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CALL TO CONVENTION The Onslow County Republican Party Convention will be held Saturday, March 4, 2017, at the Onslow County Government. Complex. 234 NW Corridor Blvd. Jacksonville 28540. Registration (free) is from 9 am-10 am. The convention begins at 10 am. I.D. is required. The Onslow County Republican Party shall adopt convention rules, plan of []

We are rescheduling our monthly meeting to Jan 24, and will be attending George Barrows viewing on Tuesday night 6pm 8pm at the Jones Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be Wed. Jan 18th at 12pm. Our hearts and prayers go out to our secretary Lee Barrows and her family. All of us at the []

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Due to the Trump rally in Kennansville, there will be no monthly meeting on Tuesday the 20th. The Reverse Raffle has been rescheduled for Nov 3. 2016 at 7pm. Kevin Buffell Chairman

4/12 Town of Richlands 1. Community building request to be used 1x per week during the summer (Monday or Tuesday) for summer reading program-passed 2. Need to schedule 2 public hearings: mobile classroom(s) for Richlands Primary and another regarding town fencing ordinance-both scheduled for next meeting 3. Approval for 5k so DOT permits can be []

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New Hanover GOP Chairman and Officers Call Out Dishonest Campaign Tactics

Posted on Nov 2, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 2, 2016

New Hanover GOP Chairman and OfficersCall Out Dishonest Campaign Tactics

Wilmington, NC The New Hanover County GOP Chairman and Officers issued a statement today demanding whoever is perpetrating these dishonest and repulsive campaign tactics to cease and desist immediately.

Within the past week, homemade signs with disgusting and untrue statements have been erected in front of schools and churches in an attempt to discredit a front running female GOP candidate for a seat on the New Hanover County Commission. In addition, signs paid for and erected by the Kusek campaign were stolen under the cover of darkness.

These cowardly acts have no business in politics. These are nothing more than childish individuals who dont have the moral fortitude and intelligence to conduct a fair and honest race.

Those affixing their names to this release are Michael Franklin, Chairman, Pete Divoky, First Vice-Chairman, Densay Sengsoulavong, Vice-Chairman, Kait Baker, Secretary and Gabrielle Barone, Treasurer.

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Posted on Oct 13, 2016

The New Hanover County Republican Party proudly supports the following candidates marked in red for their respective offices in the 2016 General Election.

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Posted on Oct 11, 2016

Kent Harrell Endorsed by Pender and New Hanover GOP

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October 6, 2016

Kent Harrell endorsed by Pender and New Hanover GOP.

Wilmington, NC On Thursday, October 6th, 2016 Members of the Executive Committees of the Pender and New Hanover County Republican Parties for Judicial District 5B voted to endorse Kent Harrell in the judicial race for Superior Court Judge District 5B.

District 5B includes most of Pender County and a northern section of New Hanover County. The vacancy followed the announced retirement of long-serving Superior Court Judge W. Allen Cobb, Jr. in the summer of 2016 after serving over 25 years on the bench.

Harrells campaign website states I have devoted my life to service to this community and believe that serving as the Superior Court Judge for this district is an opportunity to use my abilities and gifts to continue to serve in a role that will impact lives for many years to come.

Kent Harrell is an attorney in private practice with twenty years of experience in criminal and civil litigation. Harrell was recognized in 2014 as a Leader in the Law for the State of North Carolina by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, a statewide legal publication, and was also recognized in 2013 as the Pender County Volunteer Citizen of the Year.

Mr. Harrell serves on the Executive Board for the Cape Fear Council of the Boy Scouts of America, is District Chairman for Pender and northern New Hanover County, has been recognized as Cub Scout Leader of the Year and serves on the Troop Committee for Troop 242 in Burgaw. He has also served on the board of the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council in Pender County for over ten years and is actively involved in the Teen Court program.

Mr. Harrell chairs the scholarship committee for the Burgaw Rotary Club and serves as the clubs liaison for the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference for high school juniors. He serves on the Parent Advisory Council and the Athletic Booster Club board for Heide Trask High School, and has been a coach and sponsor of youth sports programs in the community for many years. Kent and his wife Mandy, a school counselor in the Pender County School System have been married for 21 years and they have two children, ages 16 and 14.

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Posted on Sep 20, 2016

Save the Date! Thursday, September 22 @ 6:00PM

GOP Headquarters Grand Opening

3825 Market St. Suite B Wilmington, NC 28403

Come join us, volunteers, candidates, elected officials, andspecial guest

Posted on Aug 31, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION Holly Grange for NC House910.294-0301 August 31, 2016info@hollygrangeforhouse.com Holly Grange to Be Sworn-In as New House Member

WILMINGTON, NC Holly Grange will be sworn-in Friday, September 2nd at 11:30am in the mall at the New Hanover County Government Center on Government Center Drive.

The brief ceremony will be her public swearing-in as she was officially sworn-in Tuesday in Raleigh so that she could participate in a GOP House Caucus meeting.

