Party tells former RNC chair that he's no longer a Republican - MSNBC

[GGoss]

On the surface, there doesn’t appear to be any reason to question Marc Racicot’s partisanship. The Montanan served as a Republican state attorney general, a popular two-term Republican governor, and a chairman of the Republican National Committee.

But that record does not appear to have impressed the current leadership of the Montana Republican Party. The Helena Independent Record reported:

Former Republican Gov. Marc Racicot said over the weekend that the Montana Republican Party recently informed him of a resolution voted on and approved by party leadership declaring he is no longer considered a Republican. ... Racicot said in an interview over the weekend that he was not warned or informed of the resolution before it was voted on and sent to him.

According to the state party’s resolution, news organizations are discouraged from referring to Racicot as a Republican, despite his affiliation with the party and his professional background.

Link: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/party-tells-former-rnc-chair-s-no-longer-republican-rcna71559

[PJMcK]

1. Off the deep end they go... (n/t)

[Justice matters.]

14. They "canceled" him.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. Yes indeed. Their own "cancel culture." Good point!

[Wounded Bear]

2. So they promoted him?

[pandr32]

3. He's been elevated out of the cesspool.

[lame54]

4. What was his crime. Did he...

Did he do or say something truthful or reasonable?

[Ray Bruns]

16. I don't know, but I'm guessing his level of trump ass kissing was insufficient

[lame54]

17. Do they do a lip check?

[rubbersole]

28. Forensic hickey prints.

Pence/Graham/McCarthy depth and texture.

[ret5hd]

5. Wow! Truly a case of "I didn't leave my party...

my party left me!”

[Midnight Writer]

6. Cancel culture much?

[montanacowboy]

7. Hey Marc:

How do you like your buddies now? you loved them when they were doing your bidding...remember?

[2naSalit]

25. +1

Even if he doesn't, I do.

[Lovie777]

8. Now GQPs are kicking out Republicans they disapprove ........

single minded trolls they are.

[Mr. Ected]

9. I think the Montana party leadership is a bit confused over names

No doubt, Racicot is still a Republican.

The party, however, is no longer Republican, but rather, the Montana Tea Party.

Hope that clears things up.

[2naSalit]

35. Actually...

The magats just voted to become the cult party last month and they are kicking out all nonQmagats. That would be Racicot.

He and the frmr Sen. Baucus (D) and some other retired government notables in the state held seminar, for the public, where they discussed the state's Constitution and why it needs to stay as is. The magats fucking exploded, voted themselves into the cult, (it's not the club for growth but the one that several magat states are adopting in their legislatures) so they are already bought and sold and they hold a supermajority in both houses and the gov's mansion.

https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-news/montana-gop-rebukes-former-governor-racicot-for-his-endoresments

[Delmette2.0]

38. There is a good article in the Daily Montana today.

It tells about some of the changes the R's want for the State Constitution.

I can't copy links on my cell phone.

[2naSalit]

39. Thanks, I'll check it out.

[2naSalit]

40. Here...

Amending Montana’s Constitution thoughtfully

2022 was the year of celebrating the 50th birthday of Montana’s Constitution – its visionary provisions and the unique bipartisan approach adopted by the citizen delegates who wrote it. Our perspective is from a combined total of more than 30 years of legislative experience under both our current Constitution, as well as the one that preceded it.

We see Montana’s Constitution as a truly glorious document. It has honorably served our citizens as well as our landscape for half a century, and we are dismayed that, out-of-the-blue, this 2023 legislature finds the need to consider 57 fundamental changes to it.

As we celebrated the anniversary of the Constitution last summer, there was never a mention that 57 changes would improve our foundational document. As pointed out by former Governor/Attorney General Marc Racicot, this number of amendment proposals exceeds the entirety of proposals referred to the people during the last 50 years. And amending the Constitution is a far weightier task than amending statutes.

Constitutional watchdogs could not help but notice that the recent election resulted in overwhelming one-party control of the legislature, and that every one of the proposed Constitutional changes is being proposed by a member of that party.

SNIP

More at link:

https://dailymontanan.com/2023/02/20/16301/

[Delmette2.0]

41. Thank you for posting the link and a clip.

[2naSalit]

43. Posted his article from this morning too...

Below.

