Kansas City police chief will skip GOP event after criticism from mayor Bryan Lowry, The Kansas City Star
Apr. 8 Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at a Republican Party event after facing criticism from Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas.
Smith was scheduled to be a guest of honor at the Jackson County Republican Committee s April 17 Reagan-Lincoln Day dinner, which will feature speeches from two U.S. Senate candidates, former Gov. Eric Greitens and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt.
But Smith announced Thursday that he would no longer be attending the event after Lucas and others raised concerns about the head of the city s police department participating in an overtly partisan event.
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KCPD Chief Rick Smith pulls out of appearance at Jackson County Republican Party event
Mayor Quinton Lucas tweeted Thursday morning that he had concerns about the head of a department participating in an overly partisan event Share Updated: 4:19 PM CDT Apr 8, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff
KCPD Chief Rick Smith pulls out of appearance at Jackson County Republican Party event
Mayor Quinton Lucas tweeted Thursday morning that he had concerns about the head of a department participating in an overly partisan event Share Updated: 4:19 PM CDT Apr 8, 2021
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Show Transcript LEADERSHIP DUTIES IN TOPEKA, KANSAS CITY POLICE. CHIEF RICK SMITH IS PULLING OUT OF AN APPEARANCE AT A REPUBLICAN PARTY EVENT. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO THE GUEST OF HONOR AT THE JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE DINNER NEXT WEEK MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS TWEETED THIS MORNING THAT HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEAD OF A DEPARTMENT PARTICIP. BEING IN AN OVERLY PARTISAN EVENT HO
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In this image from a video, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks as the Senate reconvenes to debate the objection to confirm the Electoral College Vote from Arizona, after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
A Republican colleague in the U.S. Senate says Hawley’s objection to certifying the electoral college votes was a “stunt.”
After U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley stoked baseless concerns about the presidential election results, a top donor to his campaign and former mentor both expressed regret for their support of the Republican senator from Missouri and blamed him for the mob that breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.