Politics & Government
Woman Are Crucial To Future Of The Party, Oconee GOP Told
Two of three speakers at the most recent meeting emphasized the importance of women for the party's future.
Women are crucial to the future of the Republican Party, two of the three speakers told the attendees at the June meeting of the Oconee County Republican Party.
Tim Echols, Public Service Commission vice chair, called on the “gentlemen” in the audience to help young women get “credentialed,” saying that the Democrats–particularly in the 2018 primaries–demonstrated the ability of female candidates to win elections.
Brant Frost, 2nd vice chair of the Georgia Republican Party, had a different calculus.
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Frost said the “future belongs” to the Republican Party because “Christian and conservative women” have more children than “Democrat women” and the gap will result in dominance of the Republican Party in 20 or 30 years.
“They forgot to reproduce,” Frost said.
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Ginger Howard, the Republican National Committeewoman from Georgia, gave an upbeat presentation, saying the Republican National Committee has given the state “the financial resources that we need” to be successful in 2020.
The Oconee County Republican Party did not meet in July, and the next meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 26 at the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce. Speakers are to include 10th District Congressman Jody Hice, Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, and Oconee County Chamber of Commerce President Courtney Barnardi.
For more on this story, with a video of the Republic Party meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations.