, delegates at the Catoosa GOP County Convention voted to expel and ban him “from qualifying as a candidate of the Catoosa County Republican Party in any capacity.”

This motion (in the form of a resolution) which passed overwhelmingly, also demanded that:

“5. That CHUCK HARRIS is hereby demanded to cease and desist from calling himself a “Republican” or using his false claim of being a “Republican” for personal profit. 6. That CHUCK HARRIS is hereby banned from all property owned, leased, rented or in the control of the Catoosa County Republican Party and all events held by or under the authority of the Catoosa County Republican Party.”

The delegates passed similarly severe motions regarding the other sitting commissioners as wel l.

The Court appeared to recognize the gravity of this case and the precedent it could set for county parties across Georgia.

“If you’re right, you’re right for everybody,” Judge Billy Ray told attorney Alex Johnson during the hearing. This may have been allusion to the pending order from the GA GOP State Convention delegation passed this past summer in a resolution to block Brad Raffensperger from running in the Republican Primary next year.
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One of the questions the court raised was what specific harm could be demonstrated to come from voters seeing candidates’ names on the Republican primary ballot. While that question was not fully addressed in this hearing, the Catoosa GOP maintains that political parties are harmed when donors and grassroots activists withdraw their support—refusing to give, volunteer, or campaign—because of the party’s association with candidates who do not share its principles.

*The 2025 Catoosa GOP Convention ha record-breaking attendance and affirmed the exercise of freedom of association rights*

Many Republicans across Georgia have expressed frustration when they see candidates on the ballot (at the Federal, State, or local level) whose values appear inconsistent with the party’s platform. The damage grows when disillusioned voters, discouraged by the actions or reputations of certain politicians, choose to stay home on Election Day altogether – thereby never laying eyes on the candidates name at the polls.

Ballot Questions & Catoosa GOP’s Freedom of Speech

Another element of the lawsuit relates to the party’s free speech rights that were violated when the non-binding ballot questions that Catoosa GOP attempted to place on their primary ballot were denied.

“Is it your position that no matter what the content was, the ballot questions should be allowed?” Judge Ray asked Alex Johnson.

He questioned whether the state should allow questions that perhaps incited violence, or might be considered electioneering with the intent to sway voters. Johnson replied that, if the law allowed that speech, there could still be consequences, since the first amendment prohibits the government from restricting speech, but it doesn’t protect individuals from the consequences of their speech.

Judge Ray acknowledged that the statute says “shall” which doesn’t give the state much latitude. Johnson made the case that if ballot questions on a party’s primary may be denied for simply attempting to sway a voter on an issue, or lead a voter to a specific conclusion, one could argue the general ballot referendum questions have been electioneering for many years.

Catoosa GOP Needs Your Help

Chairwoman Joanna Hildreth and her volunteer team have remained steadfast throughout this battle, even expressing a willingness to face jail time in defense of their community’s right to preserve Republican integrity and resist Democrat-aligned public policy.

There will be another hearing for Catoosa GOP this Friday, October 10th at 9:00am at the Catoosa County Courthouse 7694 Nashville St. Ringgold, GA 30736. Republicans are encouraged to attend and show their support for the resolute leaders of Catoosa GOP.

Judge Ray intends to hand down another decision sometime before 2026 qualifying begins, and GRA members are hopeful that the decision will affirm the Catoosa GOP’s constitutional rights.

If you cannot attend the hearing, please consider donating to the ongoing legal expenses, filing fees, and court costs that Catoosa GOP has sustained. Stay tuned for a link to donate to help.

NFRA & GRA Officially Add “Election Integrity” to List of Core Republican Principles

September 29, 2025 by Georgia Republican Assembly in Issues

Anaheim, CA — Last weekend delegates from the GRA joined with NFRA members from around the country who overwhelmingly approved adding election integrity to the Principles of the NFRA. The NFRA 2025 Biennial Convention was held at the Hilton Anaheim and was hosted by the California Republican Assembly, the state chapter that originally launched the Republican Assembly back in the 1930s.

The Missouri Republican Assembly delegation led a successful effort in the meeting to ensure the RA Principles could not be changed without a 2/3rds vote of approval. On the heels of this subject, GRA President Nathaniel Darnell made a motion to add a plank supporting Election Integrity to the list of core Republican Principles. This was a suggestion of a GRA member earlier this year. “I believe our members all across the country would overwhelmingly support adding Election Integrity to the list of principles!” declared Darnell.

