Joy Reid: Excerpts from Steele memo...

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25. I finally found another instance of this attempt to quash (from the RNC convention)

https://www.c-span.org/video/?412506-101/republican-national-committee-platform-hearings-part-2&start=538#

Unidentified Speaker >> PAGE ONE LINE 32-35.

Unidentified Speaker >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. MY AMENDMENT WOULD STRIKE OUT THE LANGUAGE TO THE EVENT -- THE REASON FOR STRIKING OUT THIS LANGUAGE IS RONALD REAGAN DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO TRY TO KEEP US OUT OF A HOT WAR WITH RUSSIA. WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND RUSSIA IS A NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER AND WHAT WE ARE SPILLING OUT HERE, SANCTIONS AND ARMING THEIR ENEMIES, THOSE ARE ACTS OF WAR. AND UNLESS WE ARE PREPARED TO GO TO WAR WITH A NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER, I THINK WE NEED TO BE A LOT MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT DECLARING OUR INTENTION TO DO OF WAR AGAINST THEM. SO I THINK THIS STATEMENT IS OVERLY AGGRESSIVE AND I DO NOT THINK IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR NATION TO BE DECLARING THIS, IN SO I RECOMMEND WE STRIKE THIS LANGUAGE FROM THE PLATFORM.

Unidentified Speaker >> THE AMENDMENT CALLS FOR STRIKING LINES 32-35. CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE?

Unidentified Speaker >> WE DEBATED THIS FULLY YESTERDAY DURING THE MEETING AND IT WAS DEFEATED AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE DEFEATED AGAIN TODAY. AND YOU. ASK DELEGATE FROM NEW YORK.

Unidentified Speaker >> CYCLE IN QUESTION. QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED. I WANT TO VOTE IMMEDIATELY. THE MOTION IS UP FOR DEBATE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION FROM THE DELEGATE...

The CSPAN-recorded proceedings mentioned above from the day before, were corrupted (although still available but without a transcript), but I was able to find the above 2nd attempt to change that amendment... The link goes right to the portion where the above takes place.