Jefferson County Republicans hold annual Lincoln Day Luncheon

Sequim, WA – Jefferson County Republicans celebrated their annual Lincoln Day luncheon, July 31st, at The Farm on West Sequim Bay road.

Approximately 150 people gathered for the event, where they listened to several speakers, sharing plans and concerns for the near future.

Speakers were: Brian Jennings, Emcee, Tiffany Smiley, candidate for US Senate, Elizabeth Kreiselmaier, candidate for US Congress, 6th District, Sue Forde, Clallam County GOP Chair,  and Keynote Speaker Loren Culp, candidate for US Congress 4th District.

Jefferson County Republican Chair, Craig Durgan gave a short welcome message.

A live auction took place with Jon Cooke and Steve Crosby as auctioneers.

Brian Jennings is known as the “Founding Father of Talk Radio in Seattle”. He shared his experiences in conservative radio broadcasting.  Jennings, warned the crowd, “we are again in a censorship mode with social media”.

Tiffany Smiley, from Pasco, WA, who is running for the Senate, spoke about the challenges ahead, as she faces Patty Murray for the U.S. Senate seat. “Let’s open up opportunity and make sure our children are safe.  Empower people, not empower the government,” she said. Truth, hope and life, is her motto.  Smiley announced, “Patty Murray–I say ‘bring it'”.

Elizabeth Kreiselmaier, from Gig Harbor, is challenging Derek Kilmer for the 6th Congressional District.   Kreiselmaier says she wants to pull the country back, from the brink of Socialism.

Sue Forde Clallam County Republican Party Chair talked about the importance of individual rights as set out in the US and State Constitutions, contrasted to “group” rights currently dividing our nation, pitting one group against another.  She called on the attendees to share the vision of freedom with their friends and neighbors, and why it is so important to keep it safe against the onslaught of socialism and Marxism currently promoted across our nation.  “All politics is local”, she stated, as she called for individuals to stand for office and support those who are willing to do so.

Keynote speaker, Loren Culp, is a  candidate for U.S. Congress.  “Dan Newhouse is up against a new sheriff in Congress”, announced  former Sheriff Culp. He embraces common sense Constitutional policies that ensure State’s rights, and that individual rights are respected.