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JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Matt Wills denounced voter registration efforts amid continued protests in Ferguson, calling it "disgusting."
"If that’s not fanning the political flames, I don’t know what is," Wills told Breitbart News, a conservative website, Monday.
He also called the actions "completely inappropriate."
A call to the party was not returned.
This morning, Sen. Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City, took to Twitter expressing his outrage at Wills' comments.
"I have no problem (with) protesters, or anyone, getting registered to vote," Silvey tweeted. "How do we keep our (government) accountable if not by ballot?"
He returned to Twitter a little later, calling the voter registration outrage "dumb."
"I'd rather they vote than riot," he tweeted.
Roy Temple, Missouri Democratic Party chairman, also used Twitter to disagree with Wills.
"There's much in Ferguson to be outraged about," Temple tweeted. "Folks peacefully registering to vote is not one of them."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-gop-official-ferguson-voter-registration-efforts-disgusting/article_ae80a586-cfa3-5a67-a6dc-c48dd4681f8a.html
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Matt Wills denounced voter registration efforts amid continued protests in Ferguson, calling it "disgusting."
"If that’s not fanning the political flames, I don’t know what is," Wills told Breitbart News, a conservative website, Monday.
He also called the actions "completely inappropriate."
A call to the party was not returned.
This morning, Sen. Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City, took to Twitter expressing his outrage at Wills' comments.
"I have no problem (with) protesters, or anyone, getting registered to vote," Silvey tweeted. "How do we keep our (government) accountable if not by ballot?"
He returned to Twitter a little later, calling the voter registration outrage "dumb."
"I'd rather they vote than riot," he tweeted.
Roy Temple, Missouri Democratic Party chairman, also used Twitter to disagree with Wills.
"There's much in Ferguson to be outraged about," Temple tweeted. "Folks peacefully registering to vote is not one of them."
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-gop-official-ferguson-voter-registration-efforts-disgusting/article_ae80a586-cfa3-5a67-a6dc-c48dd4681f8a.html