Make your voice heard! 

We want your feedback! It was announced last month, Governor Whitmer wants your help in making illegal migrants 'feel' welcome in Michigan. How does she want your assistance? By providing them living space in your personal residence, of course. What could go wrong? First the obvious, the vast majority of those entering our country have not undergone a criminal background check nor been screened for communicable diseases. Most do not speak English nor have a means to provide food and shelter for themselves and their families. Now the not so obvious. In other states encouraging this type of assistance to illegals, residents are finding out how difficult it can be to rid themselves of these eventual unwanted, house 'guests'.  

ALERT: They have more rights than you do as the homeowner and can have YOU evicted from your own home as a squatter. If you call the police, they will tell you it’s a matter for the courts. Now Gretchen Whitmer is encouraging Michiganders to help facilitate the mass influx of illegal invaders by welcoming them into your home.

Should Michigan residents house illegal aliens in their homes?

A GATHERING PLACE!

Have you stopped by the Action Center yet? Stop by and see what we have done with all this space.  Did you know we offer space to a local community food bank? We are honored to have the opportunity to host the Prayerfyre Food Pantry, run by a Grand Traverse County Precinct Delegate.  The GTGOP is also excited to offer Tech Training and Educational Courses for community members. Check the calendar often to stay up to date with all our events.

While we have come a long way, there is plenty to do to get our Action Center fully equipped and staffed to serve the community. We have made a huge dent in what we need but there are still many items on our wish list. Email chair@gtgop.org to find out what is still needed.

As in previous years, we will once again be offering Buy-A-Day. Days available for sponsorship are many, from now until November 2024. For just $50 you can choose the day you'd like to sponsor at the Action Center.  We will add your name on the storefront and offer recognition in our monthly Newsletter.  It's a great way to show your support for the Republican Party and help defray the operating costs. This helps us to stay focused on getting Republicans in office.

It is no secret there is division in the Republican Party, from the national stage on down to the family dinner table. Republicans are seeing their country flushed down the tubes with liberal left policies. Our Southern Border is under invasion, colleges and universities are incubators for woke activism, grade schools are open markets for sexual predators, and it is an all-out war against our Constitution. To top it off, we Republicans are losing this war as Michigan is currently dominated by the Democrat party. We do have a right to be angry!
The fight over MIGOP Chair has even managed to polarize the grassroots movement. It seems there's not much we can all agree on these days, save for one thing. And that’s T R U M P !

President Trump has been sweeping the Nation with crushing defeats against all his opponents. So much so that with the conclusion of Super Tuesday voting, he is the only candidate left. It's Trump country baby!
Grand Traverse County Precinct Delegates voted 92% in his favor.  Both sides of the MIGOP Chair dispute strongly support Trump. The whole of Michigan voted nearly 2 to 1 in favor of Trump over runner up, Nikki Haley. Nikki Haley fans, I'm sorry but you're just gonna have to listen to us MAGA "basket of deplorables" for a while longer. Get on the Trump Train because it's the ONE thing that unites us!

Putting Trump back in Washington this November will begin the restoration of our country and we eagerly anticipate the return of his Pro-American policies.  We must come together to take back the Presidency or our country is toast!

How is this possible when the State party is in shambles and even the Patriots are at odds? Our trust in leadership has been eroded, the District Convention was a disaster and Northern Michigan Delegates were ignored!  We must remember our mission. We have a job to do and cannot allow the noise across the State to distract us from our purpose. So here in Grand Traverse County we will focus on getting Conservative Republicans elected by increasing our outreach and education efforts. We will unite under Trump as we forge ahead.  


Editor's Note: As many of you have expressed interest in what happened at the State Convention, here is one account. Precinct Delegate, Dan Hartman writes his accounts of events while served as General Counsel of the Michigan Republican Party since May 2023. Click here to read the whole article.

WANTED: A Few Good People to Help out

Part of the GTGOP mission is community outreach and service.  How better to serve the local community in the Spring than offering to assist in Spring Cleanup? Do you know someone in need or are you in need yourself? Are you willing to lend a hand? Get in touch!  Let's start serving one another.

Want to get more involved in what we are doing in the community?  We are currently looking for members to serve in a variety of ways.  Many Sub-Committees are looking for volunteers.  Another way to serve your community is to be a Precinct Delegate.  Most townships and precincts have vacancy. Send an email to delegates@gtgop.org to learn more.

To help make the Newsletter a go to source for community and county happenings, we need your help!  Currently looking for volunteers to attend County Board Meetings (i.e. County Commissioner, School Board, Road Commission and Drain Commission). Would you be willing to attend a meeting monthly, take notes and submit for publication in the newsletter? Get in touch info@gtgop.org

Volunteer effort is crucial to helping Republican Candidates win elections. There is never a shortage of work to do and there has never been a more critical time to be involved. Now that our Action Center is open, we can roll up our sleeves and get to work on making 2024 the year we take it all back! Please consider how you would like help and sign up today.

Not interested in committee work but still want to be involved? Email us with your skill set and what your passions are to info@gtgop.org. We'd love to get you plugged in!

A YUUGE THANK YOU to our February donors of their time and items from our Wish List. We cannot thank you enough for your support.  It is because of your generosity we are able to fulfill our mission of getting Republican candidates elected to office! Thank you: Martha & Doug Beard, Dean & Kathleen Haueisen, Paul Johnson, Karen Roth, Drew Craven, Gerard Engler, Jill Johnson, and Scot Richards.

