Illinois GOP Chair Quits Over Internal “Animosities”

Reuters reports:

Illinois Republican party chairman Don Tracy resigned on Wednesday, less than a month before next month’s Republican National Convention in neighboring Wisconsin, citing infighting with the party.

In his resignation letter, Tracy said he spent “too much time dealing with intra party power struggles and local intra party animosities,” the Chicago Tribune and local ABC affiliate reported.

“In better days, Illinois Republicans came together after tough intra party elections but now it seems that agreeing 80% of the time, as President Reagan said, is simply not enough for some who would rather fight each other than take on the Democrats,” he said in a statement.

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Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy resigns just weeks before the RNC in Milwaukee when Republicans are supposed to show unity and strength. In resignation letter Tracy cites internal fighting as a reason he’s stepping down. Story by @rap30: https://t.co/Tce7rfHv5J

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