’Political Parties Choose Their Nominee, Not The General Public’

Curly Haugland, an RNC Standing Rules Committee member and an unbound delegate from North Dakota, told CNBC’s Rebecca Quick that Republican voters do not choose their presidential nominees.

Rebecca Quick:
“Will this be a contested convention?”

Curly Haugland:
“It appears that we’re headed that way. I don’t see very many options that would go down a different path. The requirement is that the candidate must demonstrate the support of the majority of the delegates from 8 states that are permanently seated.
So that quote can’t even be taken until the convention. So obviously no determination can be made until the convention.

Rebecca Quick:
“I’ve heard from a lot of voters who say if they feel like their votes got stolen, that they would be very unhappy and very angry. I think you are looking at a different situation. I realize these have been the rules, but the last time these rules were put in place was 1976. It’s been a long time since then.”

Curly Haugland:
“And they’re still there. Yeah, that’s the problem. The media has created a perception that the voters will decide the nomination, and that’s the conflict here.”

Curly Haugland:
“We are just one of the political parties — there’s many political parties — but political parties choose their nominee, not the general public. Contrary to popular belief.”

Rebecca Quick:
“Then why bother holding the primaries?”

Curly Haugland:
“That’s a very good question.”

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