You can’t make this stuff up!

 

You can’t make this stuff up!

Mesa County Republican Chair Kevin McCarney went on an emotional public tirade about duly elected Clerk Tina Peters. This comes off the heels of the people of Colorado breaking fund-raising records to ensure the SOS primary election is legally recounted and accurate.

Included in his outburst and attack of Clerk Peters on social media where he’s appealing to “good Christians”, he said he’s “mad as hell” and he just “can’t take it anymore!” In his “mad as hell” tirade he personally slanders the Goldstar Mom, saying she should “shack up” with her “sugar daddy in Minnesota.” Not only are his remarks confusing and ignorant, but they are also far and away from his self-purported “Christian” appeal. It would appear that the Republican Chairman has joined forces with those who are attempting to berate the Goldstar mom publicly in order to sway public opinion and cowardly attempt to wear her out with these attacks.

It’s one thing to disagree with a person’s politics. It’s a whole different level to personally attack, make fun of, and publicly harangue a woman who, whether you agree with her or not, has been through “hell” because of her passion and stance she has taken to ensure elections are secure. This seems very uncouth for a sitting Republican Chair, doesn’t it?

The Chairman goes on to say that “70% of Republican voters rejected [Clerk Peters] as the Republican Candidate for Secretary of State.” Let me rephrase what the Republican Chair is actually saying: PER THE MACHINES, 70% of Republican voters rejected Clerk Peters.

Hold on just a second. Isn’t this the same Chairman who has publicly stated that he does NOT trust the results of the 2020 election nor those of the local city council election? Isn’t this the same Republican Chair who spoke in public support of duly elected Clerk Tina Peters just after she returned from the Cyber Symposium in 2021? What has changed? Why the public, personal attacks? Why not just state your opinion and leave the emotional berating and assumptions out of it?

In his “mad as hell” tirade, Mr. McCarney goes on to personally try and convict Clerk Peters. I thought this was up to a jury or a judge in our judicial system, but I guess as corrupt as things have become in Colorado, even Republican Chairs now have the authority to find a person guilty without due process. He goes on to say Clerk Peters owes the Woods an apology (Jerry and Wendy Woods, who went on CNN declaring themselves victims without letting the public know Mr. Woods received conditional immunity… for what? Why did he need immunity if he’s the victim of identity theft? Is he hiding something? Hmmm).

I worked in the Judicial system for years, and if I remember correctly, we have this little thing called “innocent until proven guilty.” The good Christian Republican Chairman may want to take a Judicial 101 class where he would learn that a person charged with a crime is, by law, INNOCENT. I’m wondering if Mr. McCarney will recant his disturbing guilty finding and wait for due process to take effect. The Mesa County citizens should not hold their breath waiting for this. But who knows, maybe he’ll surprise us all by doing the “good Christian” thing.

Mr. McCarney, “in what universe is it acceptable” (to use his own wording) to publicly try and convict a sitting Clerk before she is given due process and before the facts of ALL SIDES come out? The Mesa County citizens deserve better. And oh yes, Mr. McCarney, you owe the Goldstar Mom Tina Peters “an abject and immediate apology” (using his own wording) as you do the citizens of Mesa County and of Colorado for your un-Christian, judgmental and biased outburst on social media and to the Daily Senile.

I personally reached out to Mr. McCarney and encouraged him to take down his outburst from social media, as it proves his own internal bias and is extremely unprofessional, to say the least. Not to mention there is an ongoing criminal investigation, and knowing this, the Republican Chair attempted to get me to discuss specific details publicly with him, in what seemed to be a cowardly attempt to make a further case against Clerk Peters. I wonder if he’s attempting to influence public opinion on this matter? I wonder if his public statements could influence potential and future jurors in this matter? I wonder if the Republican Chairman cares about having unbiased jurors who will look objectively at the FACTS? I wonder if Mr. McCarney cares about the FACTS of both sides? I also wonder what his motivation with this might be? Seems sketchy, to say the least.

He then further insulted Clerk Peter’s by saying she’s unintelligent and that she will “bear the brunt of the punishment that is coming.” Wow. Does the Republican Chair also want to be the executioner for this Goldstar mom? Not only has he already tried and convicted Clerk Peters publicly, but now he’s anxiously awaiting her “punishment.” Again, “in what universe is it acceptable” (his own wording) for a Republican Chair to behave in this manner? And to use his own self-proclaimed “Christian” values, in what universe is it “Christian” behavior to judge this matter publicly in an attempt to sway public opinion before it goes through due process? The Mesa County citizens deserve better.

And to further show his lack of Christian or professional character, Mr. McCarney goes on to accuse me personally of gaining “fame and fortune based on lies and false witness”. I personally reached out to the Republican Chairman regarding this comment, as I was so taken aback that he would “bear false witness” (his words) in such a way about me and my family personally. Does he know what kind of vehicles my wife and I drive? What kind of house we live in? What our bank account looks like? I wonder who has been whispering lies in his ear? Why is he so quick to judge a matter before hearing it?

The Republican Chairman went on to slander both me and my wife (America’s Mom Sherronna Bishop) and said that we “deserve” his attacks because my wife had previously disrespected his job as Chairman. Ahhh, I see, so it’s “eye for an eye” is it Mr. Chairman? Let me guess, you’re just following your Christian values by publicly slandering a Goldstar Mom and lying about those who support her, and doing so because you feel personally “disrespected” as Chairman. I think the citizens can see through this. And if recent happenings are any indicator, citizens of Colorado do NOT believe the machines can be trusted (unlike the Chairman who all-the-sudden seems to have much faith in these machines). Certainly most citizens are at the very least willing to give Clerk Peters her day in Court before trying and convicting her, and calling for her to “bear her punishment.” In what universe is this behavior acceptable?

C’mon man! The Mesa County citizens deserve better!

PS: Mr. Chairman, rather than Clerk Peters resigning, maybe it’s time for YOU to go! And sir, if you’re interested in my and my wife’s “fame and fortune” of which you ignorantly allege, please call me directly and I’d be happy to tell you what we’ve “gained” through all this. And I’d be happy to tell you about the sacrifices my wife has made for local candidates and for the State of Colorado, and how she has funded much of her efforts by her part-time hair and makeup business she runs on the side, while still taking care of her four children. Oh yeah, I’d also be happy to tell you about how I recently quit my career after all the stress this has brought on my job and family, how it’s impacted our four children, and details about our recent move that you seem to know so much about. Call me anytime, sir. 970-201-7071.

Oh yeah, one more thing. You included in your recent Facebook rant that you “know more” about this whole issue than I think you do. So I ask you, how do you KNOW what happened, sir? What FACTS can you fill in for the public? Were you there? You know more than what the affidavit alleges? Were you involved in some sort of top-secret meeting? How do you KNOW more? Could there be facts that are NOT in the affidavit that you may NOT know? Or do you KNOW, and you’re withholding these things for some reason? The citizens deserve to know! C’mon man!