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‘Betrayal’: TX Delegate Lambastes Romney & Likens Proposed RNC Delegate Rule to ‘Dictatorship Over the Party’
While the Republican National Convention (RNC) is intended to be a unifying rally for the party’s presidential candidate, it seems there is some intense infighting brewing. The debate, which appears to be heating up just as the convention is commencing, involves a fair bit of angst over party rules surrounding Republican delegates. This morning, TheBlaze spoke with Gilbert Vasquez, a delegate from Denton, Texas, about the intense controversy.
Members of the GOP’s National Committee from across America are up in arms over a new party rule that opponents are calling “the biggest power grab in the history of the Republican Party.” At the center of the debate is whether a candidate should be able to select the delegates who attend the convention. ABC News has more:
Last week, the RNC Rules Committee approved a controversial change to the delegate selection process. Currently, states hold primaries and caucuses to determine how many delegates will be awarded to each candidate, but state parties generally meet later at state conventions to actually choose those individuals.
The new rule, however, gives presidential candidates veto power over their own delegates, representing a big boost in power for the candidates and a reduction for states. If Mitt Romney, for instance, didn’t like a delegate slated to cast a vote in his favor at the convention, Romney could throw him out and choose an alternate.
In essence, the debate is surrounding whether the states should maintain their rights in selecting delegates — or whether the candidate should have that power. It’s akin to the big versus small government debate, which is evidenced in the reaction that is coming from some figures within the Republican Party.
Mark Levin wrote on his Facebook earlier today in a post entitled “D*** it, defeat this RINO power grab!” about a RNC rules change that would completely undermine the grassroot delegates during the convention:
Conservatives of all stripes, especially Tea Party activists, this is an attempt to destroy your ability to influence the presidential and vice presidential nomination process in the Republican Party. It is an attempt to eviscerate the input of state parties. It is a brazen assault on the grassroots. And it is sleazy to the core.
If I didn’t know better, I’d think Obama was behind it. Instead, Romney’s operatives are orchestrating it.
He went into much more detail on his radio show. Listen below:
http://www.therightscoop.com/audio-mark ... defeat-it/
Any opinion on this?