Virgin Islands GOP Chair Rails Against 'Newcomers' Who 'Undermine' The Party

[yuiyoshida]

The chairman of the Virgin Islands Republican Party issued a scathing memo late Wednesday accusing "newcomers to our party" of "undermin[ing] the well-established processes spelled out" by the party rules. In the memo, V.I. GOP Chair John Canegata said "a few voices" have caused "a controversy where a controversy need not exist."

"This is the same group that enjoys being obstructionist on virtually everything our party has tried to do over the last four years," Canegata said.

The controversy dogging the Republican Party of the island territory stems from the March 10 contest to elect the delegates that will represent the Virgin Islands later this year at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Who ultimately attends the convention could prove pivotal in the event of a brokered convention, when every delegate vote would count in choosing the GOP's presidential nominee.

John Yob, a GOP operative previously based out of Michigan, had been accused by some party members of falsifying his voter registration form in order to participate in the caucus to choose the Virgin Islands' delegates.

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