Randy Pullen, former state GOP chairman, fired off a letter to the
party’s Executive Committee, complaining that Wikfors "effectively changed our
party's position on illegal immigration" .
"He condoned President Obama's action of last Friday,"
Pullen wrote. "He went on to state that the position of the party needs to
change."
Pullen called on Morrissey to clarify his position.
“If he stands by what Shane has said, he needs to resign his
position as Chairman. If he disavows the statement by Shane, then Shane should
be terminated immediately as Communications Director,” Pullen wrote. “There is
no excuse for misrepresenting so emphatically the position of the Chairman on
such an important issue in Arizona."
Morrissey told me on Tuesday that he supports the party platform,
which calls for enforcing “the rule of law” and opposing amnesty. But
curiously, he also said he supports Wikfors’ Square Off remarks.
"I am doing an outreach to the Latino community and I’m
assuming that you understand I’m talking about legal community …,” Morrissey
told me. “I believe that that was what he was trying to convey.”
Wikfors was, indeed, talking about outreach to Latino voters -- by
re-evaluating the party’s position on illegal immigrants brought here as
children.
Wikfors declined to comment on Tuesday. But the fact that he’s
still the party’s communications director suggests that somebody over at GOP HQ
sees the wisdom in his remarks.
