BREAKING: Greenville GOP retracts “Tea Party Republicans” announcement

Fellow Patriots,

Conservative coalition leaders (including Tea Party groups, 9-12 groups, RINO HUNT, Americans For Prosperity, ABATE, and others) from the Upstate SC area met today with Patrick Haddon, chairman of the Greenville County Republican Party today at 1:30PM. The purpose of this meeting was to let the GOP know how we feel about the proposal of the Tea Party Republican organization.

Thankfully, Haddon listened to the concerns of the Upstate conservative leaders and they are scrapping the new “Tea Party Republicans” club that was to be announced tomorrow night. Instead, new lines of communication are being opened with the Greenville GOP so that we can all work together toward common goals, while maintaining the independent, non-partisan status of the “Tea Party” coalition. The Coalition and the GOP are both preparing public press releases and there are tentative plans to hold a press conference tomorrow to announce these developments to the media.

For this reason we will not protest at the Greenville Republican Party Executive Committee meetting, but everyone is still invited to come to the meeting if you like.

We will continue to fight for the independence of the Tea Party and if necessary, we are willing to travel to any county in SC to confront the GOP should they attempt to hijack the movement in any way. We call on SCGOP Chairwoman Karen Floyd to recognize the independent non-partisan status of the Tea Party and to work with us in ways that will not compromise the integrity of the movement.

Jonathon Hill
Anderson Tea Party
864-245-5885