But Ventre didn’t expand on what that “plan” was. Ventre named Tabas and Matthew Brouillette (founder/president of Commonwealth Partners, believed to be the largest political action group in Pa.’s Republican politics) as the two figures who have formulated a “plan” to do just that. Ventre believes Tabas and most of the county chairs think “patriots” like him should be run off committee. Ventre who identifies as an America-First Patriot said five Committee People (CPs) in his county were removed for helping him in his run for county commissioner, eerily familiar to the 8-9 CPs effectively removed last Saturday in Cumberland County. It is more disingenuous than Dem voter harvesting,” said Ventre. “The Chairs use the proxy vote method to do whatever they want. ![]() Some say it has vulnerabilities and can be manipulated.) ![]() (Proxies are voter stand-ins: the CP doesn’t attend, but in theory can arrange someone from their precinct to vote for him/her. He believes there’s abuse of the “proxy” process that committee chairs use to influence the outcome of votes at county committee meetings (including endorsement meetings). Ventre reacted to the canceled CPs and cast doubt on the vote itself (to take disciplinary action). Tabas told the chairs to “stop bickering” (sure, OK mom!)- and advised them to offer suspended CPs ways to “prove they are worthy” of return. Ventre started with an unnamed state GOP insider’s recap of the emergency zoom recently called by PA GOP Chairman Lawrence Tabas for all county GOP chairs, in light of the “purge” of committee people across the state he said it amounted to a weak finger wag. governor candidate and most recently a past contender for county commissioner in Westmoreland County, shared his GOP-political experience with Harrisburg100. Hempfield, Pennsylvania – John Ventre, a one-time Pa.
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