Alabama GOP

Residents of Tuscaloosa probably had one of two things on their minds over the weekend. First, there was the Alabama Crimson Tide’s college football win over the Georgia Bulldogs in Atlanta. Then, there’s another matchup this coming Wednesday. That’s when Republican Presidential candidates will converge on the University of Alabama for the fourth debate of the primary season ahead of the election next year.

The Washington Post and the news website Business Insider quoted ex-RNC Executive Director Scott Reed who said the Party made a mistake by scheduling its November Presidential Primary Debate on the same night as the Country Music Awards. A couple of things will be vying for the nation’s attention when the GOP Debate takes place in Tuscaloosa.

Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states. Will this rhetoric come up during Tuscaloosa’s GOP debate set for December sixth.

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of voting in Iowa's leadoff GOP caucuses. This means a thinner collection of candidates for the upcoming GOP debate in Tuscaloosa on December sixth.

A federal judge said that the court will soon adopt new congressional districts for Alabama, choosing among proposals aimed at giving Black voters a greater opportunity to influence election outcomes in the Deep South state, perhaps as soon as this week.

The American Library Association is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization that has been pushing back against book bans nationwide. Alabama is among a number of states which are in the process of removing themselves from the ALA due to the organization’s defense of controversial books

Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled recently that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the voting power of Black residents.

A three-judge panel is blocking Alabama's new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court. The ruling was cheered by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who leads the group Redistricting Foundation.

Just a day after his latest arraignment, and just prior to Donald Trump’s appearance at an Alabama GOP dinner, Trump made this proclamation, in all capital letters, on his Truth Social site: "If you go after me, I'm coming after you."Speaking Friday at the Alabama Republican Party's annual Summer Dinner, Trump portrayed himself as the victim of political persecution, telling the crowd, "They want to take away my freedom because I will never let them take away your freedom."

The Alabama Republican Party says Donald Trump’s planned visit this week is still on. The Department of Justice indicted the former President for allegedly trying to stay in power after losing to Joe Biden. Trump is scheduled to speak at the Alabama GOP summer dinner tomorrow night.