A Texas county GOP chairwoman is facing pressure to resign after she alleged that George Floyd’s death was staged, the Texas Tribune reports.
Republicans have asked Bexar County GOP chairwoman Cynthia Brehm to step down after she made claims that Floyd’s death was a set up in a since-deleted Facebook post.
Floyd died after a police officer pinned him to the ground by pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck.
“Cynthia Brehm’s position regarding the tragic injustice of the death of George Floyd has no place in the Republican Party of Texas,” Texas GOP chairman James Dickey said in a statement. “We can not abide by her caustic remarks. They are out of alignment with our core beliefs and our platform. I have personally reached out to Cynthia Brehm and called on her to resign her post as Chair of the Republican Party of Bexar County immediately.”
In a statement to the Texas Tribune, a spokesperson for Gov. Greg Abbott said Brehm's comments were “disgusting and have no place in the Republican Party or in public discourse.”
Sen. Ted Cruz also asked Brehm to step down via a Twitter post.
"Cynthia Brehm’s comments were wrong, and only serve to divide us at a time when we all need to come together," Cruz tweeted. "Given those harmful comments, she should resign from leadership."
In the post, Brehm suggested that the death of Floyd was fabricated to create “racial tensions and drive a wedge in the growing group of anti deep state sentiment from common people, that have already been psychologically traumatized by COVID-19 fears.”
She added that high-profile cases of police violence tend to take place near election time.
“Historically, in election years and in politically contested areas or in groups, racial or gun violence incidents are becoming commonplace,” she wrote. “Considering the rising approval rating of President Trump in the black community, an event like this is unfortunately ‘Predictable.’”
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