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Monday, January 30, 2023

RINOs in Cuyahoga County

Ralph King and President Trump


Ohio’s Ralph King: Establishment Republicans
are Trying to Take over Local GOP
to Help Matt Dolan in Primary

The “Ralph King” in the Breitbart headline is Cleveland Tea Party founder Ralph King :

Ralph King, the co-founder of Cleveland Tea Party Patriots, told Breitbart News Saturday that establishment Republicans with close ties to Democrats are trying to infiltrate the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County in order to help U.S. Senate candidate Matt Dolan early in the primary process and wrest control away from conservatives who have taken command in recent years.

King, who has been active in Cuyahoga County Republican politics since 2001, explained that the establishment Republicans are trying to infiltrate the local county party in an effort to help Dolan in the upcoming 2024 Senate race’s Republican primary after his failed attempt in 2022 when he came in third behind now-Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) in the GOP primary.

“The activists and the conservatives, you know, we’ve been fighting for a long time,” King acknowledged. “We just stopped a lobbyist from taking over the Ohio Republican Party. There’s a huge fight between the lobbyists and the conservatives in the Ohio House over the Ohio speaker. And in Cuyahoga County, which I’ve been on for many, many years, you know, we continually fought against the liberals, the establishment, the donor class, and until recently, we finally got a good chair to put a stop to all that. And the liberals and the RINOs in the establishment, you know, they are pushing back. And at this moment, what they’re trying to do is they’re trying to hold illegal meetings … to try to get rid of a new chairman that we have [who] has given voice to the members and has stopped putting their finger on the scale, to tip it towards the establishment, and they’re mad they no longer control the party.”

“Between [former] President [Donald] Trump coming out [in support] for J.D. Vance and us on the Cuyahoga County Republican Party, Matt Dolan tried to steal that endorsement,” King continued. “Cuyahoga County Republican Party is one of the largest GOP parties in the state of Ohio. Although we’re in the pit of the Democrat heart of Ohio, we do have the largest party. It is Matt Dolan’s home party. That’s the importance, so between President Trump and the Cuyahoga County Republican Party slapping Matt Dolan down in that last election — between the two — we ultimately killed his chances to win the primaries. That’s why Matt knows he needs control of the GOP in Cuyahoga County at this point. So what he did, he’s vowed revenge since that time.”

King ultimately said that the “illegal meeting” the establishment Republicans are trying to hold for the Cuyahoga County Republican Party is to remove the current chair, Lisa Stickan, halfway through her four-year term to put Lee Weingart in as chair to help Dolan be better placed in the 2024 Republican primary.

“So what [Dolan’s] done is we have a gentleman by the name of Lee Weingart,” King explained. “Lee Weingart is a lobbyist. Lee Weingart has a history of donating to [Rep.] Marcy Kaptur [(D-OH)], [Sen.] Sherrod Brown [(D-OH)], a long history of donating to [former Rep.] Tim Ryan [(D-OH)] — actually made $3,000 donations to Tim Ryan in 2021 and was actually campaigning for Tim Ryan in Iowa [during his failed presidential run] — which would be par for the course for Matt Dolan to team up with a guy and a lobbyist like Lee Weingart. Lee Weingart tried to hold an illegal meeting. He used Matt Dolan’s firm to give some outrageous legal opinion supporting this illegal meeting. And what people need to realize is there’s a key between Matt Dolan and Lee Weingart and the donations to the Democrats and supporting Democrats. Matt Dolan was originally a Democrat before he started calling himself a Republican. … We are in a fight for the life of the Cuyahoga County Republican Party against the establishment likes of Lee Weingart and Matt Dolan.” . . .

Ralph King: fighting the good fight.  Full report is here.

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Friday, January 29, 2021

How about Mike Gibbons


Rob Portman is not running for re-election in the U.S. Senate. Cleveland Tea Party's Ralph King posts:

Let the swamp games will begin! 

We need a good guy like Mike Gibbons at the top of the list to run for this seat -- not an establishment swamp retread like Slickster Jim Renacci or Ohio's Happy Hypocrite Jon Husted running for this seat.

More about Mr. Gibbons here

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Good news for Ohio


From cleveland.com:

Ohio lawmakers on Thursday sent Gov. Mike DeWine a bill that would strip his administration of the authority to issue statewide coronavirus orders, even though the governor said the measure would be “a disaster” and vowed to veto it.

