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You could make a pretty good argument that both the Ohio Republican Party and the Hamilton County Democratic Party are more interested in booting people out then letting people in.
First, there was the Ohio Republican Party s executive committee, which held a Zoom meeting for the purpose of censuring Anthony Gonzalez, the GOP congressman from the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River, for the unpardonable sin of being one of 10 U.S. House members to vote to impeach Donald Trump as he was leaving office.
Then, last Saturday, the Hamilton County Democratic Party s executive committee, as if they were in some kind of competition with the Ohio GOP for the dumbest act of the year, held its own Zoom meeting. And on the agenda was a motion to put the party on record as saying that Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes, who has held that office for nearly 32 years, is not in good standing with the Democratic Party.
Hamilton County Democrats can’t kick Auditor Dusty Rhodes out of the party.
Instead, on Saturday, the Hamilton County Democratic executive committee declared the conservative Democrat from Delhi “not in good standing.
The Hamilton County Executive Committee voted to withdraw support from Rhodes, whose controversial comments on social media, defense of former President Donald Trump and support of Republicans for office has run afoul of local Democratic leadership. The vote was 65-0 with two abstaining.
Hamilton County Democratic Chair Gwen McFarlin told The Enquirer a committee in the past year looked into Rhodes behavior. Rhodes declined to speak with the committee, she said. He also did not attend Saturday s meeting, which was virtual.
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