The only question left after her loss in the race for RNC Chair, is whether Harmeet Dhillon MEANT what she said about the Republican Party? For years she says she has sat silently on the RNC Board. The same can be said about her sitting silently on the California Republican Party Board.
She did not speak out when CRP Chair Patterson in 2020 and 2022 went on a jihad against conservative nominees and allowed them to be unendorsed—without the right to defend themselves.
Since March of 2013, when she was on the CRP Board as Vice Chair, she has not led the battle to create an active voter registration program—which is why we lost David Shepard and others in November.
For the past four years she has approved the Jessica Patterson appointees to CRP Committees—leaving out activist conservatives from the committees.
Has she now seen the light?
She noted, “Her challenge to McDaniel’s seat came after Republicans underperformed in the 2022 midterm elections and narrowly reclaimed the House majority.
In California we lost Assembly and State Senate seats, won NO statewide races and continued to lose. The California Republican Party did not underperform—it did NOT perform—and getting worse under Patterson.
“She believes Republicans have to “start with change inside” and she hopes to inspire change in GOP affiliates on the local and state levels given the grassroots support for her campaign.”
If she really believes this she will not endorse Patterson for re-election. Maybe, instead run for Chair herself. If she really believes this, she needs to use her microphone to rally Republicans in California.
She was upset with the rigged “proxy” effort at the RNC. Yet, except for one attempt to make a change in the CRP proxy rules a few years ago, she has never joined the effort of grassroot activists to have honest voting in the CRP. Literally, at the last CRP convention there were more proxy votes than live delegates present. She did not join the conservative activists in opposing this corruption of the process. Maybe now she will.
Harmeet Dhillon asked the grassroots activists, nationally, to help her take back the Republican National Committee for the Republi8cans in the Party. Will she now participate in the effort, or take the lead in the effort to make the California Republican Party a Republican organization again?
This is the challenge to Harmeet Dhillon—show that you are willing to fight for the grassroots in Califo9rnia as you are for the grassroots nationally.
‘RNC Is A Little Club’: Harmeet Dhillon Reacts To Leadership Contest
JAMES LYNCH, Daily Caller, 1/27/23
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair candidate Harmeet Dhillon reacted to the RNC Chair election results in an interview with the Daily Caller.
Dhillon told the Daily Caller that the “RNC is a little club” for party insiders and “this body thinks the status quo is fine” after incumbent RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel won reelection. She felt it was her duty to “stand up and demand change” on the inside and “labored in silence” as a member of the RNC’s executive committee.
Dhillon, a six-year RNC member and California election lawyer, pledged to serve the final two years of her term and work with McDaniel to improve the party from the inside. Dhillon said she was “disappointed” with the results and her team “did [their] best” to challenge McDaniel. The committee assignments are decided by McDaniel and it’s unclear if Dhillon will remain on the executive committee, she said.
She believes Republicans have to “start with change inside” and she hopes to inspire change in GOP affiliates on the local and state levels given the grassroots support for her campaign.
Prominent conservatives such as activist Charlie Kirk, and Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham threw their weight behind Dhillon’s campaign. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also expressed support for Dhillon in a Thursday interview.
Her campaign assembled an army of grassroots activists who called and emailed RNC members on Dhillon’s behalf. Her challenge to McDaniel’s seat came after Republicans underperformed in the 2022 midterm elections and narrowly reclaimed the House majority.
McDaniel received 111 of the 168 member votes to serve a fourth two-year term, ensuring she will be the longest tenured RNC Chair in modern history. Dhillon garnered 51 votes, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell received 4 votes and former Republican New York Rep. Lee Zeldin got one vote.
The election took place Friday at the RNC’s annual winter meeting in California. Dhillon described the event as a “pep rally” for McDaniel and said the rules were “rigid” for her team on “petty things” such as proxy requests. Dhillon was reportedly seated in the back of the RNC meeting after confusion about whether she would attend, according to Politico.
Dhillon ran on an “agenda for the RNC’s future” with proposals to decentralize the organization and become more responsive to the party’s grassroots, her website says. She began her career as a volunteer and worked her way up through the California GOP to her position on the RNC.
About Stephen Frank
Let’s take one step at a time. We can see nationally Proxy was a Pelosi Democrat thing. McCarthy required voters to be in attendance. Will CAGOP continue to follow and act like Democrats with their massive proxy operation (using staffers and their families against true donor/grassroot class)— or will they follow McCarthy’s lead and act like Republicans?
