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Upstate Republicans gather to eat pizza and talk politics

Updated: 11:19 PM EST Jan 31, 2020

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IN THE MARCH 24TH PRESIDENTIAL PEPPERONI AND POLITICIANS MIXED TOGETHER AT A PIZZA PARTY FOR NEW VOTERS. >> JOHN LYON SAYS GREENVILLE REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING FOR NOVEL WAYS TO ENGAGE A NEW GENERATION. >> U.S. CONGRESS MEMBER WILLIAM TIMMONS SPENT PART OF THE NIGHT ENGAGING THE VERY YOUNG AND OTHERS NEW TO THE VOTING PROCESS. >> THEY ARE THE NEXT GEN RATION. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CONTINUING OUR PROGRESS AND BUILDING ON IT. THAT IS PART OF THE MESSAGE, AND I AM HAPPY THEY ARE HERE. IT IS A GREAT TURN-OUT. >> THE PIZZA AND PLAYBOOKS PARTY ALSO DREW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PAMELA EVANS AND OTHER STATE AND LOCAL LAWMAKERS TO MEET AND GREET. >> BEING A MOM, I KNOW IF I WANT TO GET MY KIDS ENGAGED AND AT THE TABLE, FOOD IS A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO. I THINK THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA, HAVING SOME PIZZA AND FELLOWSHIP AND GETTING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. >> IT STARTED AT MY OFFICE, AND THEN IT JUST KEPT GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER WHERE WE SAID WE HAD WE ARE GET A BIGGER VENUE. IT HAS BALLOONED INTO A BIGGER EVENT THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED. >> BRIGNACING OVER 100 TO GREEN VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB, MANY OF THEM COLLEGE STUDENTS. >> PIZZA, IT IS A FREE FOOD. AS A COLLEGE STUDENT, THAT IS A VERY BIG PLUS. MEETING WITH POLITICIANS, IT GIVES YOU A VERY GOOD PERSPECTIVE ON THEM. >> I WANT TO BE A YOUNGER PERSON TO COME TO THEM AND GIVE THEM POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND SAY YOU ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND PLEASE KEEP IT GOING. >> THOSE HERE WERE CHALLENGED TO TALK TO 10 OTHER PEOPLE ABOUTED POLIT

Upstate Republicans gather to eat pizza and talk politics

Updated: 11:19 PM EST Jan 31, 2020

Upstate Republicans gather to eat pizza and talk politicsNearly a hundred people gathered Friday night to attend the event "Pizza and Palmetto Politics" at the Green Valley Country Club in Greenville. Lieutenant governor Pamela Evette and U.S. congressman William Timmons were among those in attendance. Organizer Steve Shaw tells us the event was a way to engage college students in the election process.(Watch full story above)

Upstate Republicans gather to eat pizza and talk politics

Nearly a hundred people gathered Friday night to attend the event "Pizza and Palmetto Politics" at the Green Valley Country Club in Greenville.

Lieutenant governor Pamela Evette and U.S. congressman William Timmons were among those in attendance.

Organizer Steve Shaw tells us the event was a way to engage college students in the election process.

(Watch full story above)

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Thousands of Twitter users have embraced a new hashtag to share why they chose to abandon the Republican Party.

#ILeftTheGOP was among the top trending topics Monday on Twitter, as people gave a range of reasons and dates for their decisions to opt out of the party. Many cited the Republican Partys nomination of Donald Trump for president or specific decisions made by Trump during his presidency as the stimulus for their departure.

Political commentator Cheri Jacobus kicked off the hashtag Sunday night with her own declaration that shed left the GOP in July 2016 when Trump became the Republican nominee for president.

Christian author Susan Bagwell chimed in with her reasoning on Monday. #ILeftTheGOP because they no longer represent me or my values as a Christian or a conservative. Theyre p***y-grabbing, lying, hateful, immoral weasels. Im a happy Independent, now. No party owns my vote. It has to be EARNED! she wrote.

Sophia A. Nelson, an author, opinion writer and political strategist, said she reached her turning point just this month.

I left the GOP January 2020 because I am appalled at the GOP Senators lack of courage and excuses to Convict & Remove TRUMP, she wrote.

Some people pointed to Trumps 2017 endorsement of Alabama Senate hopeful Roy Moore as a catalyst. The president threw his support behind Moore even though the candidate was facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct from teenage girls and women. Media strategist Kurt Bardella, who formerly worked as a spokesperson for Breitbart News, the Daily Caller and multiple Republican politicians, shared an opinion column he wrote for USA Today at the time, announcing that the Moore endorsement was the last straw for him as a Republican.

Other former Republicans explained the reasons for their departure prior to the Trump presidency.

