Let’s take a look: Hell yeah baby, jumping right into the fear-mongering! (Photo/Taylor Gerlach)With eight other candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Georgia’s 7th Congressional District in the 2020 election, Lynne Homrich, a former Home Depot executive and social entrepreneur, spoke to the College Republicans at the University of Georgia on Jan. 22 to garner support for her campaign, marketing herself as an outsider who wants to “shake things up.”During her speech, she featured an ad from her campaign that showcased clips of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib — with Homrich saying, “If your kids behaved like these women, you’d ground them. With eight other candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Georgia’s 7th Congressional District in the 2020 election, Lynne Homrich, a former Home Depot … But that same candidate has no qualms with Trump's lying, cursing, and adultery.The GOP's messaging strategy for 2020 grows clearer by the day: Use the many women of color who were elected to join the House Democratic caucus in 2018 to scare the prominently white and male Republican base to the polls.The latest example of this strategy comes from Lynne Homrich, a wealthy In a campaign ad, Homrich shows footage of House Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib, taking some of their comments out of context to make them look "scary" to the voters Homrich needs to win a primary in this district. If they worked in your business, you’d fire them.” Homrich also called for electing more women with “with conservative values, common sense and real-world experience” in the ad.“I’m the only one in our campaign taking shots at Washington. Republican Hormich is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 7th Congressional District. Rob Woodall announced he would not seek reelection in 2020 after narrowly securing a win against Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux by 433 votes in the closest congressional race in 2018, according to Ballotpedia.Citing the previous congressional race’s closeness and the district’s changing demographics, Homrich said her campaign is about keeping the 7th District in “Republican hands.”“People are moving in to a great area to raise [families], work and live. Lynne and her husband David have lived in the Atlanta area for 30 years and have raised their four children here.
1 digital platform for progressive news, reaching millions of people each month. “Now, they're failing to make the connection that the reason it's a great place to live and work is because it's been run by Republicans for years.”Will Vermeulen, the College Republicans’ activism director and a third-year political science major, appreciated how Homrich’s background in business influenced her view of politics.“It was a very productive meeting and what it really did was set a good precedent for the rest of the year,” Ver Meulen said. They're moving in and they're bringing their politics with them. Everybody else who’s running sees this as the next step in their career. I’m not going out there to advance my career, I already had a great career,” Homrich said during her speech. Things are changing, people aren't playing by the rules anymore that they're supposed to be. Additionally, she expressed admiration for what she called Trump’s disruptive effect on “the establishment” while acknowledging his controversial nature.“The history books will reflect that this is the beginning of the end of politics as we know it. Emily C. Singer is a political reporter based in New York. Lynne Homrich worked as an executive in human resources at Home Depot. Rob Woodall, who announced he is By running, Homrich is also attempting to add more women to the GOP ranks. Advertisement. "The "things" Homrich thinks the Democratic women should be "grounded" for include: refusing to fund Trump's unpopular border wall, criticizing the harmful parts of capitalism, and cursing.But Homrich has nothing to say about Trump's bad behavior — which includes a lot more than just cursing.Glossing over Trump's misdeeds is nothing new for Republicans, who have allowed Trump to escape consequences for his actions ever since the 2016 campaign.But now, Republicans like Homrich are trying to express outrage at Democrats' personal conduct for political gain — and adding a more sinister twist by singling out the women of color in the Democratic Party to exploit racist and sexist resentments in the Republican base.As of now, it's unclear whether the strategy will work.But Homrich is trying to test it in Georgia's 7th District — a once reliably Republican seat in the Atlanta suburbs that swung hard toward Democrats in 2018, in part due to voters' disgust with Trump and his conduct.Homrich is hoping to succeed GOP Rep. She's covered campaigns and elections for years, including at Roll Call, Mashable and Mic. And I think this is a fantastic time for our country,” Homrich said.In February last year, District 7 Rep. And so we arrive at Lynne Homrich. US Congressional candidate Lynne Homrich speaks to UGA College Republicans
Republican Hormich is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 7th Congressional District. Homrich says. “I’m not interested in playing by the rules up there. The boyfriend of University of Georgia professor Marianne Shockley accused of killing her was indicted on four counts, including felony murder and concealing the death of another.
Lynne Homrich worked as an executive in human resources at Home Depot.