Another SC GOP Leader Weighs in on Senate Immigration Bill
Published May 23rd, 2007 in Uncategorized.York County GOP Chairman Glenn McCall yesterday sent out a “call to action†to put pressure on Senator Graham to back down from the recently proposed Senate immigration deal. This comes on the heals of RNC Chairman Senator Mel Martinez, who was a key player in shaping the new immigration deal, calling on Republicans at the national level to get in line behind the deal.Â
This is obviously a major issue with the base and it is becoming increasingly hard for GOP leaders to avoid taking a side. Thus far State GOP Chairman Katon Dawson has been eerily quiet on the issue. Having had the National GOP Chair weigh in as well as a major County GOP Chair, one has to wonder how Chairman Dawson has been able to sneak under the radar on the issue. Especially given his recent interest in using his roll as Chairman to take policy positions on School Choice and Workers Comp legislation. Perhaps a call to the SCGOP to ask where Dawson stands on the immigration bill would be in order, (803) 988-8440.
As for South Carolina’s Senators, they continue to dig in and solidify their opposing positions on the issue. Today’s State paper ran the story titled “S.C. senators on collision course.â€
Over the weekend Senator DeMint received a standing ovation at the GOP convention while Senator Graham was booed. State delegates yelled “NO†when Graham defended his immigration stance.
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“Heals” and “roll” should be “heels” and “role.” Nice article, but sloppy spelling.
You can delete the above comment if you want to just change the post.
I called the SCGOP because I’m curious why the Chairman remains silent on this issue when he has interjected himself on the Ultrasound and Workers Comp bills. I was rudely told that they had no statement to make. No wonder the SCGOP is going down the toilet.
I think the GOP HQ leadership has sniffed too much glue. Dawson is out of touch with the mainstream voter. That comes from consorting with the ultra-right-wingers in control of the SCGOP nowadays. Wake up SCGOP! The voters DO NOT LIKE this AMNESTY bill! You are going down on two fronts now, AMNESTY and IRAQ.