Neumann Votes in Election he Protested

GOP Delegate Pretends to be “locked out.”

Jeff Lauer, Kenosha County Delegate

Former Congressman Mark Neumann has again validated the decision of conservative activists to throw all of their support behind Scott Walker for Governor.

Over the last several weeks, Neumann has used sleazy and possibly illegal tactics to try and shut down the endorsement process at the Republican Party’s convention. Neumann knew his rival Scott Walker was poised to win the endorsement by an overwhelming margin and he did not want to be humiliated by a blowout defeat.

Ten days ago, Neumann announced that he would not seek the endorsement and said he wanted the state Republican Party to remove his name from the ballot. Unfortunately for Neumann, convention rules do not allow a candidate to pull out of an endorsement contest simply because he believes he’s going to lose.

Last week, Neumann invited his 50,000 Face Book fans to attend a rally outside the convention center before his speech. Neumann offered to give people free t-shirts as an incentive to attend. When he got no takers among the fans, Neumann used a school bus to transport 25 of his paid staff and volunteers to the convention center to protest the endorsement process.

Neumann had his supporters picketing outside the convention with signs that read, “I’m 4 Mark” and “Let the People Vote.” Neumann told television reporters, “Our people have been literally locked out of the convention. We did not ask to go on the convention floor we simply asked to be allowed in the door.”

But Neumann and at least one of the alleged protestors caught on television were credentialed delegates and could have waltzed into the convention center at any time. Eventually Neumann, along with his entire family, did go inside the convention center to give media interviews and address the crowd of more than 1,700 people.

After his speech, Neumann gave an on camera interview to the MacIver Center before joining the Waukesha County delegation to cast his vote in the very election he was there to protest.

Hats off to the classy conservatives inside the convention hall for not booing the walking hypocrite and big fat liar right off the stage.