November 4, 2023
Originally shared on OKGOP Facebook Page
I would like to make something very clear to Chairman Dahm and the other individuals (such as the Chairmen of Oklahoma County and Tulsa County) that your authority only exists to the extent that the members of the state party (Chairman Dahm) and your County (Mr. Warner and Mrs. Vulliemont-Smith) have a vote of the majority allowing you to speak on behalf of your constituents. For the Chairman of the state Republican party to unilaterally assert that the Republican Party of Oklahoma officially “condemns” the actions of any organization/individual without first a vote of the body of the party approving such action, is a knowing and intentional abuse of the Chairmanship position. The Chairman works at the behest of the Republican party, NOT the other way around. Of course Chairman Dahm has the freedom to speak his mind and provide his opinions regarding any issue he sees fit, as an individual, but not for the party as a whole. However, the Chairman absolutely does not have the authority to speak on behalf of the Republican party absent a vote of the body allowing/requiring him to do so. This is an absolute fact via the rules of our party. It has become clear to me (in my limited time being active within the party) that there are two types of individuals in our ranks. There are those that want things to stay the same and pander to the lobbyists that pay their bills ( yeah you Steve Curry, the guy who voted for Romney-McDaniel) and those who got involved in this party because we realized the America we know (and whose Constitution we all pledged an oath to defend) is under fire from all sides.
Chairman Dahm your most recent correspondence is a disgrace to the fundamental (Jeffersonian) idea of representative government. Rather than listening to the grassroot individuals that make up a MAJORITY of this party you opted to call them a “disruptive shadow faction.” You attempted to villainize the very people that DEFINE this party. People like our Vice Chairman Mr. Wayne Hill. This man has given everything he has to this party and asked for nothing in return. He has worked diligently and acted with absolute humility in the face of your constant attacks upon his character and your FALSE accusations his actions. The most recent being your unfounded assertion that Mr. Hill claimed the recent “scorecard” was affiliated with the OKGOP. Not once was this claim made. If you assert otherwise I demand you this show the evidence forthwith or apologize immediately to this man for your false assertion. Also of note, other individuals of standing in the State Republican Leadership (such as Mr. Warner chairman of OK County) acknowledged that they have also created similar “scorecards.” I ask “has Mr. Warner obtained a vote of the members of Oklahoma County approving his scorecard?” Is he asserting that it is an approved document of the Oklahoma County Republican party? I know Mr. Hill hasn’t made any such assertions.
I will end with this, and I speak only for myself when I say, “Chairman Dahm, you have been nothing but a complete disappointment as Chairman.” Seemingly you expected to be voted as chair and then circumvent any action of the party other than those you pre-approved in closed door meetings. Once the party voted against all of your attempts to minimize the body’s authority and vote AGAINST the centralization of power (as Jefferson recommended) you (and the people advising you) realized that the tide of this party has turned against you for good. You were finished. You see we not only prefer a “bottom up” form government, but demand it. This of course is our right, much to your chagrin. So let it be understood, you obey the will of the body as a matter of fact, you will stop being obstructive to the will of the people, and you will realize what your actual duty is…and who it you owe that duty to…… Never again are you to speak of policy on behalf of the party without party approval. You will stop attempting to circumvent the will of the body and do the job you were elected to do and none other. You must understand that I and the others who I stand with are not cowards nor ashamed in any way to place our sacred honor on the line in this the fight to maintain our State and our Country. We are not hiding in any shadows…nor are we hiding our names…you know who we are and you know why we are here……to save our Country. We are not “shadow people” and I will call you out to your face when you do wrong and praise you when you do well. So how about you try doing well for once and perhaps you will be shocked by the positive output that you will receive from the actual PEOPLE (not Bush era special interest groups). It’s time to start concentrating on saving our country (but first our State) from the many catastrophic issues that are looming on the horizon. – Spencer Housley
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