UPDATE 1/26/21 8:39 AM EST: The tweet from the Hawaii Republican Party with a letter from the chairwoman originally posted here on National Zero on Monday night was deleted inexplicably, however we were able to save an image of the letter. Here’s the text of it:
“January 26, 2020 Statement by Hawaii Republican Party Chair, Col. Shirlene Ostrov: ‘I accept full responsibility for the unauthorized tweets posted by our former Vice Chair of Communications. He has resigned effective January 24, and pending official party action. Our Party believes in free speech, but it is a responsibility that each of us must carry in order to maintain a good and just society. Promoting content for the purpose of shock value does not help us to build a more perfect union, nor does it help a divided nation heal. To our friends in the Jewish community, we find the comments to be deeply disturbing and offensive and have no place in our party much less our country. To supporters across our paelaina, we are committed to creating a better Hawaii and discussing the policies that affect our everyday lives. Moving forward I will make sure the Hawaii GOP and its communications accurately reflect the values that we stand for as a Country and as the Aloha State.'”