On September 24, 2024, Legislative District 5 effectively suspended an LD5 Precinct Committeeman Gibson McKay for endorsing a Democrat, voting to “strip him of his role and privileges as a Precinct Committeeman within LD 5”. The document below was titled “CENSURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN GIBSON MCKAY” AZGOP MAL Jeremiah Cota posted the full resolution publicly on X stating “This is an aggressive move by a Legislative district to ask for an elected official to be stripped of status. County GOP passed bylaws in response to high profile Republicans endorsing Democrats in 2022 and 2020. Now bylaws being used to purge Republicans who go against party.”
The vote also stated the “LD 5 body formally requests the Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC) to take immediate action by holding a vote to remove Gibson McKay’s voting rights and his ability to serve in any official capacity within the MCRC.” (This would also strip McKay from voting rights at county-wide GOP meetings.)
Multiple other LD5 PCs also confirmed that the below verbiage was correct and was handed out at the LD5 meeting.
