Like before, another submitter has asked to be anonymous – which is perfectly fine by me. And yes, some light editing by me but not in changing the message. Emphasis mine -Skip
Hi Skip,
I saw your GG piece about being denied entry into the GOP meeting. FYI, I was a State Committee Member so I attended. Three things I noticed:
- Real America’s Voice reporter Heather Mullins was there, and so was Liz Willis of Right Side Broadcasting. So “they” (the presiding officers) were definitely letting smaller news-outlet reporters enter. [I think you were denied because GG sometimes criticizes Sununu? Oh, the horror……]
- There was favoritism in deciding who was allowed admission. I was seated in the very front row with Rockingham County Members. Sitting directly behind me was Gail Huff Brown, Scott Brown’s wife, and two other women. NONE WERE CERTIFIED COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR AUTHORIZED MEDIA. They just got passed through the Secret Service gates to “see Trump” apparently. I don’t know how many non-credentialedtialed, “special” guests were present but 3 were enough to infuriate several of us.
- There was much unhappiness about how disorganized things were – and how the conference would be running late into the evening. Everyone knew Trump would speak for an hour. But a big mistake happened when U.S. Representative William Hurd (R, Texas) appeared out of nowhere — and wanted to address the crowd.
We had just “passed the hat” to collect NHGOP donations from the audience, so Rep. Hurd began by declaring he was tossing a “$5,000 check” in the donations pile before he proceeded to blather on with an unproductive speech for 20 minutes. Can’t prove it but – I suspect the person who floated the “passing-the-hat” for funds idea to us via an email earlier last week just wanted to let Rep. Hurd speak — in exchange for a measly contribution.
I’ll throw this in – trying to audition to be Trump/someone else’s Veep? -Skip
Hurd really screwed things up with his interruption of our meeting. He spoke for too long — and we were already “behind schedule.” Many Granite Staters drove a long way to get to Saturday’s meeting. They were there to discuss motions — not hear from Hurd (who has 0 chance in the ’24 primary). As a result, some folks sitting in the nose-bleed sections of the auditorium moved to “table all remaining items and adjourn” — with most of the Motions and Resolutions yet to be considered. Who the heck thought it was a good idea to disturb the flow of a long business meeting by bringing Hurd in? Was $5K really worth it? And why not invite several other prospective 2024 candidates as well?
Other incidents also left me feeling the entire meeting was being orchestrated in a politically heavy-handed but oafish manner. For example, Karen Testerman offered a By-Laws amendment that would require GOP primaries to be “closed primaries” – in order to prevent Party cross-overs from strategically requesting Republican ballots. Those on stage presiding over Saturday’s meeting stated Testerman’s wording “didn’t seem to fit into any particular section of the By-Laws” – so her motion should therefore be discarded. A nonsensical “argument” for tabling. They refused to allow friendly amendments to the motion.
At that point – people began leaving. One person even shouted:
“This is why the Republican Party loses elections!”
DDespitethe negative spin the MSM has been putting on his NH speech, Trump was well-received and devoted his time to explaining his record of success – which is all he really needs to do in order to win in 2024.
