Post by Logan on Apr 30, 2016 11:48:27 GMT -6
Paul Ryan primary challenger: GOP won't let me set up table at state convention
Businessman Paul Nehlen, a Republican primary challenger to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, said the Republican Party of Wisconsin is barring his campaign from setting up a table at the upcoming state party convention.
But the party calls Nehlen's claim "incredibly misleading," saying his campaign is at fault for blowing a deadline to register for the event.
Nehlen, R-Delavan, is challenging Ryan, R-Janesville, in the Aug. 9 primary. A post at Nehlen's website claims the state GOP "barred my campaign from having a table at its state convention," which is May 13-15 in Green Bay.
"My campaign committee, Volunteers for Nehlen, was perfectly willing to pay the $400 table fee RPW asked for convention weekend," the post said. "Apparently, though, the idea of a challenger to Paul Ryan was so threatening to his RPW buddies that they turned us down flat.”
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/paul-ryan-primary-challenger-gop-won-t-let-me-set/article_d2479a3c-ff76-5fe6-8a43-fa2a700a5436.html
Businessman Paul Nehlen, a Republican primary challenger to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, said the Republican Party of Wisconsin is barring his campaign from setting up a table at the upcoming state party convention.
But the party calls Nehlen's claim "incredibly misleading," saying his campaign is at fault for blowing a deadline to register for the event.
Nehlen, R-Delavan, is challenging Ryan, R-Janesville, in the Aug. 9 primary. A post at Nehlen's website claims the state GOP "barred my campaign from having a table at its state convention," which is May 13-15 in Green Bay.
"My campaign committee, Volunteers for Nehlen, was perfectly willing to pay the $400 table fee RPW asked for convention weekend," the post said. "Apparently, though, the idea of a challenger to Paul Ryan was so threatening to his RPW buddies that they turned us down flat.”
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/paul-ryan-primary-challenger-gop-won-t-let-me-set/article_d2479a3c-ff76-5fe6-8a43-fa2a700a5436.html