This appears to be in response to the takeover of NCGOP party leadership by outsiders earlier this summer.
The NCGOP has been in turmoil since then with multiple senior staff leaving.
Make no mistake this recent effort is about money - who gets it and who controls it.
Below are the details from Adam Love...
HB 373 is up for a vote today. This is the bill that will change our primary date to be in accordance with the RNC rules, so we don't lose our delegates.
The bad news is that Rep. David R. Lewis has added another section to the bill that sets up House and Senate "shadow" parties. This will undermine the NC GOP and will create havoc next year. Please call your representatives and ask section 163-278.8B be taken out of the bill. The vote is TODAY.
Here is the newly-added text inserted by Rep. Lewis:
"§ 163-278.8B. Affiliated party committees.
(a) The leader of each political party caucus of the North Carolina House of Representatives and the Senate may establish a separate, affiliated party committee to support the election of candidates of that leader's political party. The affiliated party committee is deemed a political party for purposes of this Article."
Read that again: "The affiliated party committee is deemed a political party for the purposes of this article."
This is nothing less than the establishment of a new political party. The NCGOP RNC Committeeman is trying to start his own political party! Why would he do this?
This is nothing less than the establishment of a new political party. The NCGOP RNC Committeeman is trying to start his own political party! Why would he do this?
Call your NC House representative TODAY and demand that this language be stripped from the bill! By attaching this to HB 373, Rep. Lewis has effectively taken our RNC delegates hostage; if the bill fails completely, NC will lose many of its RNC delegates!
While you're on the phone, call Rep. David Lewis at 910-897-8100 and ask him WHY he is attacking his own party!
First of all - the party was not taken over by "outsiders", the new Chairman and Vice Chairman were voted into office because delegates knew them and wanted them. The NCGOP has NOT been in turmoil since then, the NCGOP has been ecstatic. It is the Old Guard leadership who has been upset. When the Old Guard (establishment) tried to place their own people in positions of leadership, the Executive Committee rebelled, and they have been able to get rid of a few of the "plants". This is the senior staff you mentioned, but it is actually more like cleaning house.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading.
DeleteThough I think you thoroughly missed the point. They say one of the first signs of paranoia is when you think your friends are out to get you.
The "establishment" candidates lost the election at the convenion. Almost by definition the winners would the be "outsiders". The staff turnover, saying the EC "rebelled", and the actions yesterday with H373 prove the use of the word "turmoil" to be accurate.
The NCGOP in this context is more than just the delegates who voted for Harnett and Nix. It is the entire party - delegates, electeds, establishment and grassroots activists.
Thanks for reading.
DeleteThough I think you thoroughly missed the point. They say one of the first signs of paranoia is when you think your friends are out to get you.
The "establishment" candidates lost the election at the convenion. Almost by definition the winners would the be "outsiders". The staff turnover, saying the EC "rebelled", and the actions yesterday with H373 prove the use of the word "turmoil" to be accurate.
The NCGOP in this context is more than just the delegates who voted for Harnett and Nix. It is the entire party - delegates, electeds, establishment and grassroots activists.