Arizona State Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) on Thursday announced his candidacy to become a Republican National Committee (RNC) National Committeeman for Arizona, pledging to be a “fearless advocate” for the interests of Arizona Republicans if selected for the party position.
“Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for RNC National Committeeman for Arizona,” wrote Hoffman in a post to the social media platform X. He declared that Americans “feel abandoned, taken advantage of, and stabbed in the back,” as well as “discarded by the political class in both parties.”
Hoffman (pictured above) condemned the majority of RNC committeemen, identifying pro-Trump attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon and Turning Point Action executive Tyler Bowyer as courageous leaders.
“It’s time for the next wave of grassroots leaders,” wrote Hoffman.
If selected to become an RNC committeeman, he promised “to be a fearless advocate for you and to make sure the RNC reflects the needs, will, and priorities that you care about.”
Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for RNC National Committeeman for Arizona. 🇺🇸
Our nation is hurting — the everyday men and women feel abandoned, taken advantage of, and stabbed in the back.
We feel let down and discarded by the political class in both parties.
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— Jake Hoffman (@JakeHoffmanAZ) March 28, 2024
RNC committeemen are meant to represent the interests of their state’s Republicans to the party’s national infrastructure and are charged with coordinating communications and other information between their state’s Republican Party and the national party apparatus.
Hoffman seemed to allude to the previous tension between Dhillon and her supporters in the RNC, including the majority of committeemen, who voted for former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel over Dhillon to lead the party in 2023.
McDaniel ultimately resigned from the position voluntarily earlier this year after former President Donald Trump accrued enough delegates to secure the Republican Party’s nomination for president in 2024.
NBC News briefly hired her, prompting a series of on-air complaints from the broadcast network’s left-leaning cable news counterpart, MSNBC, which preceded her departure from the company.
Hoffman’s Democratic detractors in Arizona recently began driving a van outfitted with a screen, serving as a billboard advertising against the senator.
“Extremist Democrats in Arizona think that driving a billboard around my district lying about me and defaming me will scare me into resigning,” wrote Hoffman, adding that it will not and instead strengthens his resolve.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Georgia Star News, The Virginia Star, and the Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Jake Hoffman” by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0.
