The Robin Smith Statement On Kent Williams
Posted on February 9, 2009 at 11:16 amAs Chairman I am reminded daily, that the principles of the Republican Party must stand on the foundation of integrity, honesty and good character.
The last few weeks have provided us the opportunity to view the nature and character of an individual. This man chose himself to be the highest ranking official in the Tennessee House. We are of course speaking of Kent Williams.
Within our party we have had a frank conversation over the last 28 days deliberating how to view the actions of Rep. Kent Williams.
The single goal of this committee since I was elected to serve as Chairman in August of 2007 has been to gain the majority in the Tennessee General Assembly. All of our efforts, all staffing, all recruitment, all activities were done with this goal in mind.
All members of the Tennessee State Committee, all members of the Republican Legislative leadership, all members of the legislative body and all supporters have believed this was the only reasonable goal.
We were working to Take the Hill.
On November 4, the Tennessee Republican Party in partnership with the Republican Caucuses elected 14 new Republican members to achieve of a Republican Majority in both legislative chambers for the first time in recent history.
Immediately following these victories, our Caucus Leadership and Bylaws Subcommittee had several conversations and meetings. We all wanted to confirm the provisions that have existed in the TRP Bylaws that address the support for the Republican Caucus nominees for Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore.
These discussions and meetings were very clear in purpose and occurred with an uncontested outcome: The Tennessee Republican Party State Executive Committee and the Republican Caucus were unified in having the nominees for these two leadership positions be fully supported and elected.
The provisions in the governing documents of our Party were to be used in this process to encourage this agreed outcome.
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SEE ALSO:
The Full TNGOP Resolution against Williams
A Timeline
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8 Responses to “The Robin Smith Statement On Kent Williams”
Hey Robin, Bob Tuke called and he wants his slogan back. Thx.
The only chance he has, is to get in good with the business community back home(kind of like what Overbey did last year)and respond well to whatever problems voters back home in Carter County come to him with over the next two years. Maybe that’ll be enough for him in the end. But considering what happened to Sen Williams last year and the former holder of this seat Zane Whitson. I doubt it.
[...] up, Kent Williams is out. Tennessee GOP head Robin Smith has deemed it so. Good presser from Williams though in his [...]
Am I the only person that didn’t read a single sentence that says what they decided? Is the decision that tough to repeat? Did the words look so rediculous in the statement that they decided the decision should be left for others to repeat?
[...] Kleinheider) TN GOP Chair Robin Smith regrets to inform that Republican House Speaker Kent Williams is no [...]
Some of you don’t know much about Carter County Republican politics. Robin Smith probably just guaranteed Kent Williams re-election. People up here didn’t take kindly to the carpetbaggers brought in by Jason Mumpower and others when they tried to get rid of Williams this last election. Telling the Carter County GOP who they can elect as a Republican is NOT going to go over well. Hmmmm, I thought we were the party that believed in decision making taking place at the local level? Guess that only applies to government, not our party itself. Quite a shame.
Christian,
They derepublicanated him. They just couldn’t spell it.
The right choice. This guy is a slimeball whoever elected him. Maybe if we had promised to let him pinch a butt or two he would have stayed onboard. He’s a man of principle. As for our Carter County friends the pain will lessen with time.