[KCRA Updated: 6:29 PM PST Jan 25, 2021, IMG Jeffrey Perrine, Center]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
The Sacramento County Republican Party wants to remove one of its recently elected members who is also affiliated with the Proud Boys. That member is planning to make his case to stay onboard.
In a statement sent to KCRA 3, the party has unanimously called for the resignation of Jeffrey Perrine, who was elected to the group's central committee after a January meeting.
GOP Chair Betsy Graves Mahan told KCRA 3 the party's call to remove Perrine is because of his "expressed desire to maintain his membership in an organization whose views and actions are inconsistent with the values of the Republican Party."
The Proud Boys is a far-right group that had previously rallied behind President Trump after he made many false claims about the November election. Several members were charged after the deadly U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6. The Anti-Defamation League has cited their ideology as misogynistic, Islamophobic, transphobic and anti-immigration.
For Perrine's race, he was able to take office without appearing on the March 2020 ballot because the number of candidates and seats available to run for was the same. However, he was not sworn in because he did not attend a central committee meeting earlier this month.
Mahan said Perrine plans to explain why he should stay in office at a meeting next month. In that same meeting, the executive committee is set to present a resolution to denounce all groups that call for hate and violence.
"We call on all political parties to join us," Mahan said in a statement.
