As promised in the introduction to Critical Primary Theory, this post will provide more details about how lawyers and consultants have conspired to insert “binding” provisions into the Rules of the Republican Party.
Critical Primary Theory collapses, of course, if “binding” delegates to vote according to the results of primaries “goes away”.
Recent action by Ronna McDaniel, the acting chair of the Republican Party, to appoint a new Committee on the Presidential Nominating Process is a great place to start.
The Committee on the Presidential Nominating Process was created at the 2016 Republican National Convention as follows:
The Chair will recognize Mr. Munisteri for the purpose of making a motion.
MR. MUNISTERI: Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'd like to propose adding a new rule, which would be labeled 10(a)(11). The substance of that rule would be as follows, "There shall be a temporary Committee on the Presidential Nominating Process to review the rules governing the nomination of the Republican Party's presidential nominee. The Chairman of the Republican National Committee shall appoint all temporary members of the Committee on the Presidential Nominating Process, not to exceed 11 members, and shall appoint one as Chairman. And the Chairman of the Republican National Committeeshall serve as an ex officio member. The Chairman of the Republican National Committee shall convene the Committee on the Presidential Nominating Process at his discretion" -- or I -- could be "her" discretion, but we didn't put that in there -- "but not later than June 30th, 2017. The Committee on the Presidential Nominating Process shall make any recommendations it deems appropriate and report such recommendations to the Republican National Committee no later than May 31st, 2018. The Committee on the Presidential Nominating Process shall disband following the transmittal of its report. Necessary and proper resources of the Republican National Committee shall be made available to fund the efforts of the -- of this Committee."
Madam Chairman, I would move the adoption of this as a new rule.
The rule was adopted unanimously without any discussion.
The stated purpose of this rule is “to review the rules governing the nomination of the Republican Party’s presidential nominee”.
Clearly stated. So, this committee would presumably review Rule 40 of the Rules of the Republican Party entitled “NOMINATIONS”.
Rule 40 is a convention rule that applies only to the convention, and that clearly indicates that the “nomination” takes place at the convention.
McDaniel, however, told the media that the nominating committee’s job will be to formulate recommendations on the 2024 presidential nominating process, including whether Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada should continue to vote—in that order—before the rest of the states.
New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Stephen Stepanek told the media, “The rules do not only deal with the calendar.” ‘They also incude the apportionment of delegates, the binding of delegates and other matters related to the process.”
The conflict here is that all of the things McDaniel instructed the new committee to “formulate recommendations on” are matters dealt with in Rule 16:
RULE NO. 16 Election, Selection, Allocation, or Binding of Delegates and Alternate Delegates.
See what happened here?
Prior to the 2020 Republican National Convention, the RNC Counsel’s Office required all state parties to mandate “binding” in their delegate selection process filed with the RNC Counsel’s Office.
Obviously, the RNC lawyers deliberately ignored the action of the 2016 Republican National Convention that properly decided that “binding” can only be done by the convention delegates.
“Binding of delegates”.
The key to the survival of primaries.
On display here, of course, is how the advocates of Critical Primary Theory have transferred the Republican Party’s Presidential Nomination from the quadrennial national convention Rule 40 to the primaries via the delegate selection process in Rule 16.
Right here, in plain sight.
Something else also took place at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in 20016.
Read the full account of the issue of “binding” as disposed of by the 2016 convention in my previous Substack post MEDIA GASLIGHTING THIS WEEK, April 14, 2021.
It was there that the proper application of any “binding” of delegates rules was decided.
While Munistri certainly has nothing to do with the current misapplication of the rule he authored, it is worth noting that he is a lawyer and a political consultant.
Critical Primary Theory: a political movement with the singular purpose of deposing political parties from their position in the nomination process and replacing political parties with primary “elections”.
Within the Republican Party, several apparently unconnected subtle changes in the Rules of the Republican party have contributed to the advancement of Critical Primary Theory.
A common thread in each instance is a change in the rules initiated by lawyers.
This fact is deeply troubling to me, and begs the question, why lawyers?
First, if you are like me, you believe that your decision to join the Republican Party was out of a desire to associate with others to advocate for your shared political beliefs.
Then, if you are like me, you believe that candidates for public office wishing to run as Republicans should be NOMINATED by the members of the Republican Party only. Remember, this is a nomination only; not an election.
And, if you are like me, you believe that the First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects my right to participate in the process of choosing candidates to represent our shared political beliefs to the exclusion of others. (Democrats, independents, unaffiliated etc.)
Obviously, government funded primary elections required for ballot access that allow non-Republicans to participate in the Republican nomination process infringe on my rights, no matter where it occurs (how do you say RINO)!
Why are so many lawyers advocates for Critical Primary Theory?
Lawyers, in order to be admitted to the bar in every state, must swear an oath to “support and defend the (state constitution) and the Constitution of the United States.”
Critical Primary Theory steals the right to nominate candidates from the individual members of the Republican Party. “Lawyer speak: “You can still be a member of the party”! “You just can’t nominate its candidates!
Imagine lawyers like that dealing with your Second Amendment rights. “OK. You can have all the guns you want; but you can’t have any ammunition.”
Critical Primary Theory has advanced in the Republican Party because of many subtle rules changes, or, worse yet, simply by rules interpretations by Republican lawyers.
Future posts will provide more details on the advocacy of Critical Primary Theory by Republican lawyers, who will not remain nameless.
Please forward this post to like minded Republicans.
Without intervention, it is clear that the RNC, in 2024, intends to require state parties to infringe on the First Amendment rights of individual delegates by forcing their votes to be counted, in advance of the convention, according to the results of primaries.
It will take a convention of well informed delegates of grassroots Republicans to reign in this band of rogue lawyers currently commandeering the Republican National Committee.
This Substack post and previous and future posts will become a book in early 2024 specifically written to educate the delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention about their rights and responsibilities as the delegated representatives of the Republicans in their states.
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Stay tuned!
Deposing the parties from nominating their candidates with primaries which allow non members of the party to nominate their candidates is illogical and certainly going to facilitate the nomination of RINO candidates that will run over the conservative Republican candidates assuming there are any running. The liberal media will have a BIG roll to play in this game and most likely will not be supporting conservative - Christian candidates.