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JUNE
16,
2010
Contact:
Jonathan
Gibbons
405-881-4034
contact@rjharris2010.com
CLEVELAND
COUNTY
GOP
VICE-CHAIR
TELLS
RJ
HARRIS
HE
IS
BANNED
On
Tuesday
evening
the
RJ
Harris
2010
campaign
received
an
email
from
Tessa
Breder
(see
a&achment
page
for
full
text),
the
Vice-Chair
of
the
Cleveland
County
GOP,
staPng
that
he
is
now
banned
from
further
Cleveland
County
GOP
events
because
he
allowed
video
of
his
and
his
opponents
speeches,
taken
at
the
recent
Cleveland
County
Straw
Poll,
to
be
posted
on
his
Facebook
wall.
It
is
unclear
from
the
email,
sent
via
her
cell
phone,
whether
the
Vice
Chair
is
acPng
at
the
behest
of
the
County
Central
CommiWee
or
of
her
own
accord.
In
response
to
Breder's
acPon
Harris
stated:
"I
am
for
an
open
and
fair
process
whereby
the
Republican
voters
of
this
district
have
an
opportunity
to
see
their
candidates
side
by
side.
There
is
no
reason
to
hide
these
speeches
from
the
public
unless
Vice
Chair
Breder
has
reason
to
want
to
keep
District
4
Republican
voters
from
having
the
informaPon
they
need
to
make
an
informed
decision
on
July
27th.
For
a
grassroots
challenger,
Harris
did
very
well
in
the
straw
poll
receiving
42%
of
the
vote
to
Cole's
58%,
despite
the
event
organizers
pressure
on
aWendees
to
turn
in
their
straw
poll
ballots
before
the
speeches
were
complete.
Many
who
cast
ballots
stated
they
would
have
voted
dierently
had
they
been
allowed
to
see
Harris
speak
before
the
ballots
were
turned
in.
As
is
clearly
audible
from
viewing
both
videos
(see
links
below),
Harris
was
very
enthusiasPcally
received
by
the
audience
while
Cole
hits
only
the
usual
talking
points
and
evokes
liWle
response.
According
to
Harris,
this
is
not
the
rst
Pme
Vice-Chairwoman
Breder
has
aWempted
to
use
her
ocial
posiPon
in
a
quesPonable
way:
"Last
year
Ms.
Breder
noPed
me
that
she
was
endorsing
and
supporPng
my
opponent
Tom
Cole.
Given
that
such
an
acPon
by
a
party
ocial
is
patently
against
the
party
rules,
she
is
hardly
the
person
that
should
be
waiving
the
rule-book
in
my
face
especially
when
the
breach
in
this
instance
is
nothing
more
than
me
providing
the
consPtuents
the
transparency
they
have
come
to
demand,
yet
ogen
do
not
receive,
from
their
elected
ocials.
###
See
a&ached
page
for
full
text
of
Tessa
Breders
email
message
and
About
RJ
Harris
ATTACHMENTS
AND
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Full
text
of
email
message
sent
by
Cleveland
County
Vice-Chair
Tessa
Breder
to
RJ
Harris
2010
Campaign
on
June
15,
2010:
RJ,
Due
to
your
and
your
campaign's
inability
to
follow
simple
rules
set
out
by
the
Cleveland
County
GOP
at
last
week's
candidate
forum,
you
will
no
longer
be
allowed
to
par:cipate
as
a
candidate
in
future
Cleveland
County
GOP
events.
There
was
a
large
sign
at
the
entrance
of
the
event
clearly
sta:ng
that
recording
was
not
permiYed
inside
the
auditorium.
In
addi:on,
this
informa:on
was
included
in
every
email
sent
out
by
the
county
party
pertaining
to
the
event.
Because
videos
of
the
event
have
miraculously
found
their
way
to
your
website
and
youtube
page,
you
clearly
condone
such
ac:ons
while
being
fully
aware
that
you
were
breaking
the
rules.
If
the
voters
of
Cleveland
County
can't
trust
you
to
honestly
follow
simple
guidelines,
I
don't
know
how
we
can
trust
you
to
follow
the
cons:tu:on.
Tessa
Breder
Cleveland
County
Republican
Party
Vice-Chairman
About
RJ
Harris
RJ
Harris
is
a
currently
serving
nineteen-year
Oklahoma
Army
Na:onal
Guard
Ocer,
two-:me
Iraq
War
Veteran
and
U.S.
Congressional
Candidate
for
Oklahoma's
4th
Congressional
District.
RJ
has
been
ac:vated
for
the
Afghanistan
surge
but
will
be
able
to
con:nue
his
congressional
campaign.
He
is
a
University
of
Oklahoma
graduate
in
Philosophy
and
a
third
year
law
student
at
the
University
of
Oklahoma
College
of
Law.
RJ
is
a
Cons:tu:onal
Conserva:ve
Republican
and
a
prominent
leader
in
the
na:on-wide
grassroots
Liberty
Candidate
movement.
He
has
appeared
on
Fox
News'
Freedom
Watch
twice
with
Judge
Andrew
Napolitano,
before
numerous
Tea
Party
candidate
panels
and
been
the
featured
guest
on
conserva:ve/libertarian
talk-
radio
programs
across
the
country.
www.rjharris2010.com