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We turn now to a major eruption of fury at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday,
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as the formal nomination process got underway.
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Part of Maine's delegation stormed off the floor in protest
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against a decision to strip away half of the state's Ron Paul delegates.
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*Supportive members of other delegations rose to their feet and hollered their objections,*
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*angered by new rules that they say will make it harder for grass-roots candidates to stand a chance in future elections.*
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*His ardent followers used seldom-invoked state party rules*
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*to garner twenty of Maine's twenty-four spots.*
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- The RNC responded by replacing ten of them, enough to prevent Ron Paul from being nominated, from the floor.
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- The question on the motion offered by the delegate from Kentucky,
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all those in favour will signify by saying "Aye".
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*[crowd: "Aye", cheers]*
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Those opposed, "No"
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*[crowd: "No", booing]*
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*- The decision caused immediate uproar, but RNC Chair Reince Priebus was in no mood to take a rollcall.*
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- Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table.
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We have to proceed with the order of business...
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*[crowd chants: "Seat them now!"]*
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- Mr. Chairman, point of order! Point of order!
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- It's unfair to us, we sat here and objected, he said, "Are there any objections?"
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We objected, and it's like, why even ask the question at that point?
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*[crowd chants: "Point of order!"]*
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- Maine got screwed of half their delegates, more than half actually.
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That's why their Governor isn't here today, because he said he wouldn't come down unless their delegates got seated.
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Half of them got taken away, and they were put in, replaced, by people that the Republican Party, the RNC, picked.
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*[crowd chants: "Point of order!"]*
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*- Several members of the Maine delegation walked off the floor in protest*
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*after the convention decided to replace ten of its twenty-four delegates.*
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- This is fraud!
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- This convention is a farce!
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- They snuck in there trying to say that we support our soldiers,
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They appointed two of them on our delegations.
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Two recently served in Afghanistan and Iraq! How dare they? Shame on them! Shame on them!
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- The people in Maine should be respected, those voters that put us here, they should be respected!
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This is a sham!
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I love every one of you guys and I love all those people back home!
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*- Others on the floor were equally outraged.*
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*Kevin Erickson is a delegate from Minnesota.*
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- What this means is that the states will no longer retain the right under the new rules
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to elect their delegates and have them stand.
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A presumptive nominee will be able to unseat an entire state's delegates if they don't like who's on the slate.
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Giving a Presidential candidate veto power over a state's delegation
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means that future conventions will not have a dissenting voice.
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We won't be able to bring motions and amendments to our platform,
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we won't be able to speak for people who believe differently.
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You're taking a broad tent at a grassroots party and you're turning it into a dictatorship
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that'll be run by a few people with a lot of money,
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and average ordinary people like myself will be out of luck and out of a voice.
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- The question is on the adoption of the resolution, all those in favour signify by saying "Aye".
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*[crowd: "Aye"]*
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All those opposed, "No".
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*[crowd, loudly: "No"]*
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In the opinion of the chair, the Ayes have it, the resolution is adopted.
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*[crowd boos]*
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- All those in favour say "Aye".
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*[crowd: "Aye"]*
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All those opposed, "No".
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*[crowd: "No"]*
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The Ayes have it...
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*[crowd shouts and boos loudly]*
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- The question is on the motion that the Honourable Paul Ryan be nominated by acclamation.
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All those in favour signify by saying "Aye", those opposed "No"...
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*[crowd shouts "Aye" and "No"]*
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In the opinion of the chair the Ayes have it.
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*- I'm gonna have to explain the cheers we've been hearing, I had to turn around to see what was going on,
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it was Congressman Ron Paul entering the forum, he still has very much a role within this Republican Party.
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*- [reporter:] Yes, he is, I just saw him come through here, and as he went by me*
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*there were a lot of young voters, they're the ones who really loved him, stopping him, taking picture of him to tweet out,*
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*and he came in with his same smile that he's had, and he's become something of a cult hero in the party...*
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*[crowd chants: "Let him speak!"]*
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*[crowd cheers and applauds]*
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- Madam Secretary, I am honoured to lead the Republican Party in the Ocean State. It's the little state...
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- You can't have that sir.
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- [crowd member:] It's my property, I'm sorry, that's my... I'm sorry, what's your name?
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- [cameraman:] You, er, took the sign?
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*- [speaker:] Four votes for Ron Paul, and the overwhelming majority, fifteen votes,*
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*to the next President of the United States, Mitt Romney!*
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- Rhode Island, fifteen, Romney.
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*[crowd shouts: "Four Ron Paul!"]*
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- On behalf of the Georgia Republican voters... proudly give seventy-two of our delegate votes
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to the next President of the United States, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
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*[crowd cheers]*
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Three votes for Ron...
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*[microphone cuts out]*
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[anchors:] - I, I... [br]-That's it?
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- Well done. Whoever controlled the microphone did a great job. [laughs]
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- And I am proud to say that we are going to support the President, the next President of the United States,
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by casting sixty-seven votes for Mitt Romney, and five votes for Paul Ryan.
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- Pennsylvania, sixty-seven, Romney.
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*[crowd: Five Ron Paul!]*
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- Iowa casts twenty-two votes for Ron Paul...
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*[crowd cheers]*
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... and six votes for Mitt Romney.
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- Iowa, six, Romney.
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- Minnesota, where we are very proud of our state Republican Party,
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which runs a fair convention with integrity.
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*[crowd cheers]*
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casts thirty-three votes for Ron Paul...
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*[crowd cheers]*
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... one vote for Senator Rick Santorum, and six votes for Governor Romney.
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- Minnesota, six, Romney.
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- We proudly cast seventeen votes for Congressman Ron Paul...
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*[crowd cheers]*
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... five abstentions, and five for Romney.
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- Nevada, five, Romney.
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[slowed] Nevada, five, Romney.
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- I gotta tell you, I like your dad, you love your dad, but I like him a lot,
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and I was pretty shocked to hear that they wouldn't even read from the podium
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how many votes Congressman Paul got.
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- Well one of the interesting things was the crowd was reciting how many he got,
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so when they wouldn't announce it from the podium, you would hear an echo from the crowd
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of the Ron Paul supporters who were announcing his totals.
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- Why didn't they do that? This seems so petty and so ridiculous,
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I mean, your father worked hard in the Republican Party,
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*he went through all the rules, I believe he didn't do anything illegal in getting those votes, he went through the process...*
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This is the last time he's running for President of the United States, I just think it's inappropriate
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to end his political career, if you will, on a note like this before his own party.
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*[Music: Hans Zimmer, "Time"]*
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*[letter text:] Dear Friend,*
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*I can't tell you how touched I've been by my supporters' generosity from day one of my Presidential campaign.*
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*Your support has made an incredible impact what will continue on well into the future.*
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*In fact, as I look back at the past year, I'm literally amazed at how far we've come.*
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*Today, we can catch a glimpse of our future - and it's a bright one.*
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*Due to our Liberty Movement's youth, energy, and growing numbers, establishment Republicans are recognizing*
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*their days of controlling the national GOP are coming to an end.*
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*Even now, they are being forced to recognize that out issues - like finally auditing the Federal Reserve - are not going away.*
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*My hope is, with your continued support, it will not end until free markets, sound money, Constitutional Principles,*
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*respect for individual liberty, and a common-sense foreign policy are all restored in America.*
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*For your generosity and all that you'll continue to do in the name of liberty, thank you.*
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*For liberty,*
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*Ron Paul*