Posted on 01/15/2016 6:54:25 AM PST by Enlightened1
A Republican National Committeeman delivered a call-to-arms aimed at Donald Trump during a closed-door GOP meeting on Thursday, urging his colleagues to take a forceful stand against those who he said were destroying the party's brand.
At a breakfast at the RNC's winter meeting, Holland Redfield, an RNC committeeman who represents the minority-rich Virgin Islands, rose to address party chairman Reince Priebus. In the five-minute impromptu speech, a video recording of which Redfield provided to POLITICO, Redfield did not explicitly mention Trump's name. But he made clear that angry voices in the party posed a grave threat to the GOP's future, and expressed alarm at what he described as crushing pressure to play nice.
"You can argue with me, but we're almost terrorized as members of our party. 'Shut up. Toe the line, embrace each other, and let's go forward.' I understand that. But there is a limit to loyalty. I am loyal to this party by speaking out on these very issues," he said at the private breakfast meeting.
At one point, Redfield essentially argued that those in the room have been held hostage by Trump's threat to run as a third-party candidate if the party hierarchy treats him unfairly.
"As a party we owe it to ourselves to speak up, and not let the tail wag the dog, and not let someone say, all of a sudden, 'If you don't play my game, then I'm running as an independent."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
They’re not my committee members because I’m not a republican.
What the difference between the Republican-Mitch McConnell-Paul Ryan “brand” and the Obama-”brand”?
LOL! In the mean time, we’re rallying against the GOP Rino-crats.
They would have already done it if they knew how. Their only hope is that Trump will make a fatal mistake.
A Republican National Committeeman delivered a misdirected call-to-arms aimed at Donald Trump during a closed-door GOP meeting on Thursday, urging his colleagues to take a forceful stand against those who he said were destroying the party's brand.
Misdirected because it is Donald Trump who is RESTORING the party's brand! The "Republican" National Committeeman needs to figure out exactly who is destroying the party's brand. ...very easy to do. And it is NOT the conservatives!
An open Public response to Redfield.
I’ve been told to sit down, Shut up and vote party above all else since Reagan left office. I’ve been told my ideas and beliefs are out of the mainstream. The ONLY time I have been wanted is AFTER a turd rises in the RINO punch bowl we are all supposed to line up and take a bite.
Those days are OVER. Shut up, Sit down and put some salt on it. You’ll get used to the taste after a decade or two.
Word to the WISE in the Establishment. Let this play out naturally. If you meddle like you meddled in Mississippi, I guarantee you Paul Lyin Ryan will not survive a primary challenge in Wisconsin. The rest of the RINOS are put on notice...no more second chances. When your tenure comes to an end we will NOT re-elect you. We will unite in precinct by precinct to run AGAINST YOU.
EVEN in States Like Kentucky. Even if it costs the RINOS the Majority...You feeling me McTurtle?
Amen, bro. If Kelli Ward wins her primary against McCain in AZ I will vote for her, but I am so sick of RINOS that I will vote for the Dem. I will never put McLame back in the senate.
Rush read a story yesterday that the GOPe swinging behind Cruz as the only hope of stopping Trump.
This is what you've been telling us for decades. Now it's your turn. Shut up and support our candidate for a change!
I am not a Trump fan, however if he wins or is about to and the Establishment screws him over at the Convention the Elephant in the Room will be Dead for ever.
The Republican party will no longer exist as a political machine. I for one will gladly see that day come.
But no matter what, this cycle has shown that the GoPe is completely tone-deaf.
Poster boy Cantor dumped in his primary. Mississippi icon Cochran having to resort to all sorts of unsavory tactics to beat back his challenger. Boehner run out of office, resigning the Speakership and his seat. The upstarts Trump and Cruz attacking them head on and dominating the polls of their own voters.
How can they possibly NOT see?
“While many attending this week’s meeting expressed profound discomfort with the idea of Trump being the party’s nominee, others said it was incumbent upon them to unite around the eventual nominee - no matter who it is. “Please rally around whoever happens to be our nominee,” Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal told RNC members at a Thursday lunch.”
The guy starring in the article is from the Virgin Islands ...I like what the Georgia governor aays.
Meet good ole Hollland:
http://www.hollandredfield.com/meetholland
Taking those “New York Values” to St Croix for the past 40 years!
Bingo
“Theyâre not my committee members because Iâm not a republican.”
Okay, but there are two from your state and they were at that meeting, the point being those people did not originate out of the blue, their states elected them.
...destroying the party’s brand...holding the party hostage...
Sounds like they have a domestic terrorist on their hands terrifying the Rinos and holding them hostage. /s/
These people are pitiful. They are worried about their own skins at election time when the party voters take the reins of power from them and actually do something good for the country.
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