Chairman Allen West's Monday Message for 6.28.21






















Stepping Down to Step Up
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and
lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him, and he will
make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 (New International
Version)

"For I know the plans I have for you,"
declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

There was a very wise person who once said
there are two most important days in your life. The first is the
day you are born. The second is the day you find out why. As some
of you may know, the first day for me is February 7, 1961.
The second day came as a young Airborne
Lieutenant in the 325th Airborne Battalion Combat Team in 1985
during a combat training in the cities, a winter rotation to
Berlin. As the two-week training rotation came to an end, we were
allowed to travel through Checkpoint Charlie to see East Berlin.
I think that if more of these delusional progressive socialist
leftists had the opportunity to spend a day behind the wall of
tyranny, they would think differently.
It was that day back in January of 1985, that
I knew the "why" to my life. It was to stand upon freedom's
rampart and be a guardian of the Republic. My calling was to
protect the individual rights and liberties that we possess in
the free world, in our Constitutional Republic, and for those
with whom we were allied. To see, now, the very same philosophy
of governance, the destructive ideology that is the antithesis of
our America, be fully embraced in our nation gives me a renewed
cause. I am not distressed. I am greatly convicted, and
committed, to secure our victory over the evil and immorality of
progressive socialism, fascism, leftism, and the new Marxism in
America.
It could have been very easy to sit on the
sidelines and believe that others would take up the cause, but
that is not how I am wired. If you recall, I did a Monday Message
a few weeks back that was titled, "Move to the Sound of the
Guns."
I came back to Texas in 2014 with no
intention of ever reentering the despicable cesspool called
politics. As I wrote, the thing we call politics in America has
become the playground of the incompetent and the ignorant. There
are so many who are focused on their own self-interest, and
special interests, that they have dismissed the principled
interest of their constituents. The manipulative liars and
deceivers abound, sadly, and they are consistently rewarded with
electoral patronage because oftentimes voters believe there are
no other options or recourse.
In 2018, what I witnessed happening in Texas
gave me great concern, and was the impetus behind writing the
book, "Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death." My
concerns came to fruition when in that midterm election, the
Republican Party of Texas lost 12 State house seats, 2 State
senate seats, 2 US congressional seats, and some 56 judicial
seats. And, Texas came within 2.4 percent of having a deranged
progressive socialist as its senator, something we saw happen in
my native Georgia two years later.
After prayer and discussion with my family, I
decided to run for the position of Chairman of the Republican
Party of Texas in order to defeat the advance of leftism in the
Lone Star State. It was disconcerting to me to hear about
"turning Texas blue," and I was committed to making sure that did
not happen.
And, so it was in November 2020, facing the
onslaught of hundreds of millions of dollars of the left, we held
Texas. The Democrat socialists had no electoral gains, we turned
the Rio Grande Valley and ensured we had strong legislative
majorities in our Texas legislature. Additionally, we secured our
Texas congressional districts which the left had targeted.
In the recent municipal election cycle, we
experienced great success in having conservatives win city
council seats, including the young 19-year-old, Roman Garcia, in
Kerrville, Texas. For the first time in nearly 35 years, we have
a Republican mayor in the Rio Grande Valley. And, we had
tremendous victories with school board races, highlighted by the
nationally watched races in Southlake, Texas.
However, we also endured a very disappointing
Texas 87th legislative session. So disappointing that a special
session has been called for.
Yet, just as it was for Col. Joshua Lawrence
Chamberlain at Little Round Top on Day Two of the Battle of
Gettysburg, the enemy keeps charging the hill. The 2022 election
cycle will be critical to the future of America, and Texas is on
the frontlines. In the face of a deliberate open borders policy
intended to destabilize our Texas, in a redistricting year that
has the Lone Star State expanding to 38 congressional districts,
we must defend the Texas Republic.
Therefore, after great prayer and
deliberation, the decision was made to step down from the
position of Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas in order to
evaluate how I might step up to better accomplish this goal of
defending our Texas Republic. Make no mistake, the battle for the
soul of America is right here in the Lone Star State, we all know
that as fact. Sadly, there are those political elites, on both
sides of the aisle, who do not wish to have a strong Christian
constitutional conservative in a leadership role in Texas. And,
yes, they will do anything in order to safeguard and protect
their status quo, their control, their power. That is not what we
need in Texas, or anywhere in America.
This will be my final Chairman's Monday
Message via the Texas GOP. It has been a distinct honor to serve
for this past year as Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas.
Regardless of the insidious assertions of detractors, we have
experienced immense success. I am proud of the accomplishments of
our talented staff, and grassroots advocates.
I must now return to the arena, the
battlefield, and I live my life according to the two scriptures
that I shared at the beginning of this missive. I also firmly
believe in Isaiah 54:17, which is why I can be fearless and
choose "faith over fear."
Just know that I pledge my life and my sacred
honor to support and defend the Constitution of the United States
of America in every endeavor, as long as I have the breath of
life within me. As well, my raison d'etre is to serve God,
Country, and Texas. It's "game on" time for the ol' Colonel, and
as another young Col. wrote, there will be no surrender and no
retreat.
Thank you all for your support and kind words
along the way during my tenure. It is for you that I have fought,
and will continue to fight, as long as I may live.
Steadfast and Loyal,

LTC Allen B. West (Ret.)
Chairman
Republican Party of Texas


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