Division in the Spotsylvania Republican Party | New Dominion Podcast

September 13, 2023

by Martin Davis
FOUNDER AND EDITOR

There's a saying among those who following elections that "Democrats fall in love, and Republicans fall in line." The insinuation being that in the end, Republicans will vote R on Election Day, regardless of their personal feelings about the candidate because the party is unified in its disdain for Democrats.

That saying may have run its course in Spotsylvania County, where the Republican Committee is deeply divided and appears to be in a state of open conflict with itself.

People familiar with meetings of the Spotsylvania Republican Committee tell FXBG Advance that there are three factions that are so disdainful of one another they cannot be in the same space together, so they sit in three distinct areas.

Read the full story at our website.

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