GOP Aims to Limit Power of Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay Local Party Chair

Robert Morrow, Who Bills Himself as ‘Donald Trump on Steroids,’ Is Set to Take Over the Republican Party in Austin Later This Month

The Republican Party in Austin, Texas, is attempting to significantly limit the power of its incoming chairman, an anti-Hillary Clinton conspiracy theorist who’s known for vulgar, sexist, racist and anti-gay posts on social media. 

Robert Morrow, who calls himself “Donald Trump on steroids,” made national headlines for his incendiary tweets and bizarre conspiracy theories after winning the March 1 race for chair of the Travis County Republican Party. Among other things, Morrow believes President Lyndon B. Johnson murdered President John F. Kennedy, and that President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush are all either gay or bisexual. Morrow has even pledged to out closeted Republican elected officials in Texas. 

In an interview with Time Warner Cable News this week, Morrow donned a jester hat and sucked on a Trump pacifier. 

To avoid further embarrassment, and with Morrow set to take over in late June, the Travis County GOP Executive Committee plans to create a new entity outside his control to raise money, support candidates and oversee the party’s social media accounts, according to The Austin Statesman.

“This is not a coup against Robert Morrow,” Jerri Lynn Ward, a precinct chairwoman who headed up the party’s transition committee, told the Statesman last month. “It’s just basically taking off his shoulders things he doesn’t want to do. I’m willing to give him a chance. He’s not out to hurt the party. He just has certain beliefs and interests that he wants to pursue, and they’re kind of consuming of him.” 

Morrow, for his part, seems OK with the changes. He noted that in Democrat-dominated Austin, the local GOP is “a toothless kitten,” comparing himself to the coach of the Bad News Bears. 

“I want to see the party’s nuts-and-bolts machinery continue to function while I tell the truth about political criminals in both the Republican and Democratic parties,” he said.  

In response to Morrow’s election, the state GOP voted to make it easier to remove county party chairs from office. However, the process is considerably legally questionable and might need approval from the Legislature, as Texas law currently provides few options for removing elected officials. 

In any case, Morrow isn’t toning down his tweets (we suggest caution):

 

Image: Screenshot via TWC News