The RNC created a new website and we hope that you have heard about it, but if you have not, check it out here. WASHINGTON – The Republican National Committee today announced a newly redesigned, revamped and reorganized online platform, GOP.com, that links together the RNC’s new website with various social media applications. The new GOP.com will promote increased grassroots participation and innovation, better communication, improved platform compatibility and smarter marketing and fundraising tools for the GOP.
FORMER AMBASSADOR, HOUSE SPEAKER TO LEAD FUNDRAISING EFFORT Columbia, SC – October 8, 2009 – Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada and Speaker of the South Carolina House David Wilkins will chair the fundraising efforts for the SC GOP’s recently launched “Milliken Match” drive, Chairman Karen Floyd announced today. Wilkins agreed to lead the effort announced last week, the goal of which is to pay off all of the mortgage debt held by the Republican Party, and to make sustainability upgrades to the SC GOP Headquarters. Upstate textile magnate Roger Milliken agreed to pay half of the Party’s mortgage, so long
MILLIKEN MATCH TO HELP PAY FOR BUILDING DEBT RETIREMENT, SUSTAINABILITY UPGRADES Columbia, SC – September 28, 2009 – Thanks to a generous new donation for building improvements, the SC Republican Party is investing in sustainable building practices. SC Republican Party Chairman Karen Floyd and upstate textile and manufacturing magnate Roger Milliken today announced that Milliken has agreed to make dollar-for-dollar matching donations to pay for the Party’s headquarters mortgage. The Party is using the opportunity to upgrade the facility to green building standards, also known as LEED standards, a concept introduced to the Party by Milliken. The cost between the
GOP CHAIRMAN FLOYD FORMS LEGAL TRUST FUND FOR FUTURE EFFORTS Lyman, SC – September 17, 2009 – State Representative Rita Allison joined with state Republican Party Chairman Karen Floyd and SC House Speaker Bobby Harrell to announce the filing of a defamation suit, aimed at sending the message that false and slanderous attacks won’t be tolerated in South Carolina. Rep. Allison’s personal reputation was recently attacked in an anonymous mailing that was sent to dozens or more of her friends and constituents in her House district. Rather than ignoring the attack, Rep. Allison and Chairman Floyd decided to fight back,
“The fact that Democrats are still seeking to attack Rep. Wilson days after he apologized for his outburst goes to show that their action today is about nothing more than politics. Democrats know that Americans do not want to take part in the President’s risky healthcare experiment, so they are doing what they do best – making the debate about something other than healthcare. If Democrats were half as good at engaging on healthcare reform in a bipartisan manner as they were playing the apology police, we would be far better off as a country,” Floyd said.
