{"id":2225907,"date":"2024-04-20T11:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-rumble-at-state-party-convention-in-spokane\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T11:37:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:37:27","slug":"republicans-rumble-at-state-party-convention-in-spokane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-rumble-at-state-party-convention-in-spokane\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican delegates gather for lively discussions at state party convention in Spokane"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-rumble-at-state-party-convention-in-spokane%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Washington State Republican Party \u200c2024 Convention in Spokane turned rowdy on Friday as\u200b delegates showed frustration \u2063over the exclusion of gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-touts-endorsement-from-anti-israel-group\/\" title=\"Terry McAuliffe Touts Endorsement From Anti-Israel Group\">endorsement process<\/a>. The Candidate Committee&#8217;s \u200dreport was later amended to include the \u2063governor&#8217;s race, leading to a dramatic session. Lisa\u2063 Evans, vice chair of\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">party<\/a>,\u2062 played a significant role during the event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The <a href=\"https:\/\/wsrp.org\/convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Washington State Republican Party 2024 Convention<\/strong><\/a> saw delegates getting rowdy Friday\u00a0inside the Spokane Convention Center as the morning session stretched into the scheduled lunch break.<\/p>\n<p>Angry supporters of gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird objected to the Candidate Committee\u2019s report initially withdrawing the governor\u2019s race from the endorsement process due to what was described as \u201clate breaking information that violated the vetting standards\u201d regarding Bird. <\/p>\n<p>The report of the Candidate Committee was amended to include the governor\u2019s race and was adopted by the body and delegates, who were then released to breakout sessions by congressional delegation, but not before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-be-like-the-hippies\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Be Like the Hippies\">fair amount<\/a> of drama played out.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Evans, vice chair of the Washington State Republican Party, gave the Candidate Committee report as she was repeatedly interrupted by the crowd, while Chair Jim Walsh called for decorum. Evans explained the committee had voted to remove the governor\u2019s race from the endorsement ballot in the interest of being fair to both candidates. Dave Reichert is also running for governor as a Republican. <\/p>\n<p>A distraught delegate took the microphone saying people came a long way at their own expense to vote for Semi Bird. An amendment to add the governor\u2019s race back to the process was made.<\/p>\n<p>Before getting to a vote to adopt the report with the amendment, a request to make public the negative information behind the decision of the Candidate Committee was ruled immaterial by Walsh, a ruling that was immediately challenged by a delegate who wanted to hear the reasons behind the report.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent disclosures regarding Bird have centered on a bank fraud charge from 1991. Bird has admitted pleading guilty in 1993 to using his father\u2019s name and Social Security number to obtain a bank loan on a fraudulent basis.<\/p>\n<p>While the delegations were in the process of a county-by-county tally on overruling the chair\u2019s decision, another delegate came to the microphone to read a statement from Reichert, saying it was just posted on his campaign\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reichert4gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a> page. Reichert\u2019s statement referenced the endorsement process as in disarray and said: \u201cI\u2019m withdrawing my name for consideration for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/takeaways-from-tuesday-primaries-four-trump-backed-candidates-win-omar-survives\/\" title=\"Takeaways From Tuesday Primaries: Four Trump-Backed Candidates Win, Omar Survives\">gubernatorial endorsement<\/a> through this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-shuts-down-elections-site-ahead-of-key-republican-deadline\/\" title=\"Virginia Shuts Down Elections Site Ahead of Key Republican Deadline\">convention process<\/a>. I am still seeking the endorsement of Republicans statewide and reconfirm my intention to fight for the state as a Republican all the way to November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>urn:uuid:bebeb648-526b-4f87-9eae-6dcccd03f3ab<\/p>\n<p>Paul Hess, chair of the Rules Committee, had earlier told delegates \u201cin 135 years, there has never been a pre-primary endorsement process and you are making history.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington State Republican Party 2024 Convention in Spokane turned rowdy on Friday as the morning session extended into the lunch break. Supporters of gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird voiced objections during the Candidate Committee&#8217;s report, which initially excluded the governor&#8217;s race from the endorsement process<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2225908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24014160536170-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24014160536170-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2225907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2225907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}