Response from Harmeet Dhillon:
"I see there is some fake news being spread about changes to @CAGOP bylaws. The date of CA’s primary has changed to Super Tuesday, so our delegate apportionment method must also change to a proportional method, or we lose convention delegates. Our primary used to be later, allowing for a different, winner-take-all system. The Democrat governor changed the primary date, not the CAGOP. Personally, I preferred the winner take all system used for our last real convention in 2016, but RNC rules compel a different rule for earlier primaries.
This would be easy to verify by anybody who understands the system, has gone to a convention, and comprehends how to read rules. As there is a looming, RNC deadline to pass qualifying rules, we are making a change whose final wording remains to be determined by our Rules Committee and by vote of our Executive Committee, later this month.
Also, there is no plan for California Republicans to endorse in the presidential primary, and I would vigorously oppose such a plan. Republican voters must decide.
In this matter, I answer to California Republican voters, and nobody else. The fact that someone is trying to clout-chase and create drama by spreading misinformation about legally necessary rules changes, is unfortunate but predictable.
Happy Independence Day!"
Response from Dillon:
"I see there is some fake news being spread about changes to @CAGOP bylaws. The date of CA’s primary has changed to Super Tuesday, so our delegate apportionment method must also change to a proportional method, or we lose convention delegates. Our primary used to be later, allowing for a different, winner-take-all system. The Democrat governor changed the primary date, not the CAGOP. Personally, I preferred the winner take all system used for our last real convention in 2016, but RNC rules compel a different rule for earlier primaries.
This would be easy to verify by anybody who understands the system, has gone to a convention, and comprehends how to read rules. As there is a looming, RNC deadline to pass qualifying rules, we are making a change whose final wording remains to be determined by our Rules Committee and by vote of our Executive Committee, later this month.
Also, there is no plan for California Republicans to endorse in the presidential primary, and I would vigorously oppose such a plan. Republican voters must decide.
In this matter, I answer to California Republican voters, and nobody else. The fact that someone is trying to clout-chase and create drama by spreading misinformation about legally necessary rules changes, is unfortunate but predictable.
Happy Independence Day!"