The group of troglodytes known as the Tennessee Republican Party is a- feudin' (our emphasis):
The Tennessee Republican Party on Tuesday voted to remove three congressional hopefuls from the primary ballot in the new-look 5th Congressional District, including a Trump-backed candidate whose campaign riled some political insiders in the state.
Morgan Ortagus, Baxter Lee and Robby Starbuck were voted off the primary ballot by the party's executive committee, Tennessee Republican Chairman Scott Golden confirmed Tuesday
Republican officials last week confirmed official challenges had been filed against the three, which triggered a technical removal from the ballot per party bylaws.
Ortagus, a former State Department spokesperson who nabbed an early endorsement from former President Donald Trump, called the removal "deeply disappointing."
"I'm a bonafide Republican by their standards, and frankly, by any metric," Ortagus said in a statement. "I'm further disappointed that the party insiders at the Tennessee Republican Party do not seem to share my commitment to President Trump's America First policies. As I have said all along, I believe that voters in Middle Tennessee should pick their representative - not establishment party insiders. Our team is evaluating the options before us."
Unfair!1! Those tactics are only supposed to be used against Democrats!1!
The other knuckle- draggers that were de- balloted aren't taking this lying down either:
Chip Saltsman, Lee's campaign manager, said the decision to remove Lee was "ridiculous."
"There was no good reason to kick off some someone who's been a good Republican for 20 plus years," Saltsman said
Lee was kicked off because he hadn’t voted in the three of the last four Tennessee August Republican primaries, according to Saltsman. [snip]When asked for comment, Starbuck sent a brief video with dramatic music and the word, "War."
"The corruption will be exposed," Starbuck posted on social media after the vote. "The fight has only just begun. We can’t let RINO’s destroy our party."
Sing it now -- 🎶 "War, huh, good God y'all, what is it good for ..."
Well, even in a district as red as the 5th Tennessee, where a Republican is hands- on favorite to win, it's still peak schadenfreude to watch their petty, heavy- handed power politics used against their own.