The big difference between the National Democrat Party and the National Republican Party is the Republicans air their laundry out in public.
Steve, I hope your set of questions for this woman are rhetorical, because if you are asking seriously then you are pathetically naïve.
This Harmeet character is clearly an insincere opportunist and notorious self-promoter who treats the little people as toy soldiers.
If Harmeet runs against Jessica Patterson—the McCarthy, Patterson, and Steele triumvirate will kick her butt from here to Pittsburg and back again.
Go away, Harmeet. You bother us.
Once again the Republicans blow a chance to make a significant improvement to their party.
Once again we will see THE SAME OLD THING from Republicans leadership instead of jumping on the chance to listen to someone who could greatly improve how the party works.
Nationwide it is a big disappointment.
In California, we are once again TOTALLY SCREWED.
2020 & 2023 GOP LEADERSHIP IDENTICAL!!!
The RNC re-elected the failed Ronna Romney McDaniel as its chairperson. For a while, there was a whiff of hope that Republican National Committee leadership would listen to its base and elect Harmeet Dhillon. (We relished Mike Lindell in that role, but realistically, Dhillon had the better chance.)
As it turned out, you’d have a better chance finding a kosher deli in Kabul, Afghanistan than finding GOP leadership that cares about its base. We take that back. The GOP cares a lot about the base during campaigns when they want us to do much of the heavy lifting (make phone calls, knock on doors, write postcards, stuff envelopes, post social media comments, hold meet and greets in our home, put signs on our lawns, make donations, etc.)
Look at 2020 Republican Leadership:
-Mitch McConnell—Senate Minority Leader
-Kevin McCarthy—House Minority Leader
-Ronna McDaniel—Republican National Committee Chair
-Fred Whitaker – Orange County GOP Chair
-Jessica Patterson – California GOP
Now, let’s look at 2023 Republican Leadership:
-Mitch McConnell—Senate Minority Leader
-Kevin McCarthy—House Speaker
-Ronna McDaniel— Republican National Committee Chair
-Fred Whitaker – Orange County GOP Chair
-Jessica Whittaker – California GOP
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
— Albert Einstein
I stand with the 5 who voted for Mike Lindell (Pillow Guy)
How do we feel about Republican National Committeeman
from California Shawn Steel?
Harmeet is an honest player, and the ten remaining “conservatives” left in Kalifornia should just leave the state. And, Shawn Steel is a liar, of course I put up a poster stating such.
Jeffrey M. Elfont
Former Candidate CRP Treasurer
It was deja vu for all of us delegates. I was angry about the RNC decision. I’m angry at every cagop convention. Same issues. People change. They can change alliances. I’ll take it.
Those that control make most of the decisions. The question is: WHO ARE THEY? We must attack those people directly and with great intensity. We must also make the attack public on a broad scale, with validating evidence. That should not be hard to do if the true Republicans stand up and speak out. Grass roots can be an effective agent of change.
There’s a Republican party in California? Prove it. All they seem to do, is fight themselves.
Excellent challenge to Harmeet, Steve. I don’t know anyone who’s in favor of Jessica Patterson hanging around any longer, except maybe her staff and some Central Committee Chairs. Chance of Harmeet running against her is slim, not because she couldn’t win but because she’s not interested in California politics and who can blame her?
SINCE THE RNC DID NOT LISTEN TO GRASS ROOTS
NOT ONE RED CENT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE RNC NATIONALLY FROM THIS POINT ON.
WHEN YOU WANT TO DONATE, DONATE DIRECTLY TO THE SPECIFIC CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN OF YOUR CHOICE GOING FORWARD.
IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE CALIFORNIA RNC, BECOME A PRECINCT MANAGER LOCALLY IN YOUR DISTRICT. THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL POSITION, TAKES LITTLE TIME AND COSTS NOTHING. YOU GET TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND A SAY REGARDING CANDIDATES TO B ACK LOCALLY.
ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL.
AS FOR THE RONA ROMNEY RE-ELECTION, THIS IS BEING LOOKED AT NATIONALLY AND WILL BE SCRUTINIZED AND CHALLENGED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FOR NOW ON.
IF ALL ELSE FAILS, A NEW RNC 2.0 WILL BE STARTED. WHO NEEDS THE STATUS-QUO.
If the team is consistently losing, you change the quarterback. You change tactics, you bring in new players and you try to get your fan base excited over a new game plan. Republicans do none these things, that is why I among an independent. Harmeet walks the walk with her legal actions. Rona talking the talk will never be a substitute for success.