Posted on 03/23/2018 6:41:33 AM PDT by Moseley
That's the #1 issue. So if I have to keep repeating it to penetrate the fog, sad, but so be it.
Suspicious. The article is long on blame and short on details.
This article makes no sense.
It’s a press release. The main specifics are that there are no specifics, total fluff being used to expel a Hispanic.
If someone can show me how to post a document I will post the RPV Petition
Wait a minute. This doesn’t sound right. How can the Republican Party of Virginia expel anyone? This is not the Soviet Union, where people out of favor get expelled from the Communist Party.
If this guy, Fredy Burgos, wants to call himself a Republican, then he is a Republican. And he can run as a Republican. No one has the power to prevent that.
The false accusations against a Hispanic Republican conservative do not make sense.
How do you explain irrationality?
Can you tell me how to post a document here?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/fredy-burgos-preference-christians-facebook-post-p/
I’m no expert on posting a document, but maybe you could copy and paste it. But be sure to preview the paste first, as you might lose formatting.
THIS IS WHAT FREDY BURGOS POSTED:
That's too ironic to be real!
In fact, I think they might be almost half as bad as the democrat party of Virginia.
...
...that's practically hate speech!
;-)
Republican Pa1iy of Virginia
w1vw. rp1 org
February l3, 2018 Dear State Central Committee Members:
As you are probably aware, l l th District State Central Committee Member Fredy Burgos has posted the Facebook message set forth below. The post has led to an extensive amount of state-wide media coverage portraying the Party in a negative light during a critical election year.
So you are all informed , [ was made aware of the post by one of our State Central Members the day after it happened. Upon receiving the informat io n, I immediately contacted lv:Ir. Burgos directly, requested he remove the post, and demanded his immediate resi gnation. While Mr. Burgos did take down the post, he refused to resign or apologize for his remarks so I began working the Fairfax County Republican Chairman Matt Ames on initiating lvlr. Burgos removal from all official Committees . Mr Burgos has refused to resign even though his hateful rhetoric resulted in a full day of state-wide media coverage on February 12, 20 l 8 that eclipsed all other stories about our Party. In other words, instead of us talking to voters about the Presidents agenda, the great work we are doing in the General Assembly and our Party’s efforts to win in 2018, we spent the day dealing with questions regarding Mr. Burgos’ Facebook post.
Let me be very clear, bigot&)’ has absolutely no place in the Party of Lincoln and Reagan. The Republican Party of Virginia has a proud legacy of being the only major political party in the Commonwealth to have always opposed to slave ry. Unlike the Democrat Party of Virginia, we have always stood opposed to Jim Crow and the Ku Klux Klan. Our Party was not only the first to elect an African-American from Virginia to Congress, the Republican Pa1ty of Virginia was also the first to elect individuals with ancestry from the Philippines, Cuba, Lebanon, and Venezuela to public office . [n short, our creed and our values are universal , and it is our responsibility to ensure that these values are upheld even when one of our own is the person acting against those values.
Attached to this letter is a petition calling for Mr. Burgos ‘ removal from the State Central Committee at the next meeting on March 24, 2018. Despite the damage he has done to the Party and to himself over the past few days, Mr. Burgos refuses to resign. He must therefore be removed by a 2/3 vote of the State Central Committee after the presentation of a petition signed by l/3 of the members. If 1/3 of the members electronically sign this petition, the vote will happen and I will advocate for a roll call vote on the matter. Our Party cannot survive if we tolerate hatred and bigotry like that we have seen from Mr. Burgos .
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[ hope you will join me in signing this petition so we can get back to the business of winning elections.
Sincerely ,
John C. Whitbeck, Jr., Chairman Republican Party of Virginia
Enclosures
cc: John Findlay, Executive Director Christopher Marston, Esquire
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“That is the only allegation identified in the RPV Petition calling for Burgos’ expulsion from the State Central Committee.” They want him off the statewide committee. He can continue to call himself a Republican or anything else he chooses.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 7A0A7A7A-88AE-4E00-B646-F160BF53CF33
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Republican Pa1iy of Virginia
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Petition Calling for the Removal of Fredy Burgos from the Republican Party of Virginia’s State Central Committee
Article VII, Section C, Paragraph of the Party Plan States:
Removal Any Chairman, exc e pt the State Chairman. or any other member o,fan qfjicia! Committee may be removedfiom office by the vote o,ltwo-thirds (2’3) of the other members of the Committee, after being furnished with notice that such removal will be sought, with the chm; es. in writing, signed b,v not less than one-third (13) of the members of the Committee: and al!owing him thirty (30) days within which to appear and de_Fnd himse!f The State Chainnan may be removed by a two-thirds ( 2.3) vote ofa State Convention or by the rhree-f<mrths (3/4) vote of the State Central Committee, the action o,lsaid Convention or Committee being subject to the foregoing as to notice and opportunityfor defense.
Fredy Burgos, State Central Committee Member for the l l th Congressional District, has had a history of online Facebook postings that have drawn negative publicity to our Party. Several examples are contained in a news aiticle at the following link. Most recently, on February 3, 2018 at 1 I :02 pm. Mr. Burgos posted the following on Facebook:
Fredy Burgos
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ttMAKE FAIRFAX GREAT AGAIN**
Having preference for Christians over non-Christians as political leaders is not bigoted. It is a preference
The Richard D. Obensl rnin (\:ntcr 115 East Grace Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-780-0l ll F.1.1’: 804-34’.\-\060
DocuSign Envelope ID: 7A0A7A7A-88AE-4E00-B646-F160BF53CF33
Republican Pa,iy of Virginia
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The slogan referenced in the post, “Make Fairfax Great Again” is that of a candidate running for Fairfax County who happens to be Christian. The referenced candidate’s opponent is Jewish.
Charges:
Fredy Burgos has repeatedly made bigoted statements that directly conflict with the Second Article of the Virginia Republican Creed. Namely:
That all individuals are entitled to equal rights, justice, and opportunities and should assume their responsibilities as citizens in a free society.
Given his statements, we, the undersigned members of the State Central Committee request that Fredy Burgos be removed from the Committee forthwith.
Signatures:
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And the GOP wonders why Hispanics don’t vote for it.
Its like its saying conservative Hispanics are not welcome in our party.
Especially when Hispanics aren’t politically correct. What a travesty!
Go figure.
Whitbeck and the VA GOP are Bush League Republicans hell bent on completing the George H.W. Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA).
This is one of the most poorly written screeds I’ve read in a long time. What is Burgos accused of saying? What are his detractors saying? How did the affair start?
See post #10.
Pro-Christian quote is allegedly antisemitic.
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