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Texas Republicans will hold a key suburban seat in the state House after their candidate cruised to a surprisingly easy win in the Houston area on Tuesday.

Gary Gates, a businessman who spent nearly $2 million on his own campaign, scored 58 percent of the vote inthe runoff election to outpace Eliz Markowitz, a Democrat and an education expert making her second run for office.

Democrats had spent heavily on Markowitz's behalf in a district that seemed to be trending their way. Groups like Forward Majority and the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee invested more than $600,000 in her campaign, a startling amount for an election in which the winner would not even get to serve in Austin before the next election in November.

Democrats had hoped to deliver a message that Texas is in play in the presidential election, thanks to its rapidly changing suburbs. President TrumpDonald John TrumpCoronavirus death toll rises to 304 in China Michael Moore: Clinton comments about Sanders 'divisive,' 'cruel' and 'a lie' Palestinian Authority cuts security ties with US, Israel following Trump peace plan announcement MORE won the suburban Fort Bend district by 10 points, and Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzBehind the scenes of McConnell's impeachment drama Final impeachment vote postponed to Wednesday amid internal GOP spat Senate moves to impeachment endgame MORE (R) won there in 2018 by just 3 points. Former Rep. Beto O'RourkeBeto O'RourkeThe Hill's Campaign Report: Four-way sprint to Iowa finish line Bustos says she has reached out to former 2020 hopefuls about boosting House Democrats Buttigieg plans NY fundraiser with Michael J. Fox MORE (D) and several presidential candidates campaigned with Markowitz.

"Today, voters resoundingly rejected the Democrats' socialist ideology and took a major step toward keeping Texas red. As we look ahead to the 2020 election, we must be prepared to replicate this success across the state if we are to secure a more prosperous future for Texas," Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said in a statement.

Democrats privately admitted that the election became more about O'Rourke, who ended his presidential bid in November, than about Markowitz or Gates. O'Rourke's presence was ubiquitous, pushing Republican voters to the polls.

Republicans ran four advertisements linking Markowitz to hot-button issues like gun control, church tax exemptions, immigration and to O'Rourke's vote against Hurricane Harvey tax relief in Congress, issues aimed at getting base voters to the polls in what would otherwise be a sleepy special election.

Once Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLays power base, Fort Bend County has added more than 200,000 new residents since the 2010 census, making it the 10th-fastest growing county in America in the past decade.

It is increasingly diverse, thanks to influxes of African American and Asian American residents, who each make up about a fifth of the local population. About a quarter are Hispanic, and about a third are non-Hispanic whites.

Democrats made inroads in Fort Bend County, winning the county judgeship in 2018 for the first time in modern memory. And Rep. Pete OlsonPeter (Pete) Graham OlsonRepublican wins Texas special election Texas House special election to gauge suburban mood House Democrats launch effort to register minority voters in key districts MORE (R), whose district covers Fort Bend County, is one of the six Texas Republicans who have said they will not seek reelection this year.

Democrats tried to spin the results of Tuesday's vote in a positive light, pointing totrendsthey say favor their party over the long run.

"This result is an extension of the trendline of improving Democratic performance across Texas in crucial swing districts. The district also typifies the type of tough but winnable district where Democrats need to compete aggressively in order to get to legislative majorities," said David Cohen, the co-founder of Forward Majority.

Democrats need to pick up a net of nine seats to win back control of the Texas state House in November, a chamber they have not controlled since the 1990s. If they make those gains, the party would win a seat at the table for the redistricting process that will begin after the 2020 census, when Texas is expected to grow its congressional delegation by two or three seats.

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As the Senate appears increasingly likely to block John Bolton and other witnesses from testifying in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial, a new report suggests Trump was directly pushing for Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden much earlier than previously known.

From the New York Times, which has been something of a launching pad for Boltons bombshell revelations in recent weeks:

More than two months before he asked Ukraines president to investigate his political opponents, President Trump directed John R. Bolton, then his national security adviser, to help with his pressure campaign to extract damaging information on Democrats from Ukrainian officials, according to an unpublished manuscript by Mr. Bolton.

Mr. Trump gave the instruction, Mr. Bolton wrote, during an Oval Office conversation in early May that included the acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, the presidents personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani and the White House counsel, Pat A. Cipollone, who is now leading the presidents impeachment defense.

If true, Boltons latest claims outline Trumps earliest known attempt to coerce Ukraine into announcing investigations into Biden. This new account further ensnarls acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who despite having a direct role in Ukraine has been virtually silent during Trumps imploding impeachment crisis. It also drags Pat Cipollone, a member of Trumps impeachment defense, into the mix.

So there you have it! While Republicans align themselves to protect Trump, Bolton is making clear his intent to blow right through that very firewall.

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