Republican Party of San Diego County Expels Member for Inappropriate and Harassing Behavior

The Republican Party of San Diego County today announced that on Monday, February 8th, 2010, it expelled Mr. Michael Crimmins as a member of the Republican Central Committee in San Diego County.

In an action unprecedented in modern memory, all 44 members of the Republican Central Committee present and casting votes on the question voted to expel Mr. Crimmins, with only Mr. Crimmins himself voting in opposition.

Mr. Crimmins was first censured in July 2009 for "inappropriate and harassing behavior", including undermining the party on the eve of the May 19th special election - the first time an individual had been censured in over ten years.

After Mr. Crimmins was found to have continued his "inappropriate and harassing behavior", including making racial and violent remarks against a fellow committee member, the Committee decided that it had no choice but to expel Mr. Crimmins.

As a result, the Republican Party of San Diego County will not permit Mr. Crimmins to participate in - or benefit from - any of its events, functions, activities or programs from this point forward.

It is highly unfortunate when a situation like this occurs, but the Republican Party of San Diego County has ZERO tolerance for racial, threatening, harassing, or other inappropriate conduct - least of all by members of its own Central Committee.