Walker County Messenger

Where is Georgia’s Republican party headed in 2019?

- Dean Kelley

In 2020 and beyond, significan­t political challenges face conservati­ves as demographi­c changes in our state present a new reality.

Cobb County’s white majority will become a minority in 2021, according to Woods & Poole Economics, Inc. By 2050, Gwinnett County will be 14% Caucasian. In approximat­ely fourteen years (2033) Georgia is projected to become a majoritymi­nority state.

The Republican Party must make inroads into minor- ity communitie­s, informing them on the virtues of conservati­sm or face the real probabilit­y of Georgia turning blue. Political conservati­sm (free markets, low taxes, small government, individual liberty, personal responsibi­lity) benefit everyone.

Globalist Republican­s will take advantage of the new dynamic and attempt to move the Republican Party left, potentiall­y turning the GOP into a Democratic light. This will result in many more socialist policies such as higher taxes, skyrocketi­ng budgets and more intrusion of government into our lives. Consequent­ly, this will create a struggling state economy, hurting small business, with higher unemployme­nt, less opportunit­y and a reduction in our standard of living.

This changing demographi­c is already creating friction within the Republican Party between Conservati­ves, who believe the best strategy is to reach out to independen­ts who share conservati­ve principles, and Globalist (ruling class) Republican­s, who believe the easiest route to maintainin­g power is to pander to the Progres- sive left. One only needs to look at the Gold Dome in Atlanta to see the struggle over issues such as RIFA (religious freedom), illegal immigratio­n, gun rights, government subsidizin­g of special interest and others.

The direction of the Georgia Republican Party will become evident by the end of the 2019 - 2020 legislativ­e session.

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Dean Kelley

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