Exciting Development Before the Election! |
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We have a confession to make.
We are not sad to receive the news about David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) resigning from serving as the Speaker of the Georgia State House of Representatives. We are not going to miss him.
Yes, the current Speaker of the GA House David Ralston announced Friday that he would not be seeking re-election as Speaker when the Georgia General Assembly reconvenes in January for the next legislative session. Of course, the bulk of our endorsed State House candidates who won their Republican primaries had already pledged to not vote to re-elect him anyways. When you combine that fact with how much the Republican majority in the State House has shrunk — particularly given how Ralston redistricted some of the most conservative represenatives into Democrat districts — Ralston's chances of getting re-elected have become tenuous.
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But Speaker Ralston cited health concerns, about which rumors have been spreading for months. We take no pleasure in Ralston's bad health, but we do rejoice in the Lord for providentially using such an illness to rescue us all from Ralston's reign of tyranny over the last decade. We confess that we are unapologetic in making that statement.
We won't delineate again right now the long list of grievances against Ralston that have accumulated over his tenure as Speaker. It would take too much time. But he will answer to God. Most of you probably haven't forgotten at least the highlights. Suffice it to say, most of the Republican principles Ralston has obstructed advancing over the years have been conducted in the following ways:
- Block good legislation with grassroots support from ever getting out of committee so as not to embarrass your fellow RINOs when they vote against it. Tell your committee chairmen to never let the bill see the light of day or else they will lose their chairmanships!
- Lay it on heavy if any Republican does not support your pet legislation. Tell them you'll take away all their preferred committee assignments, put them in the office overlooking the dumpster, and move their assigned parking space to the compact one in-between the two giant pillars at the farthest end of the parking deck, etc.
- Raise up RINOs to primary any principled Republican who dares to cross you. Call upon your committee chairmen to each make a considerable campaign contribution to the troublemaker's RINO primary opponent and hire consultants to assist in stomping the little twerp into the ground!
Now any professed Republican legislator who allows himself to be intimidated from serving the well-being of his constituents and doing what is morally right before God due to these tactics is also arguably at fault. Few have been willing to confront Ralston — but the few who have been were GRA-endorsed state legislators!
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Nevertheless, when our representatives in the Republican Caucus of the Georgia State House of Representatives meet after the election to decide who they will elect to succeed Ralston, they should look for a candidate who will not follow in Ralston's example in these key misbehaviors.
We urge you to contact your Republican State Representative and urge them to vote for a new Speaker who will not obstruct Republican principles as David Ralston has!
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The next Republican Speaker of the House in Georgia should at least allow legislation with popular grassroot's support to run through the legislative course and make it to the House floor for debate and a vote. Regardless of whether the legislation is over securing gun rights, saving preborn babies from abortion murder, enacting real election integrity reform—or anything else!
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Defeat Democrats
Tuesday by Voting!
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If you haven't already done so, please be sure to show up at the polls on Tuesday and help us defeat the insane Democrats like Stacey Abrams and Raphael Warnock who are driving our country into the ground! |
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• Burt Jones for Lieutenant Governor: As a State Senator, Burt Jones was willing to take a hit from Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan when he stood up for election integrity. We like someone who has proven is he willing to take a hit and fight back to advance our principles, and we believe State Senator Burt Jones will be a great improvement over our current Lt. Governor (who has obstructed real election integrity reform and other good pieces of legislation). |
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene for Congress, District 14: By and large, we wish more Republicans serving in elected office were more like "MTG" in her way of taking the fight to the enemy — challenging them on the liberal's "sacred ground." She was the only candidate who won the GRA's endorsement by a unanimous vote of the participating membership at our statewide endorsement convention, and we look forward to seeing her serve when Republicans take control of the U.S. House! |
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• Tim Echols for Public Service Commissioner: In his role as our PSC over the last decade, he has been an opponent of the over-regulation of the EPA and a proponent of fracking, coal, and nuclear power as effective energy sources. Prior to being elected to this office, he was the founder of the national non-profit TeenPact, which trains young people in politics and has been instrumental in numerous campaigns. He also worked on the campaign for former Congressman Paul Broun, the previous President of the GRA-PAC. |
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Georgians Ending Abortion Petitions Delivered to Governor Brian Kemp's Office |
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Prolife activists deliver thousands of petitions to staff at Governor Brian Kemp's office at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, calling for the complete equal protection of the lives of all the preborn.
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Last Thursday, leaders of partnering organizations from across the state joined at the state capitol in Atlanta with pro-life GRA-endorsed State Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Cherokee) and Georgia Right to Life for a press conference and to deliver thousands of signed petitions from concerned citizens, asking the Governor to support the complete Equal Protection under the law for all the preborn. The GRA has been pleased to be a part of this Georgians Ending Abortion petition effort along with many other Republican county organizations. |
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State Rep. Charlice Byrd (right) with Genevieve Wilson (left) |
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GRA NFRA Director Nathaniel Darnell speaks in favor of the Georgians Ending Abortion effort. |
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Carminthia Moore, a former GRA-endorsed candidate for State House in Cobb County, handed the box of petitions to the Governor's staff with the appeal, "Governor Brian Kemp has been courageous in the past by reopening the state during the height of the COVID lockdowns and by signing onto the Constitutional Carry bill. We are urging Governor Kemp to be courageous again" to save the lives of all preborn babies. |
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Dr. Tiffany Flock speaks in favor of the abolition of abortion as well at the press conference at the state capitol flanked by two of her daughters. |
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Our new Republican Assembly T-shirts are available now for $15 plus shipping. |
available sizes: small / medium / large |
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The Georgia Republican Assembly is the state chapter of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA). Republican Assemblies have organized around the nation since 1935, and the national entity was founded in 1996. Described as "the Republican Wing of the Republican Party," the Republican Assemblies have worked to mobilize and ensure people who truly reflect the stated principles of the GOP get elected to civil office and to prevent those who do not. Ronald Reagan once said, "The best symbol of the grassroots worker I can think of is the Republican Assembly ... The Republican Assemblies are the conscience of the Republican Party."
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To refer friends to become a member of the GRA, send them to our web site http://www.georgiara.com/. Let’s work together to get the Republican Party in Georgia advancing its Republican agenda! |
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