A member of the Republican National Convention’s Standing Rules Committee said Wednesday that the eventual GOP nominee will be picked by the Republican Party, not by the voters.
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“The media has created the perception that the voters will decide the nomination,” Curly Haugland told CNBC. “That’s the conflict here.”
“The political parties choose their nominees, not the general public, contrary to popular belief,” he said.
Asked later about the purpose of holding state-by-state nominating contests if party officials can ignore GOP voters, Haugland responded: “That’s a very good question.”
The rules committee will meet just before the GOP convention in July and has the power to amend or eliminate existing statutes and add new rules.
RNC spokeswoman Allison Moore appeared to disagree with the scenario described by Haugland.
“Every RNC member is entitled to have their own interpretation of the Rules,” Hewitt wrote in an email to the Washington Examiner. “However, the Rules clearly require states to bind their delegates based off of the state’s preference vote.”
