11/04/2026
Republicans had the White House, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House, and a supermajority right here in Indiana. We had all that political strength, and now look where we are.
Instead of building on that success, we spent the year fighting each other. The amount of money, time, and resources wasted attacking fellow Republicans during the primaries was absolutely ridiculous. And for what?
Outside groups poured money into Indiana, divided our party, and acted like they knew better than the Hoosiers who actually live here. Indiana knows Indiana. We don’t need outsiders telling us how to be conservative or who to support.
But the blame doesn’t stop with outside groups. Where was our local leadership while all of this was happening? What were you doing?
Here in Lake County, we are worse off than we’ve been in years. We had every opportunity to strengthen our party, and instead, this is where we find ourselves.
I believe the Lake County Republican Party Chairman should resign. And frankly, I believe many other county chairs and local party leaders who allowed this division to continue should step aside as well. Leadership comes with responsibility, and accountability has to start somewhere.
At the Region Conservative Movement, we supported EVERY Republican candidate on the ticket, regardless of what happened in the primaries. We put our differences aside because we understood what was at stake.
I’m genuinely upset and disappointed. This should never have happened.
We need fresh faces, accountability, and people who bring Republicans together instead of tearing them apart. We cannot keep doing the same things, with the same leadership, and expect different results.
We had everything we needed to succeed. So how did we end up here?
I believe we can come back from this, but not without serious changes in our local leadership.
To everyone who spent the year fighting fellow Republicans instead of preparing for November, and to those in leadership who allowed it to happen, I have one question:
WAS IT WORTH IT?
