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doxydad

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Tue Jul 22, 2014, 06:05 AM Jul 2014

Things Go From Bad To Worse for Mitch As Kentucky GOP Leader Resigns To Protest McConnell

A local Republican Party leader in Kentucky has resigned her position in act of protest against Sen. Mitch McConnell.
After serving on the Daviess County Republican Party’s leadership team for almost three years, Owensboro native Barbara Knott had enough.

She resigned on July 10 and the reason was simple; Knott cannot support Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell this fall.

“I have resigned from the executive committee of the Republican Party because I will not support Mitch McConnell,” Knott, chair of the Owensboro Tea Party, said in a telephone interview. “I have a big 4×8 sign in my front yard that says ‘Retire Mitch.’ It’s going to stay there through the election. I will not vote for that man.”


Knott does plan to come out to support other Republican candidates. But in terms of McConnell she is “just fed up” despite voting for him in the past.

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/07/21/bad-worse-mitch-kentucky-gop-leader-resigns-protest-mcconnell.html

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Things Go From Bad To Worse for Mitch As Kentucky GOP Leader Resigns To Protest McConnell (Original Post) doxydad Jul 2014 OP
I hope that Allison Grimes kicks the turtleman into retirement Gothmog Jul 2014 #1
+1,000 !!!! nt MADem Jul 2014 #2
So Mitch is too agreeable for her taste? Generic Brad Jul 2014 #3
Isn't this just a damn shame. n/t SmittynMo Jul 2014 #4
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