Senate Bill 311, which passed 58-30 along party lines, would ban the Ohio Department of Health from issuing mandatory quarantine orders enforced against people who are not diagnosed as sick or directly exposed to disease. It passed the state Senate in September.

The bill would not void existing statewide orders, including the three-week 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew announced by the governor earlier this week, a renewed statewide mask mandate, and a “stay-at-home” order like the one DeWine ordered the state health director to issue last spring. But it would prohibit such orders from being issued in the future, and it would allow lawmakers to vote to rescind any existing state health order.

And here is the reaction from Cleveland Tea Party’s Ralph King:

It is about time the Ohio House did more than grandstand!

It is nice to see our elected officials work to get something done instead of chest thump and grandstand for the shiny ball crowd in Ohio. Enough of the impeachment circus sideshow of Rep John "Bozo" Becker and his trained chimp Rep Nino Vitale!

Big thanks to Senate President Larry Obhof and SB 311 main sponsors State Senator Kristina Roegner & State Senator Rob McColley for getting this passed.

Senate Bill 311 will serve as a check & balance and will reign in the unchecked "ultimate" authority that the OH GOP previously gave the Ohio Dept of Health Director in 2003/2004! SB311 does not limit anything - it only allows for accountability!

And since SB 311 passed with a veto proof majority in the Senate - when you veto it - I fully support an Override starting with the Ohio Senate.

Very good news indeed.

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

Gov. Mike DeWine on the election: wrong again

 

Amy Furr at Breitbart reports ("Gov. Mike DeWine: ‘We Need to Consider’ Joe Biden the ‘President-Elect’") on Gov. DeWine’s interview on CNN.  It’s mostly a mish-mash, but his statement concerning Biden as President-elect is unacceptable.  Here is what Cleveland Tea Party’s Ralph King posted on social media:

If Joe Biden had been elected without the cloud of fraud we would have been disappointed that Trump had lost, but we would have been able to accept that our nation had undergone the change that resulted in his win. We would have called him President Biden. We would have accepted America was just a different country than the one we thought it was.

But this is not the case. Trump won 70 million non-fraudulent votes which means those votes are unassailable and there is no doubt 70 million people really voted for this man who stands for an America that we truly are. Biden was elected with 74 million so called votes under a cloud of deceit, fraud, abuse, lies, deception. His 74 million vote total is illegitimate, questionable, and cannot be trusted. This is an attempt to force 70 million people into an outcome they didn't agree to. An agreement that with a legitimate election we concede peacefully and move on.

Biden and company on the left is attempting to force us into their dictatorship. We do not voluntarily participate in that form of government. That is not democracy. Democracy is voluntary.

Until every vote is counted and every illegitimate vote is overturned, Biden will be an illegitimate president. If after all the votes are counted and transparency is brought to bear and the votes turn in favor of Biden we will accept. Without that transparency we will not accept and we will resist.

Gov. DeWine is showing his true colors again.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

The Future Success of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County (RPCC)



Seen on social media over the weekend:

RALPH KING·SUNDAY, 7 JUNE 2020·READING TIME: 2 MINUTES

Dear Fellow Central Committee Member,

My name is Ralph King and I am a member of the Central Committee representing Bedford Ward 6. I have served the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County in excess of 15 years. Currently I also serve on the Scanning Committee. In addition to years of grassroots activism & organizing at the local, state and national level for conservative causes and candidates, I served as a Delegate for President Trump in 2016 and had the honor of also representing our area as a member of the 54th Ohio Electoral College for President Trump.

With my years of activism and dedication to the Republican Party at all levels, especially in Cuyahoga County, I can honestly say we here in Cuyahoga County face an important crossroads offering two very distinct yet starkly contrasting choices.

The Republican Party in Cuyahoga County has been run like a social club for many, many years. The county party is so incestuously intertwined with lobbyists, consultants, political patronage, etc... nothing can get done. This broken strategy of $100K salaries & cronyism consulting fees has left the party literally broke. Do not believe the recent claims that we are on stable financial ground, otherwise why would the RPCC do an emergency fundraising initiative to keep the doors open past June? See attached RPCC special funding initiative letter. (Click Here)

Their old strategy has not worked, will not work and most importantly the old strategy will not change unless WE change it with your VOTE. Elect the “CUYAHOGA FIRST” slate —led by Lisa Stickan as the Chairman — in charge of the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County. VICTORIES are certain to follow.

