Lines Picks Kenney For AZGOP Executive Director, Sparks Outrage
The news that AZGOP Chairman Jonathan Lines had selected Matthew Kenney as the organization’s new executive director sent shock waves across the state this week. Kenney, who is considered an operative for the establishment, was hired along with Torunn Sinclair.
On Wednesday, GOP activist and precinct committeeman John Backer spoke for many of the Party faithful in an interview on the James T. Harris show when he said Lines’ decision left many people feeling “betrayed.”
Backer explained, “Through a period of time, the chairman has been personally giving commitments that he wouldn’t hire that individual because he so controversial.” Backer says the move has “largely alienated” Lines from the “Party and his supporters.”
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