State Republican leaders were in Fallon last week preaching to the choir at a gathering of true believers, rallying the troops and rattling the saber in an effort to gain support in a rebuilding effort for the 2022 election cycle.
Vice President of the state party, James Hindle, welcomed 20 local republican central committee members, discussing the results of the 2020 election and plans for 2022. He was joined by National Committeeman Jim DeGraffenreid and former State Treasurer, Dan Schwartz, who both spoke to the group.
Hindle introduced the state party staff who had compiled a presentation documenting nearly 123,000 illegal issues identified by the party in relation to the 2020 election. “We want to go into ’22 with confidence,” he said.
Former Assemblyman Jim Marchant also spoke, announcing his candidacy for Secretary of State, and saying he was also a victim of voter fraud. “If the election system isn’t fixed, how will we ever win another election,” he asked. He had plans to meet with Colonel Phil Waldron and Sydney Powell in Texas last weekend to discuss election integrity issues.
Schwartz encouraged Republicans to focus on establishing a platform and direction. “We are not being heard,” he said. Republicans need to talk about issues; jobs, diversifying the economy, health care, COVID and why it was mishandled, and education,” said Schwartz. “We need a platform that stands for issues that matter to people and we need people to know that we can get those things done. If we don’t, we will become extinct.” Schwartz also said criticizing the media is just another excuse and Republicans need to stop being the victim.
Announcing his candidacy for State Treasurer, Manny Kess said in spite of the voter fraud issues, Republicans need to move on and get votes. He talked about the proposal at the legislature to increase taxes including talk of raising sales tax to 9% and some talk about a state income tax.
Local Republicans Bus Scharmann and Tom Riggins introduced their work on the MAGA Committee, a subcommittee of the central committee aimed at getting out the word of the accomplishments of the Trump administration and supporting candidates who support those accomplishments. Scharmann said there is a list circulating of the good things done by the last president, and in a matter of weeks the new president is taking apart the successes of the past four years. The committee members intend to focus on voter registration and candidate recruitment and will continue working on their organization efforts.
There are also similar MAGA Committees being established in several other rural counties, including Elko and Douglas.
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