Florida’s top grass-roots leader, Everett Wilkinson of the South Florida Tea Party and Tea Party Command, predicts that the winner of the Dec. 27 Newsmax ION Television 2012 Presidential Debate will capture the Republican nomination for president.
"Any candidate who fails to go the Newsmax-ION Presidential Debate eliminates themselves as a ‘presidential candidate’ from the tea party and conservatives,” Wilkinson stated Wednesday. “I am tired of liberal, biased news agencies and moderators. Last November, the taxpayers voted for less government and change.”
Wilkinson and his fellow tea party members are expected to play a major role in the Sunshine State’s critical primary contest on Jan. 31.
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The statement he issued to Florida’s grass-roots community:
"Any candidate that fails to go the Newsmax-ION Presidential Debate eliminates themselves as a ‘presidential candidate’ from the tea party and conservatives. I am tired of liberal biased news agencies and moderators.
“Last November, the taxpayers voted for less government and change. The recent presidential debates have lacked the spirit of America. This debate is set up at a crucial time for Americans to pick the top office holder.
“Donald Trump would be my first choice of moderator, because he is a proven leader in the business world with a reputation of getting the job done. Most of the past moderators didn't have any business success remotely to Trump. The winner of this debate will win the GOP nomination."
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