[Ocelot II]

10. They did him a favor.

[ZonkerHarris]

11. Nazi Party purged a lot of heretics too.

[overleft]

30. Spot On!

[2naSalit]

36. That is precisely what is happening in Helena.

[sanatanadharma]

12. The GOP tent is not big enough for all

The tent is shrinking and long time Republicans find themselves out in the rain; that the woke wise will never enter, to all is is plain.

[Martin68]

15. It's not even big enough for Republicans. Only the fascist elite are welcome in their ranks.

[Marcuse]

13. He has been declared a "unperson".

[FakeNoose]

18. I expect the same to happen to Liz Cheney ... real soon

[KS Toronado]

19. So he was promoted to RINO?

[Stinky The Clown]

20. I'd guessed this about Michael Steele.

[live love laugh]

21. What'd he do? Tell the truth about something?

[ShazzieB]

37. It sounds like he's not MAGA enough for the party in that state. 🙄

There must be something in the air that's blowing in from Idaho. Montana seems to be losing its collective mind lately. 🙁

[2naSalit]

44. This...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217667742#post42

[LuvLoogie]

22. I did as well.

Just Us Montana

[Grins]

23. Marc Racicot is a 2-faced shit. But hey, Marc!The Party you gave YOUR LIFE TO just crapped on you.

Like so many, he was warned that this was what the Party was becoming - and ignored it.

Good luck as an independent as the D’s don’t want or need you.

[republianmushroom]

24. He is still a republican.

[C_U_L8R]

26. Brilliant strategery. Proceed, GOP.

They should exile rino members and anyone they don't like with gusto. Let's see what this gets them.

[keithbvadu2]

27. So they could do that to George Santos if they thought him lacking integrity.

[Ilsa]

29. Good. Let them cleave themselves into 2 or more groups. nt

[gibraltar72]

32. In Hillsdale County in MI.

the coup included excising conventional Republicans from party. They now refer to the "rational" faction as Democrats.

[IronLionZion]

33. Cancel culture, GOP loves to purge anyone who doesn't toe the line

[BigDemVoter]

34. I can't see that he'll give much of a shit. . . .

[2naSalit]

42. Marc Racicot's article today...

No wonder they hate him.

Montana doesn’t need dozens of new constitutional amendments
Marc Racicot


This year in the Montana Legislature, there are 57 constitutional amendment proposals. Four of those proposals have been introduced. Of the remaining 53 proposals, apparently only seven have been drafted. So, at this point, the content of the remainder remains a mystery.

It is important to note that, based on titles alone, nine of the proposed constitutional amendments focus on a variety of different issues redesigning the judiciary, including the selection and terms of supreme court justices; term limits for supreme court justices; new judicial recall provisions; judicial appointments; changes to the judicial standards commission, the removal and discipline of judges; and, astonishingly, a proposal providing for the impaneling of a grand jury in criminal cases by the voters of an individual county, along with a mandatory duty requiring the county attorney to prosecute the voter initiated indictment or face a criminal charge of obstruction of justice or official misconduct.

--snip--

It cannot escape notice that the unprecedented number of the proposed constitutional amendments presented to a single legislature exceeds the total number of legislatively referred constitutional amendments placed on the ballot during the last 50 years. Nor can it be ignored that all 57 amendment proposals have been requested by the same political party; or that a significant number of the proposed constitutional amendments are closely connected to issues that were the subject of intense debate and litigation involving Republican elected officials, the Board of Regents and the courts during and after the 2021 legislative assembly.

The picture painted by all of these interrelated facts is precisely why George Washington, in his farewell address warned against the rise of political parties: “They serve to organize faction; to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party “and “…in the course of time…to become potent engines by which…cunning, ambitious… men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government.” The spirit of party, in its dominant form, Washington believed, “agitates the community with ill founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, [and] foments occasionally riot and insurrection.”

https://dailymontanan.com/2023/02/21/montana-doesnt-need-dozens-of-new-constitutional-amendments/

[progressoid]

46. Wow.

Add Montana to the lists of states going crazy.

[2naSalit]

47. What I've been saying...

For at least a few years now.

[miyazaki]

45. You Are Obsolete!