There are those Republican prosecutors who thing the capitol violence was out and out wrong and illegal…
And there those who have thought that they should still carry the water for Donald Trump’s views that the he was cheated out of a election win by liberals and Democrats…And it seems where egging people to attend the Wash DC Capitol protest ….
The chairman of the top outside group dedicated to electing Republican attorneys general has resigned his position in the wake of a show of force by rivals from other states, months after it supported a rally with then-President Trump that turned into an insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (R) last week stepped down as chairman of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), citing a “significant difference of opinion” with the group’s strategic direction.
He is the latest in a string of departures from the organization, including its executive director, Adam Piper, who resigned under what sources said was pressure from the group in the days after the Jan. 6 insurrection…
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Both RAGA and the Rule of Law Defense Fund spent the months leading up to the 2020 elections warning of lawless “mobs” led by antifa. Two weeks before Election Day, RAGA said mobs were “burning down buildings and committing violence in America [sic] cities.”
Thirty states will elect attorneys general next year, including 14 states where Republicans currently control the office — Georgia, Alabama and Texas among them….
James’ abridgement made it hard for me to sort out who was on whose side. Although both are resigning, the executive director, Piper, helped organize the pro-Trump robocall on Jan. 5th, while Chris Carr, A-G of Georgia and resigning chairman of the Republican A-Gs’ Association (RAGA) vehemently opposed the robocall (which he didn’t learn of, let alone approve, until afterwards).
Although the article itself is very confusing without a second or third reading, here’s a partial line-up (according to the author) of the opposing factions. (Maybe Jack could tell us about his own state’s A-G, Alan Wilson, and perhaps also about Chris Carr, attorney-general of neighboring Georgia.)
“Carr, in one corner, represented a faction of attorneys general who found promoting the rally and the baseless lies about election fraud abhorrent, said one former RAGA staffer with direct knowledge of his thinking. Carr and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R), who headed the nonprofit that sent the robocall, the Rule of Law Defense Fund, were not told before the call was sent.
The other faction’s leaders include Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who spoke at the Jan. 6 rally, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (R), Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson (R). Those Republicans appear to have outflanked Carr in the hunt for a new executive director.
Paxton, serving his second term as Texas’s top law enforcement official, has been under indictment since 2015 by a Texas grand jury, and since 2016 by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush (R), the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), is considering challenging Paxton in the 2022 Republican primary.
In his remarks on Jan. 6, Paxton directly attacked Georgia — a state Trump lost last November — and encouraged the crowd to fight.
“What we have in President Trump is a fighter. And I think that’s why we’re all here,” Paxton told attendees from a podium at which Trump would speak shortly after. “We will not quit fighting. We’re Texans. We’re Americans, and the fight will go on.”
Yea DSD….
I had to read the darn thing several times…..
In simple terms it IS a mirror of the GOP….
Support for supporting Trump and his version of reality or NOT?
The Texas guy is just?
Texas.…
Jack?
Under indictment for 6 years and no move to trial?
SC AG Alan Wilson is the ethically challenged son of S.C. Rep.Joe Wilson, a well known Right Wing goof, who famously shouted “you lie” at President Obama when he was addressing Congress in the past
A middling lawyer ,who flunked the Bar exam(Hell even I passed it on my first try) ,Wilson has been relatively undistinguished and consistently draws opposition in Republican primaries .Hes also been involved in several ethical conflicts which has drawn criticism ,even in the Right Wing press.
Speculation is he might just try to stay AG rather than seek another office as most of those avenues are cut off to him for the foreseeable future.
Thanks again Jack for the backgrounders ….