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Any contested election especially in an organization filled with college students will inevitably come with its share of drama.
But drama and integrity are not mutually exclusive. One can engage in petty infighting while still maintaining respect for institutions and general propriety.
Unfortunately, the College Republican National Committee’s (CRNC) credentialing process for the upcoming National Chair election, between Courtney Britt, the “establishment candidate,” and Judah Waxelbaum, who I am supporting, has been utterly devoid of respect an unacceptable reality for an official auxiliary of a party that stands for election integrity.
As we understand it, the credentialing rules were changed by the designated arbitrator at the last minute. It is impossible to say for certain, as CRNC leadership has chosen to make the organization’s Constitution unavailable to the public, but the new interpretation of the rules differed substantially from what all parties had
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“Daniel Di Martino, go back to Venezuela.”
Daniel’s face dropped when I read him the tweet. He’d already seen it, but it still stung. It was launched at him by a stranger on Twitter by a man with the last name González, ironically just days earlier. I was 20 minutes into my interview with Di Martino, and this was the first time his smile was replaced by a straight face.
His words were slow and measured. “Look, I think that the American people are some of the nicest people in the world,” he said, drawing out each syllable. “I’m just worried about people, you know, the ones who tweet stuff like that. The isolationist, nationalist, xenophobic wing that wants to take over the party.”