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Republican National Convention
Convention
Headliners include Ohio’s U.S. Senator Rob Portman
Tampa, Fla. - Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus
today announced six headliners addressing the Republican National
Convention August 27-30.
The speakers are: U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte,
United States Senator from New Hampshire and former New Hampshire
Attorney General. Former Democratic National Convention Speaker Artur
Davis, former Alabama congressman from the 7th District (2003-2011) who
was the first member of Congress not from Illinois to endorse President
Obama in 2008. Davis, then a Democrat, seconded the official nomination
of Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. He recently
announced he is joining the Republican Party and supporting Mitt
Romney. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, 55th Governor of Louisiana,
winning election in 2007 and winning reelection in all of the state's
64 parishes in 2011; former U.S. Congressman; led the state's response
to the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf in 2010.
Congressman Connie Mack won the Republican nomination for the U.S.
Senate in Florida on August 14th and was first elected to the United
States House of Representatives in November 2004.
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, chairman of the Republican Governors
Association and chairman of the Republican National Convention
Committee on Resolutions, commonly known as the Platform Committee.
U.S. Senator Rob Portman, U.S. Senator from Ohio who won election in
2010 by 18 points, winning 82 of Ohio's 88 counties, and former
Congressman from Ohio's 2nd district. He is also a former U.S. Trade
Representative and former Director of the Office of Management and
Budget.
"This exciting group of headliners includes two successful governors,
two outstanding senators, the next senator from our convention state,
and a former Co-Chairman of the 2008 Obama campaign. The perspectives
and ideas they bring to the convention stage will show all Americans
that Romney and Ryan are the ticket to a better future. Former
Congressman Davis especially will give voice to the frustration and
disappointment felt among those who supported President Obama in 2008
and are now hungry for a new direction," Chairman Priebus said.
Republican National Convention Chief Executive Officer William Harris
said, "These speakers will offer a variety of insights into why we need
new leadership in Washington, D.C. and how important it is for us to
stand unified as we nominate Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan."
U.S. Senator Rob Portman
"I am looking forward to speaking at the convention in Tampa.
Nominating Mitt Romney to be our next president will be a momentous
occasion for our party and our country. We are facing tremendous
challenges that demand bold action and decisive leadership. Mitt Romney
is not just a friend, he is the experienced leader we need at this
critical point in our nation's history."
U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte
"Our country is facing great challenges, and the nomination of Mitt
Romney to be our next president at the Republican National Convention
will be a critical step for us to begin cleaning up the mess in
Washington. With 42 straight months of over eight percent unemployment,
it's clear that the policies of the last three and a half years have
failed. Governor Romney is committed to making us stronger both here at
home and throughout the world, and he will start by getting America's
fiscal house in order and putting us on a path to a brighter economic
future."
Former Democratic National Convention Speaker Artur Davis
"The talk and inspiration moved so many of us four years ago, but
unfortunately we haven't seen the action to back it up. We were
promised jobs and we got job-killing mandates and regulations. We were
promised a fiscally responsible government, and we got trillion dollar
deficits, debt that has never been seen, and small business burdened
with new taxes, and threatened with more taxes. The time for talk is
over. At the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Republicans take
a step to undo the mismanagement and nominate Mitt Romney as the next
president of the United States."
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal
"The American people are smart. We know that if we don't change
leadership soon, our country will continue on a path toward Europe and
away from the principles of free market and limited government that
have made this country the greatest nation in the world. I look forward
to talking about the important choice facing our nation. We can either
go the way of Europe, grow the public sector and make Americans more
dependent on government or we can get behind Mitt Romney, reinvigorate
the private sector and get our people back to work."
U.S. Congressman Connie Mack
"I am proud to be able to represent Florida and be a part of officially
nominating Mitt Romney as the next President of the United States. We
will come together as a party and a country at the convention to demand
a change of leadership in Washington, D.C. Our voices have been ignored
long enough. For nearly four years, Washington's Lockstep Liberals have
forced the government takeover of healthcare and saddled us with
job-killing regulations, more taxes, more spending and more debt. That
ends this year. The American people are demanding change, and change is
on its way."
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell
"It is time for a change in America. President Obama's policies have
failed to get our economy turned around and our nation out of debt. I
am excited to be a part of the Republican National Convention that will
help send Mitt Romney to the White House. Governor Romney is a proven
job-creator who knows that in order to grow our national economy,
government has to be run like a business - we need to cut spending,
demand accountability and results, and live within our means. It has
worked in Virginia and it will work for America. Mitt Romney will get
America back on track and Americans back to work."
About the 2012 Republican National Convention
The 2012 Republican National Convention will be held at the Tampa Bay
Times Forum August 27-30, 2012. Nearly 50,000 visitors are
expected to come to the Tampa Bay area for the event, including
delegates, alternate delegates, media and other guests. For more
information about the 2012 Republican National Convention, become part
of the virtual convention at www.ConventionWithoutWalls.com, visit our
website www.GOPConvention2012.com and check out our official blog,
Conventional Wisdom, at www.gopconvention2012.com/blog/.
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