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Opinion: Where is my father’s Republican party?

Tim Youngblood, chairman of the Lumpkin County Republican Party, wears a “Proud to be Republican” pin during the 9th District GOP governors debate at The Venue at Friendship Springs in Flowery Branch, on Saturday, March 31, 2018. - photo by David Barnes

04012018 GOP 03 — Tim Youngblood, chairman of the Lumpkin County Republican Party, wears a “Proud to be Republican” pin during the 9th District GOP governors debate at The Venue at Friendship Springs in Flowery Branch, on Saturday, March 31, 2018. - photo by David Barnes

On Feb. 4, the Republican Party seems to be confused and splitting in two. Vice President Mike Pence declared Trump wrong about Pence’s right to change the count of electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021. While the RNC called the Jan. 6 riot a legitimate political discourse and censured Rep.