From a John Hager mass email:
From a John Hager mass email:
For the last few weeks, I have listened to accusations from Jeff Frederick about my leadership, the staff at RPV, the district leaders that support my reelection, and my allegiance to this party. Each of his accusations is laughable, and we dismissed them as his typical rant. But when he is willing to blatantly mislead Republicans in Virginia by claiming false endorsements, enough is enough...For anyone to say that we have failed, is an insult to every hard working Republican in Virginia.
From a Jeff Frederick mass email:
I can't say whether or not John Hager now has the support of Frank Wagner. If he does, though, then that would indicate that John Hager believes that it is RPV's role from Richmond to tell the grassroots who they should or should not support in intra-party races, and that RPV should spend precious party time and resources -- not beating Democrats -- but ensuring that incumbents remain entrenched.
Of course, this view is typical of the top-down approach John Hager has been advocating for our state party, and why we need bold, new leadership there.
Frederick's response is particularly stupid because when he was endorsed by Frank Wagner, it was a sign that he was trusted by fellow state legislators, only after Wagner switched to Hager did he become a Democratic sympathizer! All this is great news for Virginia Democrats, the aggressive (and public) nature of the Frederick/Hager match just assures that the Republican Party of Virginia will remain divided and preoccupied with personal in-fighting for another election cycle!