Background Checks to Join a Republican Women’s Club - Really?

The latest email being sent by the Republican Women of Reno president.

The Republican Women of Reno have been stirring more than coffee at their monthly meetings. Whispers of mandatory background checks for members, you know to keep the bad actors out of the club, caused such a ruckus that it might've been heard all the way to Sparks — which, ironically, might soon be rising from the ashes like a conservative phoenix.

Originally floated (quietly, of course), the background check proposal was reportedly driven by a few members only — a group cloaked in secrecy rather than transparency. Sources suggest the motivation wasn’t exactly rooted in security or safety, but in curiosity about another member’s past. Call it political archaeology. Call it a vendetta. Call it what it is: unnecessary.

But the idea didn't exactly go over well. Members revolted faster than you can say “invasion of privacy,” and the plan was shelved — for now. A select few continue to rule the roost, while the rest of the flock eyes the exit. The problem is where would they go?

Hence, some longtime members are seriously talking about resurrecting the defunct Sparks Republican Women’s Club. And why not? At least back then, things felt a little less... Orwellian.

In the letter the president of the RWR points out she didn’t have a problem with background checks coming from a business background. What business background? We couldn’t find a business license filed with the Nevada Secretary of State’s office, nor could we find a city, or county license.

Transparency has become the rallying cry for many — not just about background checks, but about how the club is being run, who’s pulling the strings, and what private agendas might be steering the ship, and these type of communications only add fuel to that fire.