Do we continue with the same strategy of being mired with the current swamp-filled ways of political patronage & this financially strapped County party unable to help candidates? Or do we stand up & embrace a new fresh Cuyahoga First leadership built on transparency, strong fundraising ability & grassroots support that will lead them to a path of vibrancy, success & winning in Cuyahoga County again!

This all important Central Committee chairman’s race is not as much about the candidates as it is about US — the members of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County Central Committee & Republican voters in Cuyahoga County. And today with our vote together WE can choose a new path, a new successful way to start winning by electing the “Cuyahoga First” slate with Lisa Stickan as our new Chairperson.

In Liberty,
Ralph King
Cleveland Tea Party Patriots
Bedford Ward 6
Central Committee Republican Party Cuyahoga County
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Ohio anti-sanctuary law: Action Alert

image credit: pagop.org


From Cleveland Tea Party’s Ralph King on Facebook:

As President Trump and Congress remain deadlocked on immigration legislation, a slew of immigration bills are moving through state legislatures.

More and more states are passing Anti-Sanctuary City laws. Ohio needs to get moving!!!

OH HB 169 Anti-Sanctuary City Bill in Ohio! HB 169 would require state and local authorities to cooperate with the federal government in the enforcement of immigration laws, to sanction those that fail to do so. HB 169 is in the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee awaiting hearings.

Please contact Committee Chairman Rep George Lang (614) 466-8550 and politely request HB 169 be brought up for Committee Hearings.

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Jon Husted running for Governor: #NeverHusted


From Ralph King's FB page:



In 2010 when Jon Husted ran for Ohio Secretary of State, he campaigned on "leading the charge" for Photo-ID for voting in Ohio.

Once elected, Husted's work to STOP 3 efforts to enact Photo-ID for voting in Ohio earned him the title of "Ohio's Pro-Fraud Republican" from WSJ.

Jon Husted now wants you to trust him to be Governor of Ohio

#NeverHusted #CantBeTrusted
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Sunday, March 5, 2017

Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland - video #3

The Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland yesterday, March 4, was video-taped by our roving photographer, Pat J Dooley. Here is the third of 3 videos (this is the one with Rev. Darrell Scott):


Speakers included:

Main Street Patriot Ralph King emceed and introduced the presenters

Debbie Vance
Navy Veteran

Michael Onitskansky
Immigration

Steve Loomis
Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Assoc.

Mike Petruziello
Business Owner

Pastor Darrell Scott
National Diversity Coalition
New Spirit Revival Center
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Saturday, March 4, 2017

Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland - video #2


The Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland today was video taped by our roving photographer, Pat J Dooley. Here is the second of 3 videos:


Speakers included:

Main Street Patriot Ralph King emceed and introduced the presenters

Debbie Vance
Navy Veteran

Michael Onitskansky
Immigration

Steve Loomis
Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Assoc.

Mike Petruziello
Business Owner

Pastor Darrell Scott
National Diversity Coalition
New Spirit Revival Center
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Spirit of America Rally Cleveland - Video #1

The Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland today was video taped by our roving photographer, Pat J Dooley. Here is the first of 3 videos:




Speakers included:

Main Street Patriot Ralph King emceed and introduced the presenters

Debbie Vance
Navy Veteran

Michael Onitskansky
Immigration

Steve Loomis
Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Assoc.

Mike Petruziello
Business Owner

Pastor Darrell Scott
National Diversity Coalition
New Spirit Revival Center
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Spirit of America Rally Cleveland
Report 
 Keynote speaker Rev. Darrell Scott greets patriots

 Steve Loomis, Cleveland Police Patrolman's Assoc.
Keynote speaker Rev. Darrell Scott
Main Street Patriots founder and rally host, Ralph King


THANK YOU to all who emailed with positive messages, patriots who contributed to the GoFundMe page or the Big Box at the Rally, and THANK YOU to everyone who joined us at the Spirit of America Rally! And a big shout out to The Cleveland Police Department, who were there on horseback, on bikes, on foot, on rooftops, and onstage. 

Next up on this blog ~ Spirit of America Rally Cleveland: The Video. If you could not make the rally (or if you would like to enjoy some of it again), I'll post several segments later today. Meanwhile, cleveland.com updated its report this morning:

Supporters of President Donald Trump are scheduled to gather in downtown Cleveland and nine other locations around the state on Saturday to show support for the newly elected commander in-chief .
The prime organizer of the "Spirit of America" rallies is the Main Street Patriots., whose slogan is "It's not about left or right, it's about right or wrong."
. . .
The rallies are geared less toward countering Democratic opposition to Trump and more to expressing displeasure with the establishment Republicans that have not rallied around the new president, said Bedford resident Ralph King, who besides being a founder of Main Street Patriots, was a Trump elector and cofounder of the Cleveland Tea Party.
"Donald Trump's biggest road block is going to be the Republicans," King said. 
. . .

