Ahead of its state convention to be held Saturday in Grand Forks, the Nebraska GOP is ramping up security in order to prevent mayhem it believes could be caused by rowdy Ron Paul supporters.
Jordan McGrain, the executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party, informed the Nebraska Watchdog that party leaders have contracted with a private security company to keep a check on any attempt by Paul backers to disrupt the selection of delegates to the national convention.
“We’re just not going to tolerate any disruptions,” McGrain said. “This is not going to be a free-for-all.”
McGrain reports that Republicans in the Cornhusker State have been barraged with phone calls from supporters of both remaining Republican presidential candidates — Ron Paul and Mitt Romney. Many recipients of those phone calls have informed McGrain that representatives of both camps are trying to nail down the allegiances of potential delegates.
Consistent with his fear-mongering regarding the possibility of their disruption of the delegate selection process, McGrain accuses those promoting the election of Paul-friendly delegates of pretending to be state party officials in calls to delegates. A representative of the local Ron Paul 2012 campaign denies these allegations.
