The other day, Reince Priebus made a VERY big point of telling Jay Weber that "The Republican Party is a PRIVATE ORGANIZATION (read: "club") AND NOT JUST ANYONE CAN BE A MEMBER.
Said I to myself "That's interesting."
It's also meaningful, as it turns out. Priebus talks a good game about "democracy," but.....
...By the time the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida arrived, Congressman Paul had amassed a plurality of delegates from six or seven states and territories. Though he never held enough delegates to take the party's nomination for president, he did hold enough to push his ideas into the mainstream. What would follow was a demonstration to the grassroots of conservatism that their votes are wanted, but not their voices.
Then–RNC chair Reince Priebus, House speaker John Boehner, RNC lawyer Ben Ginsberg, and candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan instituted a loyalty pledge requiring all delegates to the national convention to devote their delegate vote to Romney/Ryan, thus binding votes that state legislatures did not. When delegations like those of the Republican Party of Maine refused to sign the loyalty pledge, the RNC had many delegates forcefully removed from the convention and replaced with their hand-picked representatives. Contested voice votes that were taken while entire delegations weren't present changed the national rules. The delegate threshold for the nomination was increased from five to eight. The insurgency was over....
The exact same game is being played against the people who voted against Vos in the primary a few months ago. They are literally being denied membership in the Pubbie Party of Racine based explicitly on the fact that they donated money to Vos' opponent.
Oh, it's a "private club," alright.
We noticed that the Waukesha Pubbie Party made a rule-change which precluded anyone attending from speaking about or making motions about the Fraud of '20. That rule-change was NOT made by the entire Waukesha membership. It was made by the Tin Gods and Poohbahs and they made no bones about it.
The Pubbies have recently demanded a "loyalty pledge" from all the Presidential primary candidates.
... the RNC is prepared to take a new strategy and establish a loyalty pledge of candidates before the primary process, as opposed to during the nomination process. The question arises: is the RNC prepared to demand the loyalty of power brokers to Donald Trump should he once again ascend the field of contenders?...
Good question.
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