Holly won her Primary election in March and faces no opposition in this Novembers General election. Representative Rick Catlin did not run for re-election and resigned from the House last week in order to devote full time to his business.

Governor McCrory appointed Ms. Grange on Monday of this week after receiving the unanimous recommendation from the New Hanover County GOP Executive Committee last Thursday.

I am excited to get a head start on representing House District 20 in the North Carolina Legislature. I have hit the ground running and have already attended my 1st GOP Caucus meeting. There is much to learn and I am grateful to other legislators who have reached out to help. Holly proclaimed.

Holly Grange currently serves as the Director of Community Relations at Osprey Global Solutions, a Wilmington company specializing in global, full-spectrum life-support medical, logistics and construction, as well as security, training and business intelligence services. She is also a Realtor affiliated with Century 21 Sweyer and Associates. Prior to returning to North Carolina in 2009, she served as an attorney at Huck Bouma, PC in Wheaton, Illinois. Holly is 15 year US Army Veteran, serving on active duty and in the reserves as an officer in the US Army Corp of Engineers.

Ms. Grange was appointed to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Ports Authority in 2014 and served until August of 2017. She serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Coastal Horizons Center, Inc., the Board of Directors of the Cape Fear Community College Foundation, and serves on the Advisory Board for the Swain Center for Business and Economics at UNCW. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the USO of North Carolina.

Ms. Grange earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, and a Juris Doctor from Northern Illinois University College of Law. She is a member of the Illinois Bar.

Ms. Grange is an NRA pistol and rifle instructor and is a North Carolina concealed carry instructor.

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Key Republican in Health Law's Fate Hails From a State That Embraced It New York Times As a former chairman of the committee responsible for electing Republicans to the House, Mr. Walden knows the politics of health care as well as anyone. But in his new role, he must reconcile the political goals of his party, which is committed to ... and more »

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A flurry of smartphone snapshots with a cardboard Donald Trump and blazing red Make California Great Again hats signaledthat many of the GOP delegates at the California Republican Party conventionthis weekend have embraced the new president and his aggressivetacticsto shift the nation to the right.

But a fair number of Republicans at the eventsaid theystill harbored concerns about Trumps divisive rhetoricand abrupt governing style, and doubts about his allegiance to conservative ideals. Those voiceswere largely drowned out by praise from Trump loyalists and delegates, however, who said they have beenimpressed by the presidents policy agendaand conservative Cabinet appointments.

"I don't know about you, but Donald Trump's just rockin' my socks," state GOP Chairman Jim Brulte told the party leadership on Friday.

Republican delegate Bill Evers of Laguna Nigueldismissed speculation that the Democratic backlash against Trump, including protests of immigration policies and efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, may doom Republicans running for office in left-leaning California in 2018.

I think hes energized the party in a lot of ways, said Evers, a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution whoserved as an advisor on education policyfor Trumps transition team. He appeals to the so-called Reagan Democrats who have been in play for a number of elections cycles. They were not comfortable with all the identity politics and political correctness stuff.

Trump's popularity at CPAC gathering, which he shunned a year ago, shows how he's conquered conservatives >>

Former Downey Mayor Mario Guerra, treasurer of the state GOP, expects many Californians will be won over if Trump delivers on his promises to create jobs by reducing the tax burden on businesses and to invest billions of dollars in the military and repairing roadways and other infrastructure.

We need to stop focusing on the issues that divide us, Guerra said.

Still, Guerra acknowledgedthat Trumps policies on immigration, including cracking down on those who entered the country illegally and building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, may hamper efforts by the California Republican Party to appeal to Latino voters,who largely dismiss the GOP.

Republican delegate Danny Reid Turner, a 29-year-old from Livermore, said he voted for Trump but has "mixed feelings" about the president's performance his first two months.

Turner doesn't like that Trump has used executive orders to push out much of his agenda in the early days of his presidency, something he said former PresidentObama did with too much frequency.

"In my view, that's not how our government is supposed to work," he said.

Turner also was conflicted aboutTrumps executive order banning citizens from seven predominately Muslim countriesfrom entering the U.S. for 90 days, an action later halted by the federal courts. Trump, Turner said,"used a hammer when he should have used a scalpel."

Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, who addressed delegates Friday night, praised Trumps success as a businessman and developer, saying heis not particularly conservative. Hes a builder.Hewitt also said Trump would allow most law-abiding immigrants who entered the country illegally to stay, a comment greeted with silence.

Another convention speaker, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), who is scheduled to address attendeesSaturday afternoon, appeared on HBO's"Real Time with Bill Maheron Friday night, telling the host that a special prosecutor should be tapped to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. Congressional Democrats have called for an independent investigation of any communications between Russian officials and the Trump administration.

"We have to work with [the Russians], we don't have to trust them," Issa said."We need to investigate their activities, and we need to do it because they are bad people."

