GAGOP Drama: Lisa Piece Denied, Cobb County Chair Controversy, and Calls to Oust Josh McKoon

High­light­ing inter­nal Geor­gia GOP (GAGOP) ten­sions, not­ing it took nine days to deny Lisa Pierce’s 1st Vice Chair can­di­da­cy despite her meet­ing require­ments, rais­ing trans­paren­cy con­cerns. Ques­tions arose when Car­o­line Jef­fords and JaQuon Stem­bridge applied for roles, with JaQuon set to appear on the show. In Cobb Coun­ty, Sophia Farooq’s like­ly win for chair was thwart­ed when Mary Clarice Hath­away, a new­com­er alleged­ly unqual­i­fied due to res­i­den­cy rules, was nom­i­nat­ed instead—sparking sus­pi­cions of foul play. The GAGOP’s lack of open­ness with dis­trict and coun­ty lead­ers is crit­i­cized, along­side Josh McKoon’s silence on past inci­dents like VoterGA’s removal from a fish fry. Calls grow to remove McK­oon as chair, chal­leng­ing him to back Colton Moore and Har­ri­son Floyd. Travis Bowden’s pos­si­ble return as GAGOP exec­u­tive direc­tor prompts ques­tions about his fund­ing and a $500 event fee.

• It took 9 days for the GAGOP to deny Lisa Pierce after she suc­cess­ful­ly met the call for the intent to run as 1st Vice Chair. 
• If you are a dis­trict chair, coun­ty chair, state offi­cer the GA GOP won’t tell you any­thing. What day and time did Car­o­line Jef­fords put in her appli­ca­tion and the date and time that JaQuon Stem­bridge put in his appli­ca­tion. JaQuon will be on the pro­gram tomor­row so you can meet him. 
• Josh McK­oon needs to answer some ques­tions. There is a process for protest/challenge. You have to do it with­in a cer­tain num­ber of days. In Cobb coun­ty, there was an elec­tion for coun­ty chair and when it was clear that Sophia Farooq was going to win the seat they ran out and found a can­di­date, Mary Clarice Hath­away. Mary is new to the par­ty and was not at the cau­cus meet­ing so when time came for elec­tion day she had to sit in the guest ses­sion. The nom­i­nat­ing com­mit­tee nom­i­nates Mary Clarice Hath­away for chair. Now the nom­i­nat­ing com­mit­tee should have looked at the rules that Cobb coun­ty requires to be the chair. Appar­ent­ly Sophia didn’t get the sig­na­tures for the appeal. 
• It turns out that Mary Clarice Hath­away did not meet the res­i­dence require­ments to hold the chair posi­tion. Who found Mary, who set it up? There is a lot of smoke around it if she was even qual­i­fied to run. 
• At the fish fry a cou­ple of years ago, Voter­GA was removed as a ven­dor. And a state com­mit­tee mem­ber was wear­ing a Paper Bal­lots please tshirt. There were some deci­sions that the 8th dis­trict made. Josh McK­oon did not make a com­ment on it. The sto­ry is com­ing next week. We have to remove this King as chair. 
• Chal­lenge for Josh McK­oon to show his sup­port for Colton Moore and Har­ri­son Floyd. 
• Travis Bow­den will be the exec­u­tive direc­tor of the GAGOP once again. Where is his rev­enue? Did Travis Bow­den pay the $500 to be in the room the oth­er night?