Other locations hosting 'Spirit of America" events in Ohio are Toledo, Belmont County, Boardman, Jackson, Zanesville, Marietta, Mansfield area, Clark County and Cincinnati.
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Thursday, March 2, 2017

UPDATES: Spirit Of America rallies



 Image by Keln via Conservative Treehouse

  UPDATES:
Spirit of America Rallies

Join in the Main Street Patriots nationwide "Spirit of America" Rallies! These rallies will be positive, patriotic, uplifting, and open to anyone who supports President Trump and an America First agenda.

As heard about on Rush Limbaugh and posted by Breitbart, there are currently *70* locations across the US (and growing). Come join us and stand united as one across this great nation and rally in the Spirit of America.

Below are the Spirit of America Rallies being held in Ohio this weekend.

Belmont County

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:30pm
Contact: Bob Connors / wtpov@reagan.com
Location: Corner of Lincoln Ave & Main St Bridgeport, OH 43912

Boardman

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Contact: Mark / mark@compcoind.com
Location: Summitville Tile
631 Boardman-Canfield Rd (Rt 224) Boardman, OH 44512


Cincinnati

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Contact: Alysha Johnson / ajohnson.ohio@gmail.com
Location: Sharon Woods 
11450 Lebanon Rd. (S. Meadow Dr), Sharonville, OH 45241


Clark County

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:00pm
Contact: Laura Rosenberger / larosenbrgr@att.net
Location: State Route 41 & N. Bechtle Ave. Springfield, OH 45504


Cleveland

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 12:30pm
Contact: Ralph King / kingsrightsite@yahoo.com
Location: Voinovich Bicentennial Park
E. 9th Street Pier Cleveland, OH 44114


Columbiana County

Date: Saturday, March 4, 2017
Time: 12:00pm Noon
Contact: Anita Fraser / anitateaparty@gmail.com
Event Page:
Location: 124 W. Lincoln Way (Marching to Downtown Gazebo)
Lisbon, OH 44432 


Jackson

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 1:00pm
Contact: Regina Matson
Location: Jackson County Court House
295 Broadway St. Jackson, OH 45640


Mid-Ohio / Mansfield Area

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Contact: Bonnie Oleksa / info@bloodofpatriots.org
Event Page: Click Here
Location: W. 4th St & Lexington-Springmill Rd. Ontario, OH 44906


Marietta

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: TBA
Contact: GlennNewman / rightwayoh@yahoo.com
Event Page:
Location: TBA


Toledo

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 12:30pm - 1:45pm
Contact: Tommy Mori /
Event Page: Click Here
Location: International Park
2 Main St.  Toledo,  OH 43605  (Click for Map)


Zanesville

Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Contact: Kay Clymer / clymerkay@gmail.com
Event Page: Click Here
Location: Muskingum County Court House
401 Main St.  Zanesville, OH 43701 (Click for Map)



For more on the Cleveland Spirit of America Rally (with keynote speaker Rev. Darrell Scott), go here.



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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

In the news: ‘Spirit Of America’ Rallies This Week




The Spectacle Blog, a feature of the online magazine The American Spectator, ran an article on the Spirit of America rallies this week across the country. Cleveland’s own Ralph King was quoted!

Main Street Patriots Gather Nationwide For ‘Spirit Of America’ Rallies This Week

Americans throughout the country will be rallying this week to show support for President Trump and his policy agenda.
The rallies will be taking place in nearly 60 cities, with some taking place on Monday, while others are planned later in the week, including on Saturday. [See full schedule, with locations.]
“These rallies are inclusive, non-partisan, and open to anyone supporting President Trump in his efforts to bring back manufacturing jobs to America, put the security of our nation ahead of political correctness, improve our infrastructure, revitalize the inner cities and secure our nation’s borders,” stated Debbie Dooley, one of the rallies’ organizers, in a press release.
Although the rallies are to show support for President Trump and his agenda, the Spirit of America rallies “have no direct tie with the White House or Trump’s campaign organization,” rally organizer Ralph King told Cleveland.com.
“This is literally grassroots,” King stated. “Whether you’re doing this with 1,000 people or you’re doing this with a handful, get out there. That’s what it’s about.”
Since the surprise election of President Trump in November, left-wing agitators and disappointed Democrats have engaged in raucous protests and riotous actions in various cities across the country.
In a way, the Spirit of America rallies are a grassroots’ counter to the left’s protests.
“This is not about left or right. This is about right and wrong. Enough is enough! Our voices will be heard in a peaceful approach, and we will continue to let others know that we are proud of our president and of our country,” stated Barbara Hemingway, a host of a March 4 rally in Sarasota, Florida.
For more information on the March 4 rally in downtown Cleveland,go to our previous announcement here.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Cleveland Tea Party’s Ralph King Goes to Washington


