Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon’s Shady Deals: Is He Selling Out the Party?

Uncov­er the con­tro­ver­sy sur­round­ing Geor­gia GOP Chair­man Josh McK­oon, accused of trad­ing endorse­ments for pow­er and prof­it­ing from a mas­sive salary hike from $177K in 2022 to $228K in 2024. Alle­ga­tions of finan­cial mis­man­age­ment, ques­tion­able FEC report charges, and “smurf­ing” raise red flags, while a failed foren­sic audit attempts sparks sus­pi­cion. Despite claims of sup­port­ing Trump, McKoon’s actions fuel divi­sion. Explore the inter­nal bat­tles, lead­er­ship endorse­ments, and why the Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty is accused of pri­or­i­tiz­ing mon­ey over uni­ty. The Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty under Josh McK­oon is embroiled in con­tro­ver­sy over finan­cial trans­paren­cy, endorse­ment deals, and inter­nal divi­sions. Alle­ga­tions of mis­man­age­ment, resis­tance to a foren­sic audit, and fail­ure to sup­port key legal defens­es have erod­ed trust. Lead­er­ship endorse­ments, par­tic­u­lar­ly from fig­ures like Burt Jones, and the party’s fail­ure to address com­pet­i­tive races or push back on leg­is­la­tion like HB581 fur­ther high­light its chal­lenges. 

• Josh McK­oon has made deals for the endorse­ments to keep this posi­tion. It is all about mon­ey. Keep in mind Josh McK­oon has gone from 2022, $177K a year to in 2024, $228K a year. The val­ue for him to be in the posi­tion of chair­man would no longer exist. 
• The rumor that David Cross doesn’t sup­port Don­ald Trump is a lie. There was a res­o­lu­tion sub­mit­ted at a State Com­mit­tee meet­ing to sup­port Don­ald Trump before the pri­ma­ry. Now Josh McK­oon stood in front of the room to say that the rule could be changed to sup­port a can­di­date before a pri­ma­ry. This was a vote to change the rule. The rule change failed. There were sev­er­al peo­ple in the room that are hard core Don­ald Trump sup­port­ers that vot­ed no. The repub­li­can par­ty of Geor­gia only knows how to attack and hate each oth­er. That vote was set up to cre­ate hate and divi­sion. Josh McK­oon has always facil­i­tat­ed hate, anger and divi­sion. There was a vote from the state com­mit­tee to not release the vote, but there are pic­tures from the vote that have cir­cu­lat­ed the inter­net. 
• You keep hear­ing that foren­sic audit implies wrong­do­ing and sign­ing FEC reports under penal­ty of per­jury. Josh has said that the finances of the GA GOP have been han­dled the same way for 15 years. 
• Now on the sur­face of the review of the FEC reports we have some ques­tion­able charges and bonus­es for Christ­mas. Then it was found that there were all these refunds that were giv­en. Chris Glea­son was on The Geor­gia Show last night. There are 91 pages of smurf­ing. There may be some­thing inap­pro­pri­ate hap­pen­ing. 
• If you have a chair­man and oper­a­tion, let’s say for 15 years we don’t have a foren­sic audit, only a finan­cial review with mil­lions of dol­lars cash in cash out and every 2 years new hands on the vaults. Why does a foren­sic audit make them ner­vous? David Shafer had $48M that went through the GA GOP.
• We had an oppor­tu­ni­ty to do a nation­al cam­paign to raise legal funds for David Shafer, Cathy Lath­em and Shawn Stills. And it didn’t hap­pen. 
• Lau­rie McClain needs to be elect­ed and Josh McK­oon does not need to be elect­ed on Sat­ur­day. 
• Sat­ur­day while Del­e­gates was on a face­book forum, Josh was at a fundrais­er for Lt Gov Burt Jones. And Burt Jones is wear­ing a Josh McK­oon cam­paign stick­er. Lead­er­ship in the state of Geori­ga should have stayed out of the endorse­ments. 
• Bri­an Kemp and David Shafer do not like each oth­er, Bri­an Kemp accused David of endors­ing can­di­dates against him. Josh McK­oon should not be stand­ing in pic­tures with can­di­dates. 
• Wear­ing the MAGA hat is not MAGA. 
• We will have sev­er­al dis­tricts that are won by less than 100 votes. If you are in one of these con­test­ed races, you will have a GA GOP that will be inter­est­ed in your race. There are about 8 dis­tricts that are close. 
• Why doesn’t the GA GOP push back on the House for HB581. The repub­li­can House of rep­re­sen­ta­tives are not sup­port­ing tax­pay­ers. They are sup­port­ing lob­by­ists and bond com­pa­nies. 
• Sen­ate Pro Tem John F Kennedy is run­ning for Lt Gov­er­nor, Bri­an Kemp’s pick. 
• John King Insur­ance com­mis­sion­er is run­ning for US Sen­ate. Who is run­ning for insur­ance com­mis­sion­er?