Maricopa
County Republican Party Chairman A.J. LaFaro says U.S. Sen. John McCain
and a political committee backed by moderate Republicans who support
him are attempting to “ethnically cleanse” the party of conservative
precinct committeemen.
LaFaro filed a complaint Sept. 19 with the Secretary of State’s Office
and the Citizens Clean Elections Commission alleging a political group
called the Arizona Grassroots Action PAC broke campaign finance laws by
failing to register as a political committee in Arizona and disclose
its spending. He said the group sent mailers and made automated phone
calls to Republican voters to influence the voting in some precinct
committeeman races.
“John McCain and the RINOs… think that holding our elected officials
accountable warrants this kind of ethnic cleansing (of the GOP),”
LaFaro told the Arizona Capitol Times.
But the Secretary of State’s Office declined to investigate the
complaint, writing that there is no requirement ...
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