RNC member: ‘Political parties choose their nominee, not the general public
Curly Haugland, a Republican National Committee member, says the nomination process is pretty straightforward: The party, not the voters, chooses the nominee.
In an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday morning, Haugland, a North Dakotan and current member of the RNC's Rules Committee, said that any assumption otherwise is misguided.
"That's the problem: The media has created the perception that the voters will decide the nomination," he said. He went on: "Political parties choose their nominee, not the general public, contrary to popular belief."
Technically, this is true. The nomination is decided by delegates to this summer's convention, not directly by voters. But it's probably not a terribly helpful argument to make at a time when Republican establishment types are openly talking about wresting the GOP nomination from Donald Trump at the convention. Trump has said doing so could lead to "riots."
And the RNC said in a statement to The Washington Post that those delegates must represent the voters.
"Every RNC member is entitled to have their own interpretation of the rules," RNC spokeswoman Allison Moore said. "However, the rules clearly require states to bind their delegates based off of the state’s preference vote."
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