We ask our members "What matters to you and what inspires you to get engaged?".  This month we heard back from Sue Welton. Her passion is for making an impact as a Precinct Delegate.

I became a precinct delegate to learn more about what the hell is going on in our Republican Party. The 2020 lockdowns, tyrannical government overriding our constitutional rights and freedoms, and the denial by our MI Republican Representative that there were NO systematic problems with the 2020 election.

I wanted to learn more, I wanted to see what was under the “hood” and how I could make an impact. At first, I didn’t really know much about what a precinct delegate was, but knew they had a more direct line of information in what is going on with the MI Republican Party. After being elected, it was radio silence: no communication, no information, nothing from the GTGOP leadership. As a newbie, I didn’t know what I was supposed to do or how to make connections. I received an invite to a meeting event from We the County, “Going Local” for an afternoon. There I recognized some people and befriended another East Bay Delegate, Gerard Engler, and with Marilyn Dear’s guidance we scheduled our first East Bay Delegate meeting.  It was a meet and greet and an opportunity to learn from our fellow delegates how to begin creating a community. It’s still a process in development, but I am much more politically aware and see the benefits of bringing our delegates together to build relationships with each other and with voters in our townships. Being a delegate is so much more than just showing up to County or State Convention to vote.

Too many people just expect their elected officials to represent their wishes and vote for him or her because they have an R or a D next to their name. A precinct delegate is the initial representative contact at the most local level. I see now that working collectively, we can make an impact by disseminating information, vetting, and supporting quality candidates that will uphold our constitutional values and freedoms for our voters. I’ve found that people (delegates and voters) appreciate communication and transparency of information. Voters want to know what we know as we are the liaisons between our township community and the county party. We have a busy and IMPORTANT election year to make an impact on Grand Traverse County.  We all need to work for majority Republican representation by flipping our 103rd District back to Red.  Let’s work together to make good things happen in our townships, county, and state this election year for our families, children, and grandchildren. We first need to fill ALL of our precinct delegate seats; the deadline is May 7th. It’s time to recruit good quality patriots that want to make an impact as a precinct delegate. Contact me to share ideas, meeting topics, or to share information with others. tcsreamer@gmail.com

Editor's Note: If you or anyone you know would like to share in this member section please reach out.  Let's start sharing with each other to find common ground on the issues that matter the most. Let's work together to save the greatest nation on earth.

"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." – Henry Ford 

Facts Sure to Impress your Democrat Friends

The first female self-made millionaire in the U.S. was Sarah Breedlove, a black American, otherwise known as Madam CJ Walker. She was the first child in her family born after the emancipation proclamation and built her business from nothing in the early 1900's.

Democrats pushing for Electric Vehicle mandates clearly support child slave labor in the cobalt mines of The Congo. Two-thirds of the world's cobalt is found in The Democratic Republic of the Congo and children as young as 10 are recruited and paid as little as $3.50 a day for this dangerous work. Recently DC Judges found in favor of Big Tech companies relying of the supply of cobalt to make "clean and green" products. Read More...

Harry Truman, a Democrat was the first and only person to drop an atomic weapon on a civilian population. And Democrats have blamed America ever since.

Listen to this Online Streamer as he learns the truth about the History of the Democrat Party.

Curious to know what our elected officials are doing in Lansing?

Here are the bills they are working on: Coalition to Rescue Michigan

Check out this link to see their voting record: Voting Scorecard

How you can make a difference:

Run for an Elected Seat.  This is election season and there are many seats up for grabs. There are seats at the Congressional level being voted on as well as State, County and the Township levels too.  Positions include US Senate and House Representative, State House seats, County Commissioner seats to the County Treasurer and School Board seats (TCAPS and Kinglsey) to NMC Trustee positions. Click here to view positions available. To learn more or for help in getting started contact Katie Kniss at chair@gtgop.org. Katie has put together a tutorial to help you get started with your campaign. We need to fill as many seats as possible with Republican candidates because guess who else is vying for positions in these elections. Yup, the democrats. Let's paint this town RED.

Do you ever feel like you'd like to write a letter to your elected officials about a specific issue but are unsure of what to say or how to say it? Until we get an app for that; check out what activist tools are currently available to you.

Mike Davis of Article 3 Project has added an Action Center to his website. You can find a variety of topics to send What We Do - A3P: The Article III Project (article3project.org)
 
Are you watching a certain piece of legislation move through Congress and want to let your elected official know how you feel? Need to make a phone call, send an email? Now there's an app for that too. Check out BillBlaster app. It's Congress at your fingertips.

Last month, the state took comments on proposed changes to the energy efficiency sections of our state codes. More than 1,100 HBA member comments were submitted. If you were part of this group, thank you! We need your help one more time. This month, the state is taking comments (until March 21st) on the entire proposed Michigan Residential Code (MRC). The MRC combines all the various codes into one document that serves as the sole uniform code for residential construction in our state.

Help us push back against the State's proposed Building Code changes that depending on the size and location of a home, will add $20,000 to more than $40,000 in home production costs.
 
Please take one minute to click the button below and submit your comments to the state and the Governor. You can use our pre-populated messages or you can choose to write your own. If you choose to draft your own message, please be brief and professional in your communication.
 
Thank you for your help!