The fight for the heart of the Massachusetts GOP is in full swing on Cape Cod.
On Jan. 2, Cape and Islands Republican Committee members gathered in a parking lot at Patriot Square in South Dennis and voted to elect Will Crocker as the district’s new state Republican committeeman. Crocker ran to fill a vacancy left by Francis Manzelli, who died on Nov. 19.
He defeated opponent Adam Lange, the founder of United Cape Patriots who is known to ride around in a military-style truck adorned with Trump flags and mounted with a fake machine gun.
The vote was 97 to 16.
But Crocker s election was not ratified at the statewide caucus the next day because Republican State Committee Chairman Jim Lyons, who is closely aligned with President Donald Trump, deemed the caucus vote illegitimate. Crocker backers say the tactic was a power grab.
BOURNE “Stop the Steal,” a cry which has become popular in right-wing corners of the internet, spilled out onto the Bourne Rotary Wednesday morning, as about 50 people loyal to President Donald Trump continued to complain about the election results that have already weathered 60 legal challenges and come out in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.
A few hours later, hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to halt the counting on the Electoral College votes and overturn the results of the presidential election.
The U.S. has spent two and a half centuries defending democracy, U.S. Rep. Bill Keating tweeted from Washington, D.C., Wednesday afternoon, and when we see mobs storming parliaments to overturn the will of the people, we speak out against them on a bipartisan basis.