On 2/19/2021 at 9:24 AM, Gerry Maddoux said: What Ms. Haley and Mr. McConnell failed to recognize is that the 75M people who voted for Mr. Trump haven t for the most part changed their minds. They voted for Mr. Trump well aware of his warts. Gerry, this is all true. And the dissension and debate within the Republican Party and the stalwarts for Trump and the mainstream Republicans is rocking even the staid Vermont part of the Party - where the Party State Chair is a lunatic woman who cannot keep her composure (unfortunately) and rails against the Governor (who is an exceptionally decent man, I get along really well with him), and the City of Burlington Republican Chair who has now quite publicly resigned, declaring that the State party has been hijacked by the crazies. I scarf a portion of the Letter of Resignation just to give you a flavor of how far the dissension reaches, into the backwoods of rural Vermont:
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Itâs happened â 2020 has finally ended, and a new year is upon us. Last year delivered a global pandemic that affected every Vermonter in ways that have not been seen in a century. As 2021 unfolds, dealing with the huge challenges that have emerged demands vision, determination and the recognition that hard work lies ahead.
Thatâs why Republicans in the legislature this year will make good on their campaign promises to have a laser focus on post-COVID recovery in three specific areas.
First, we must concentrate on addressing the needs of the individual Vermonters and Vermont businesses that need help now because of the way the virus has impacted their daily lives. We will work to ensure that federal stimulus money is allocated wisely and fairly. Republicans are committed to doing everything in our power to hold the line that our caucus did last year to make sure that as much money as is legally possible goes into
It’s happened 2020 has finally ended, and a new year is upon us. Last year delivered a global pandemic that affected every Vermonter in ways that have not been
The rift has been evident for decades. Former Republican governor
Jim Douglas traces the split all the way back to the fight between the conservative Proctor wing of the party and the moderate Gibson-Aiken faction, in the days when Vermont Democrats were so scarce that GOP politics were just about the only politics around. In the 1946 primary, moderate
Ernest W. Gibson Jr. beat incumbent Republican governor
Mortimer Proctor in a hard-fought race then went on to beat the Democrat with 80 percent of the vote. Vermont Republicans have had a successful history, especially since the rise of a strong Democratic opposition in the 1960s, of papering over these divisions, which perhaps gives evidence they could do so again.