Tulsa GOP moves further right at convention Saturday
U.S. Representative John Sullivan addresses the crowd during the Tulsa County Republican Convention at the Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills hotel on Saturday. MATT BARNARD / Tulsa World
By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Published: 3/27/2011 2:28 AM
Last Modified: 3/27/2011 8:49 AM
The Tulsa County Republican Party moved further to the right at its biennial convention on Saturday, adopting a series of measures intended to enforce greater discipline on elected officials and party members, and voting down every candidate associated with the more moderate old guard.
The measures included a state party rule change to be proposed at next month’s state convention requiring censure hearings for Republican officeholders who do not adhere to “core principles” that include the unconstitutionality of all gun regulations and the belief that life is the result of “an act between a man and a woman,” and begins at the moment of fertilization.
The proposed rule also would require elected Republicans to work for “drastic” reductions in taxes and mandatory fees.
“This could be big,” said delegate Molly McKay, who later in the convention was elected county vice chairman without opposition. “This could be the biggest thing since we repealed slavery.”
“If you don’t believe in this,” said outgoing county chairman Sally Bell, “you don’t believe in the Republican Party. If you don’t believe in this, you’re a Democrat.”
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