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>>> WE ASK YOU TO SEND YOUR
SOLUTIONS TO REUNITE FOR THE
GOP.
AND PEOPLE LIKE BARBARA WEBBER
SAID GET RID OF THE GOOD OLD
BYES AND HAVE TED CRUZ AND MIKE
LEE TO TAKE OVER.
>> AND THE TEA PARTY NEEDS TO
LEARN HOW TO COMPROMISE.
HOW DO WE GET PAST THE DIVISION
AND WORK TOGETHER.
AMY CRAMMER IS CHAIRMAN OF THE
TE PARTY EXPRESS AND MATT IS
PRESIDENT OF FREEDOM WORKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> (APPLAUSE).
>> I WANT TO GET REACTION TO
WHAT GOVERNOR WALKER WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND WE ARE NOT GETTING ALL OF
THE THINGS WE WANT.
AMY, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE IS
ROOM IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND
TEA PARTY TO SAY WE ARE NOT
PLEASED WITH EVERYTHING BUT IT
IS BETTER THAN HAVING PELOSI AND
REID RUNNING THE SHOW?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT WE ALL WANT
TO TAKE BACK THE SENATE.
THERE IS NO ONE THAT CAUSED
OBSTRUCTION LIKE HARRY REID.
REGARDLESS WHAT I SAY.
PEOPLE IN AMERICA HAVE THEIR
OPEN MIND AND THEY DO WANT TO
GET RID OF PEOPLE IN OFFICE THAT
ARE REPUBLICANS THAT WHEN THEY
VOTE WITH THE DEMOCRATS MORE
THAN THEY DO THE REPUBLICANS AND
WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE PEOPLE IT
WATERS DOWN OUR BRAND.
AND WE JUST CAN'T CONTINUE DOWN
THE MATH.
WHAT IS REFRESHING ABOUT RAND
PAUL AND MIKE LEE AND TED CRUZ.
THEY ARE FIGHTING AND DOING WHAT
THEY PROMISED TO DO IN
WASHINGTON.
I THINK THIS CYCLE, WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE IN 2010
WHEN WE DROVE THE MESSAGES WE
WON CROSS THE BOARD.
IN 2012 WHEN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY DROVE THE MESSAGE BEING,
WE LOST.
WE CAN GET BACK TO WHAT IS
TOUCHING PEOPLES LIVES AND THAT
IS THE ECONOMY AND OBAMA CARE
AND WE STAY FOCUSED ON THAT WE
CAN WIN IN 2014.
>> MATT, NO ONE VOTED FOR OBAMA
CARE OR A TAX INCREASE IN THE
SEPTEMBER RIGHT NOW THAT I AM
AWARE OF, WHERE ARE THE POINTS
IN WHICH WE NEED TO SAY, THESE
REPUBLICANS ARE NOT GOOD GUYS
AND WE NEED TO GET RID OF THEM?
>> THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF
FRUSTRATION IN THE PRIMARIES.
WHEN WE CHALLENGE AN INCUMBENT
AND ALSO WHEN THE GOP
ESTABLISHMENT RALLIES AROUND
SOMEONE LIKE CHARLIE CRIST WHO
IS NOW A DEMOCRAT.
AND WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM,
TRAY GRAYSON IN KENTUCKY WHOM
MITCH MCCONNELL GOT BEHIND
INSTEAD OF RAND PAUL AND HE IS
A CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC
SUPER PACK.
SOME POLITICIANS FOR OFFICE TOO
LONG.
AND WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY AND
THAT HELPS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
WIN.
WE WIN WHEN WE STAND FOR
SOMETHING AND AUTHTENTIC.
AND WIN WHEN GRASSROOTS AMERICA
BELIEVES WE'LL DO WHAT WE RAN
ON.
IN THE MARGIN.
WE SPEND RESOURCES AND TIME
GOING AFTER DEMOCRATS BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE GUYS DRIVING UP THE
DEBT AND THEY ARE THE GUYS
CAUSING ALL OF THE TROUBLE.
BUT WE WIN WHEN WE SUPPORT
REPUBLICANS THAT SHARE THOSE
BASIC VALUES.
>> I BELIEVE IN TERM LIMITS.
TO ME THE ULTIMATE WAY TO GET
RID OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
THERE TOO LONG IS YOU HAVE
A LIMIT AND YOU HAVE TO GO HOME.
I BELIEVE IN THAT FOREVER AND I
STILL BELIEVE IN THAT.
>> THERE ARE SENATORS, THAT HAVE
BEEN IN WASHINGTON ALMOST AS
LONG AS I HAVE BEEN ALIVE.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
IT IS THEIR POLICYS THAT HAVE
GOTTEN US INTO THIS MESS.
WE CAN'T BLAME IT ONLY ON THE
DEMOCRATS.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED
TO IT AS WELL.
AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THINGS.
IT IS NOT WORKING.
LET'S TRY FRESH IDEAS FROM THE
NEW GUYS THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUT
THERE IN TOUCH WITH AMERICA.
THEY BREATHE THE AIR THAT IS
OUTSIDE OF THE WASHINGTON D.C.
BUBBLE.
AND HOW NICE IS THAT?
THEY ARE NOT DRUNK UNDER THE --
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A CHALLENGER
AND HE DOESN'T WIN, SHOULD WE
THEN UNITE BEHIND THE PERSON WHO
IS THE NOMINEE BELIEVING LOOK,
IT MAY NOT BE THE PERFECT
REPUBLICAN BUT BETTER THAN THE
DEMOCRATS THAT MIGHT WIN IF HE
IS IT NOT, IS THAT VALID?
>> I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.
BUT OUR SENSE, PARTICULARLY
SINCE 2010 AND 12, IS THAT
SOMETIMES THERE IS TWO SETS OF
RULES.
SOMETIMES THE TEA PARTY GUY WINS
THE PRIMARY AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN BOLTS
THE PARTY AND SPLITS THE VOTE.
IT HAPPEN IN ALASKA.
IT HAPPEN IN FLORIDA AND OTHER
PLACES AND SOMETIMES, OUR
ACTIVIST FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO THE RIGHT THING
AS LONG AS THE ESTABLISHMENT
GETS THEIR CHOICE.
BUT WHEN WE GET OUR CHOICE,
SOMETIMES THE RULES CHANGE.
AND THERE IS FRUSTRATION THERE
FOR SURE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT IS A FAIR ASSESSMENT AND I
FOUGHT THE ESTABLISHMENT
DILIGENTLY IN A COUPLE OF RACES
AND YOU ARE 100 PERCENT ON.
AMY AND MATT, GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON.
>> THANK YOU.
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