Will the new chair of the NH GOP, Chris Ager, change course? Or will the same old same old continue where hairs are split, and business as usual continues?
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Will the NH GOP continue selectively applying rules when convenient and ignore the organization’s by-laws? Does public perception matter? Will he put principle above politics?
Questions are permeating social media, as well as your articles on GraniteGrok.
Public perception matters. When notable “Republicans” endorse Democrats, does that count as bi-partisanship?
Thad Riley is only the tip of the iceberg. Now Kevin Smith has followed suit. And it isn’t just Republicans endorsing Democrats.
The NHGOP By-laws clearly state, (emphasis added)
Any registered Republican who, at the same time joins or allows his or her name to be used in support of a political committee or a defined group of individuals, that, in title or effect, is intended to be understood by the public to be a committee or group comprised in whole or in part of members of the Republican Party endorsing a candidate for elected office from another political party, when there is a candidate nominated by the Republican Party for that office, shall be disqualified during the then present and the next biennium from holding an office of the State Committee or any County or City Committee, from being a member of the Executive Committee and from being a member of the State Committee.
Here the famed NH9, FaceBook We the People, and Resolve organizer, Terese Grinnel, has violated this by-law multiple times. Terese currently sits as a member of the Merrimack County Republican Committee. In the 2022 general election, you can see her post endorsing Libertarian Lily Tang Williams against Republican Bob Burns.
From Telegram Terese, a primary organizer of the Resolve Initiative, is promoting Libertarian Ben Weir over Republican Keith Mitchell for Sheriff in the 2022 election. Did this cost the GOP a sheriff in Merrimack County?
Most recently, she posted this video on Facebook. Here she is promoting and fostering the establishment of another party while serving as a member of the State Committee of the NHGOP. To save time, there are two places where she announces this while working from within using those resources at 12:50 and then again from 27:35 to 45:08. Why is this okay?
It appears Chairman Chris Ager can choose to adhere to rules, including the NH GOP Platform as stated in the bylaws or he can just be one of the deep state.
