At a meeting held Monday night, June 24, at Boomtown Casino, the Washoe County Republican Party rejected my friend Cher Daniels’ nomination for central committee membership.
Daniels, who has served on the Washoe County Republican Party’s executive board for six years and led the Sparks Republican Women for six years, is currently a leader with the Nevada Federation of Republican Women. Despite her extensive involvement, they rejected her because she undermined the GOP’s call for unity.
“They claim that they want unity and they want more members,” Daniels stated, “but what they did last night was definitely not unity.”
The rejection stems from Daniels hosting a meet-and-greet campaign event for Washoe County Commissioner Clara Andriola, who was expelled from the county party in January for not consistently aligning with other Republicans in her votes.
Daniels expressed frustration at not being allowed to defend herself at the meeting.
“By not allowing me to speak and have free will to support who I want to support publicly or privately,” she said, “it’s a Communist kind of way of thinking, in my view.”
Andriola, who recently won her Republican primary race for Washoe County District 4, was equally perplexed by their actions towards Daniels.
“The Washoe GOP seems to be abandoning the big tent in favor of a tiny tent,” Andriola remarked. “I can’t explain it. But it seems to me any organization that depends heavily on volunteers would want to draw people in, not push people out.”
Requests for comment from the Washoe County Republican Party leadership remain unanswered.
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