photo credit: washington.org


Thousands of Donald Trump supporters from across the land will descend on the nation's capital this week to witness history when the billionaire businessman is sworn in as the nation's 45th president.

We spoke to some of the Ohioans who obtained tickets to the ceremony through their members of Congress.

Ralph King, Bedford: 
As co-founder of the Cleveland Tea Party, a delegate for the Trump campaign, and one of the representatives who officially cast Ohio's 18 electoral votes for the president-elect, there was no way that King would miss Trump's inauguration.

King says he backed Trump from the beginning because he's not a typical politician. He felt the rest of the candidates were "full of it," lying more than they told the truth.

"I couldn't give out enough Trump signs to auto workers and union laborers," recalls King, who works as a contract administrator. "They know they are getting screwed over by the Democrats and the Republicans want to kill them. Where do you go? To Donald Trump."

While he's in Washington for the inauguration, King says he's hoping to network with other Tea Party activists from across the nation, and attend a reception the Ohio Republican Party is hosting on Thursday.

We’ll want a full report with photographs! And we'll link to live-stream videos to the swearing in ceremonies on Friday. 
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Ohio Electoral College reports


cartoon credit: Margulies [okay, so it's 4 years old!]

Gateway Pundit posted this report on the Electoral College vote on Monday in Columbus:

Ohio GOP Delegate Casts Vote for TRUMP – Then Torches All of His DNC Troll Letters in Yard Pit

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones received HUNDREDS of harassing letters from Hillary trolls begging him [to] reject Donald Trump.

Sheriff Jones ignored the letters, emails and phone calls and voted for Donald J. Trump for President on Monday in Columbus, Ohio.
Then he went home and dumped his pile of letters into a yard pit. Poured lighter fluid on the pile. … And torched them all.
Sheriff Jones posted the videos on Twitter . . . [scroll down on GP website here]

And in the comments section, we find some photos of the Sheriff and Cleveland Tea Party’s own Ralph King, who also served as a member of the Electoral College and cast his vote on Monday for Donald J. Trump:

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Friday, November 25, 2016

Secretary of State Romney? Or not.




Cleveland Tea Party founder Ralph King is quoted in the Washington Examiner’s article “Mitt Romney wrong choice for Trump’s secretary of state, experts say”, published on Nov-23:

Mr. Trump’s transition team has floated the former Massachusetts governor’s name for appointment to the post, and the two men met privately over the weekend in New Jersey.

Some in the tea party movement and some prominent conservative Republican stalwarts don’t trust Mr. Romney to hew to Mr. Trump’s views on a number of policy issues that were central to his upset victory Nov. 8.

“I trust Donald Trump’s decision-making, but I don’t trust Mitt Romney policy views,” said Cleveland Tea Party founder Ralph King. “I think Romney will actually work against Trump on trade, good relations with Russia, avoiding wars in the Middle East. Trump can fire him, but will he want to do that?”

Mr. King said firing a top Cabinet official gives ammunition to the president’s enemies.

“I understand why people say, ‘Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,’ but you don’t want to give them a gun to shoot you with, politically speaking,” Mr. King said.

Read the rest here.

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Monday, November 7, 2016

Get Out The Vote event : Photo gallery


photo credit: newbostonpost

Decision 2016: Get Out The Vote Battleground State Bus Tour

Last Saturday, the Great America Pac “Decision 2016: Get Out The Vote Battleground State Bus Tour” came to the Cleveland area (the Holiday Inn in Independence). Speakers included
  • Sheriff David Clarke (his remarks are here
  • Former Navy Seal Carl Higbie
  • Jessica Jane Duff
  • Larry Elder
  • Jay Hoffman
Here are a few photos of the event.






Jessie Jane Duff

Larry Elder

Carl Higbie

image credit: canivote.org
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