State Assemblyman Rocky J. Chavez (R-Oceanside), a former Marine colonel who represents some of the same slices ofSan Diego County as Issa does, was critical of Trump's rhetoric during the presidential campaign, especially on immigration. But this weekend, Chavez said he was pleased with the job the president has done since taking office, including his Supreme Court and Cabinet nominations.

"I think Trump's appointments, in particular with the Supreme Court, with the department of Defense, with secretary of State, with Homeland Security, have been very good appointments, and if you look at what each of them are doing, they're very measured and reflect, I believe, the right tenor and where we need to go," he said.

Assemblyman Devon J. Mathis (R-Porterville) said California Republicans could learn from Trump's surprise victory in November, including his success atreaching out to Americans who feel disenfranchised by the political establishment. Trumps message resonated with those voters, Mathis said, and state Republicans need to use the same strategies tell California voters what the GOP is all about.

California Republicans are really looking hard at that and diving deep to really look at what is it we need to do win races statewide, Mathis said. What is the messaging we can do to really reach people at home so they know we're Republicans and we're here for you..

Times staff writer Melanie Mason contributed to this report.

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By Harriet McLeod | NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. U.S. Senator Tim Scott faced a quandary on Saturday in hosting his town hall: he promised to meet with his South Carolina constituents, but he wanted to avoid the kind of adversarial free-for-all so many Republicans encountered this week.

Scott decided to ban placards from his North Charlestown meeting in hopes of averting the raucousness that erupted at dozens of town halls during the first congressional recess of Donald Trump's month-old presidency.

The senator also required the crowd submit questions in writing ahead of time after other Republican lawmakers faced a wave of anger on issues ranging from Trump's immigration and healthcare policies to the president's ties to Russia.

Despite Scott's precautions, arguments broke out and constituents told one another to shut up, though many in the audience - mostly white and over the age of 50 - said the senator remained respectful and sincere. And it never degenerated into an all-out shouting match.

Scott, the only African-American Republican in the U.S. Senate, began his town hall by pulling slips of paper from a box and reading the questions aloud. But the overflow audience of 300, evenly divided between Trump opponents and supporters, reacted with loud boos and cheers, even before he could begin to answer.

To a question about a rise in hate crimes, Scott said the trend predates the president's campaign.

"We can blame Trump for a lot of things but I don't think we can blame him for this one," he said, following a pattern of distancing himself from Trump without directly criticizing him.

"Some people have come to the conclusion that this president has already failed," Scott said. "I hope that most of us, whether you voted for him or not, hope that he succeeds."

When asked about Trump's repeated denunciations of the media, Scott said he believed the press was more biased than in the past. Even so, he said, "I do not believe the press is an enemy to the American people," a phrase coined by the president.

Still, the meeting's format started to break down almost from the outset, with the audience shouting asides, while others tried to silence them. Scott answered some of the comments, but if he was interrupted, he tried to talk over the offender.

"LET THE MAN ANSWER"

The confrontational tone of this week's town halls is part of a tide of anti-Trump protests, marches and rallies that show little sign of abating just over a month into the new administration.

The anti-Trump energy has prompted talk of a liberal-style Tea Party movement, in reference to the protests in 2009 that helped reshape the Republican Party and arguably laid the groundwork for Trump's surprise electoral victory last year.

At Scott's town hall, the senator did allow a mother to stand up and tell her story. She said one of her two premature children died and the other was 6 years old with medical bills totaling more than $2 million, she said tearfully.

"The Affordable Care Act is imperfect but it is a good law. It saved my family," she said to a standing ovation, referring to the health care program known as Obamacare.

"That's a heartbreaking story," Scott said, pointing out that he chose ACA coverage for himself and his staff. Even so, "Obamacare is not sustainable."

The session almost broke down when a man stood up and faced the crowd as audience members were peppering Scott with loud comments. "Let the man answer the question," the man said on the senator's behalf. "Sit down and shut up."

Two men who wore red "Make America Great Again" hats clapped loudly. Arguments broke out in the crowd.

Eventually, Scott threatened to walk out.

"I know we prefer to blame Trump for our incivility," he said. "Let me ask, if we want to continue this conversation, that we do so in a way that no one feels threatened."

His admonitions appeared to work. Order was eventually restored, and Scott gave up on picking questions from the box and started calling on audience members if they raised their hands. The session ended on a relatively civil note.

(Story corrects paragraph 5 to read "the only African American Republican in the U.S. Senate" instead of "the only African American in the U.S. Senate".)

(Writing by Frank McGurty; Editing by Andrew Hay)

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would not attend the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a high-profile event that draws celebrities, politicians and journalists.

WASHINGTON The Kuwaiti government could pay up to $60,000 to President Donald Trump's hotel in Washington for a party on Saturday that will be an early test of Trump's promise to turn over profits from such events to the U.S. Treasury.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md./WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said he would make a massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in American history" on Friday in a feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism to eager conservative activists.

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