Olympia Indivisible#WA #GOP in disaray. The minority leader, Jim Walsh is the State head of the #MAGA party. #Governor contender #SemiBird has criminal record.Candidate Dave #Reichert on social media said he is withdrawing his name from the party's consideration of an endorsement and said the party is in "disarray." Likely no final endorsment from the GOP. https://www.kxly.com/news/washington-state-gop-likely-to-not-endorse-gubernatorial-candidate-following-disqualification/article_4bc2a3b6-fe94-11ee-8cbd-f3062fc57ac3.html?
PNW Deb@Olyindivisible Is Reichert withdrawing from the race? Or has he decided to run as an independent? I hope he is dropping out.
Emmett O'Connell@DebR @Olyindivisible neither, he's just not going for the party endorsement. He can still run in the primary as a Republican and he'll likely win anyway
@emmettoconnell @DebR Any idea why the GOP allowed Walsh to be the minority leader? Shows everyone the WA GOP are extremists.
Walsh became state chair because of a maga turnover in county and LD in the 2022 PCO elections
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Short 🧵 on structural politics in #washingtonstate and what that means for the WAGOP chair election: For people wondering what the race for Washington GOP chair in August is going to look like, watch this video 24 of the 39 GOP county organizations have flipped to election denying, insurrection denying leadership https://tube.spdns.org/w/rNiREPm7T8QUb7DZMeuKLb /1
@emmettoconnell @Olyindivisible I certainly hope not. I don’t want to have to attend protests against him again.