WELCOME
WELCOME BACK TO FLASHPOINT JOINING US NOW FORMER UNION COUNTY GOP CHAIRMAN DAN BARRY
WITH WITH ANOTHER VIEW OF THIS
ISSUE WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT
SENATOR BURR AND HIS CENSURE
THAT HE SAW AT THE STATE LEVEL
AND THEN AT SOME COUNTY LEVELS
TOO WE SHOULD SAY DAN IS A
PERSON WHO'S BEEN IN COUNTY
POLITICS WHEN IT COMES TO
REPUBLICANS AND ACROSS THE
STATE AS WELL.
WHAT IS YOUR VIEW OF THIS MAN?
IT IS A MESS IS THE BEST WAY TO
PUT IT AND YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND
OF CHUCKLING WITH SOME FRIENDS
AT BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.
I'M A TRUMP ELECTED.
I WENT AND VOTED IN THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
IT'S JUST A BIZARRE SITUATION
THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH THE
REACTION OF THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE FOR THE STATE PARTY
AND THEN THESE COUNTIES I THINK
THEY'VE JUST GONE OVERBOARD IN
THE ENTIRE SITUATION.
SENATOR BURR HAS BEEN A
STALWART OF THE CONSERVATIVE
MOVEMENT.
I THINK HE'S GOT A PERFECT
RECORD WITH THE NRA FOR
EXAMPLE, LONG TERM SERVANT OF
THE STATE IN CONGRESS AND THEN
IN THE U.S. SENATE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED A CIVICS
LESSON.
WE'RE A REPUBLIC.
WE ELECT PEOPLE TO REPRESENT
OUR INTERESTS BUT THEY'RE ALSO
FREE TO VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR TIME
WITH SENATOR BURR HE VOTED HIS
CONSCIENCE AND IT'S OUT OF LINE
WITH SOME OF THE BASE OF OUR
PARTY.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S THE SENATOR
AND HE HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE
THAT DECISION AND THEN FACE THE
VOTERS IF HE WERE GOING TO RUN
FOR REELECTION.
WHAT DOES THIS COME DOWN TO?
ARE PEOPLE JUST ARE Y
THE MINUTIA OF HOW THE PARTY
FUNCTIONS.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO USE THE
WORD DEMOB BUT THERE IS A
GROWING FRUSTRATION WITHIN THE
BASE OF THE PARTY THAT THE TOP
OF THE PARTY IS LISTENING TO
THEM AND THEY'RE EMBRACING
STATIST.
RICHARD BURR IS A LONG TERM
SERVING SENATOR AND THEY'RE
FRUSTRATED WITH A COUPLE OF HIS
VOTES SO THEY WANT THEIR POUND
OF FLESH THAT'S NOT HOW WE
OPERATE AND I THINK THAT THERE
WAS AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED
ABOUT BEFORE, THE PARTY
STRUCTURE EVEN HAVE A CENSURE
PROVISION WITHIN OUR GOVERNING
DOCUMENTS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT CONSERVATIVES
,ONE OF THE ROOTS OF OF WHAT
WE BELIEVE IS IN THE RULE OF
LAW AND THE GOVERNING DOCUMENT
SPELL OUT WHAT GOVERNMENTS AND
INSTITUTIONS MAY DO AND IF
THEY'RE NOT DEFINED THAT THEY
CAN DO THEN BY DEFINITION
THEY'RE NOT EMPOWERED TO DO IT
.
AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THE
NORTH CAROLINA PLAN OF
ORGANIZATION THAT POWERS THE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE OR FRANKLY
ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO
CENSOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
THEY DO IT BUT THERE'S NOTHING
IN THE PLAN THAT PROVIDES FOR
THAT ACT IN THE WHERE DOES THIS
GO FROM HERE RIGHT NOW IT'S
SENATOR BURR.
IT'S BEEN OTHERS IN THE PAST
WHO WHO'VE GOTTEN THE SCORN OF
THE PARTY BECAUSE FOR CROSSING
TRUMP.
WHERE DO YOU FORESEE THIS
GOING?
THE PARTY IS CLEARLY DIVIDED IN
MY OPINION.
THE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS
RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT THE NEW
ONE ALL NEW BUT THIS BRAND NEW
TRUMP VOTER THAT'S GETTING
ENGAGED AND ACTIVE IN PARTY
POLITICS.
YOU HAVE THIS OLDER GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST KIND OF
THROWING UP THEIR HANDS AND I'M
AFRAID ARE GOING TO WALK AWAY.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN A WAVE OF
CHANGING A VOTER REGISTRATION
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS
ACTUALLY SINCE THE 6TH OF
JANUARY.
AND SO WE'RE BEGINNING TO,
YOU KNOW, PAY THE PRICE FOR
THAT.
THEN THERE'S THIS MIDDLE GROUP
OF FOLKS LIKE ME THAT ARE
TELLING EVERYBODY JUST CALM
DOWN.
WE GET CHARGED TO WIN
ELECTIONS.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY EXISTS TO
RECRUIT REPUBLICANS AND TO GET
THEM ELECTED.
WE'RE NOT CHARGED TO DISCIPLINE
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THAT'S THE VOTERS JOB.
AND WHEN THEY STAND FOR
REELECTION, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN.
THOM TILLIS RUN WON A
REELECTION.
HE ALMOST FACED A PRIMARY.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOT TO
REMEMBER CIVICS 101 AND WHAT
THE PARTY'S ROLE IS NOW WE'VE
GOT TO BIND UP OUR WOUNDS.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT
AND THIS DIVISIVENESS IS NOT
HELPING THE CAUSE AND WE'RE NOW
SEEING A RIPPLE EFFECT NOW THAT
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ISSUED
THEIR CENSURE VOTE.
NOW THE COUNTIES ARE ACTIVELY
ISSUING CENSURE RESOLUTIONS
WHICH ARE FAR MORE DAMNING THAN
THE ONE THAT CENTRAL COMMITTEE
DID AND ARE WAY OUT OF LINE.
FINAL QUESTION QUICKLY, IS THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY A BIG TENT
PARTY OR NOT?
I THINK WE ARE A BIG TENT POINT
AND I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE
OPEN UP THE FLAPS AND INVITE
EVERYBODY IN.
EVERYBODY NEEDS A SEAT AT THE
TABLE BUT IN PART OF THAT SEAT
AT THE TABLE ALSO COMES THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT THE
INSTITUTION FIRST AND I'M FINE
WITH WITH NEW PEOPLE GETTING
INVOLVED, LEARNING OUR SYSTEMS
AND DRIVING OUR PERFORMANCE ON
TO VICTORY IN TWENTY TWENTY
TWO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE DON'T
AREN'T BUILDING DOWN WHILE
WE'RE UNDER RECONSTRUCTION AND
MANY WILL CRITICIZE YOU WITHIN
YOUR PARTY FOR SAYING WHAT
YOU JUST SAID.
BUT I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT HOW I
WAS GOING TO HANDLE TODAY
SOMEBODY GOT TO TAKE THE
MICROPHONE AND PUT SOME
REASONABLENESS BACK INTO THE
DISCUSSION.