HOMOPHOBIC Dandy Lyons Not So Dandy These Days the party has been split between conservatives who back Jim Lyons,

 

In the wake of homophobic and racist comments by Lyons allies, such as one member who said she was “sickened” that a gay couple had adopted children, national Republican figures distanced themselves from the party. In October 2021, Baker called for Lyons to resign. Meanwhile, a number of seats have been vacant for more than a year, a deliberate move, critics say, by Lyons to keep political opponents off the party’s governing body.

JV WRITES TO POSTER "The Third," - the Boston Herald's diminishing returns has it playing to its dwindling base.  I went to school with public figure Jimmy Lyons, the Jimmy that I knew back in the 1960s wasn't the racist, homophobic leader that  he embraces today. (One would suspect he has a man crush on Donald Trump)  We were getting along fine just a couple of years ago, but the homophobia is real, he has family members that are just as anti-gay.  It is sad, but in 2022, that is not what is needed for a party leader.

Critics say HOMOPHOBE JIMMY Lyons’s leadership has cost the GOP talent, support, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fund-raising. During his four-year tenure, the party has been plagued by chaos and scandal. Amid tensions between Lyons and Baker, the state party dismantled a lucrative joint fund-raising agreement with the Republican National Committee, which had brought in millions of dollars.   fair use copyright   After a disastrous election, the state GOP faces a choice: Fresh leadership or more of the same?

On the heels of a midterm election that rebuked former president Donald Trump and the extremist candidates who follow his lead, the state GOP finds itself at a crossroads, gripped by an identity crisis.

For years, the party has been split between conservatives who back Jim Lyons, the chairman of the state Republican Party, and Donald Trump, and more moderate Republicans in the mold of departing Governor Charlie Baker.
 

The chairman’s election in January will force the party to decide: opt for new leadership and a new approach, or continue its hard-line tactics that risk losing more races, money, and membership?

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