One of the delegates from another state asked why the issue couldn’t simply be addressed in a resolution.

“Election Integrity is not just a temporary issue that we might want to address in a resolution because of recent circumstances,” Darnell answered. “It is on-going issue that requires permanent adherence. Recent elections since 2020 have only drawn attention to the extent of the problem. But we need to make clear that this is a universal issue that will require eternal vigilance!”

Christy Haik, the Louisiana RA President, also stressed the importance of adding this subject to the list of principles now. She reported on the problems Louisiana has been dealing with on Election Integrity reform with their Secretary of State.

Debate on the exact working of the statement on Election Integrity ensued in the Board Meeting. As a result, Darnell made a motion that NFRA President Alex Johnson appoint a sub-committee to craft the exact wording over the weekend and present it to Board for approval on the final day of the convention. The motion was approved, and Johnson appointed Haik as the Chairwoman of the sub-committee, calling for other Board members with a strong opinion on Election Integrity reform to volunteer to serve on the committee. Among those appointed to the committee were Mark Mnich from Connecticut, California RA President Carl Brickey, and Darnell from Georgia.

The sub-committee met to assemble the key ideas they wanted to be included in the statement. Several advocated that the issue to be stated as a general principle, and not to be so specific as to sound like a policy statement. The final wording of the statement was assembled by Mnich.

In presenting the statement to the Board on the final day of the convention, Haik said, “I think we’ve got a really nice wording. This would be our 14th principle.”

Watch Louisiana RA President Christy Haik introduce the new Statement on Election Integrity.

The drafted statement read:

“ELECTION INTEGRITY:
“We believe that free and fair elections are essential to preserving our Republic.
Preventing fraudulent ballots from being submitted or counted is key to safeguarding our basic civil right of one citizen, one vote. To ensure that our elections are secure, transparent, and auditable, we advocate for using hand-marked certifiable paper ballots counted at the precinct level, instead of electronic voting machines, for requiring government-issued photo ID, for cleaning voter rolls regularly, and for allowing only U.S. citizens to vote.”

This draft was adopted unanimously by the NFRA Board. You can view the statement on the NFRA’s Statement of Principles, as well as the GRA’s Statement of Principle s as an affiliate state organization of the NFRA. The GRA stands resolutely in favor of meaningful election integrity reform that will ensure our elections are trustworthy and transparent moving forward and urges our elected Republican officials in Atlanta to do everything within their power to accomplish that objective.

*Seven of the GRA delegates who participated in the 2025 NFRA Convention (L to R): Tom Talbot, Catherine Bernard, Abigail Darnell, Nathaniel Darnell, Alex Johnson, David Oles, and Sheryl Vickery*

Prescription to Die – GA Legislators Explore Assisted Suicide

August 28, 2025 by Abigail Darnell in Issues

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.”

Loopholes for Murder?

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.

Who Benefits from MAID?

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.

*Misleading campaign literature claiming Cooper is “pro-life.”*

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

Fulton County Democrat Commissioners in Danger of Contempt of Court After Refusing to Appoint Election Integrity Champions to Fulton Board of Elections

August 21, 2025 by Nathaniel Darnell in Election / Issues

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.

URGENT: GAGOP Supports Ending Government Lobbying and Corruption

August 6, 2025 by Alex Johnson in Issues

Last wee k, you discovered how the GAGOP began to re-establish relevanc e 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 her e to see the bill as proposed.

And click here to see the GRA-endorsed and submitted resolution that was overwhelmingly passed by the GAGO P, 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 Committe e.

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.

Floyd GOP Embraces Democrat Party Officers

July 29, 2025 by Georgia Republican Assembly in events / Issues

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.

*Floyd Democrat Party Chairman Vincent Mendes signing in at Floyd Republican Meeting on June 26th.*

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?

*Floyd County GOP Chair Pam Peters stands proudly beside Floyd Democrat Party Vice Chair Marquita Davis* *(circled) at the 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.

Last month we successfully helped the delegates at the GA GOP State Convention pass a measure to block Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from running as a Republican in the next state GOP primary. They also censured GA Speaker Jon Burns.

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!