A friend sent us the video above, claiming it depicts the floor battle between Randy Demmer and Brian Davis at yesterday's Olmsted County GOP Convention. We have our doubts, since--even with the recent warm weather--the lawns in Byron simply aren't that green this time of year.
The pachyderm punching match was robust, if we are to believe Matt Stolle's report in the Post Bulletin, Controversy flares at Olmsted Republican Convention. Looks like Davis's supporters' were following the script outlined earlier in the week at Residual Forces. From the PB:
When the nominating committee -- a group of party regulars and insiders -- recommended its slate of delegates for the district convention, they were found to be made up almost entirely of supporters for state Rep. Randy Demmer of Hayfield.
Murmuring and criticisms that the Olmsted slate was "manipulated" or "stacked" against Mayo Clinic physician Brian Davis, a first-time office seeker, in favor Demmer filled the convention hall. An hourslong ruckus ensued, filled with parliamentarian maneuvering.
Showing what some saw as a surprising amount of organizational muscle, supporters of the Davis camp tried to neutralize the Demmer advantage by repeatedly attempting to amend the rules and, in effect, remove the pro-Demmer slate -- in essence, wiping the slate clean. Those efforts failed. . . .
. . .While it was too early to name a front-runner, Demmer appeared to emerge from the Olmsted County Republican Convention with a larger number of delegates than Davis.
Olmsted County is the biggest prize of the convention season, because it contributes the largest number of delegates to the GOP 1st Congressional District Convention -- 60 of the 258 delegates who will attend the district convention in Albert Lea on March 29.
Demmer brushed aside suggestions that he had an unfair advantage. He said his campaign worked hard to win the support of party faithful who regularly attend conventions. And the effort paid off in the support he got from the original slate of delegates, he said. . .
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