VIDEO State Convention Recap

Hi, this is Chairman Paul Dame. I just finished our bianial convention here uh in Burlington. It was a full day packed with trainings for our town and uh county committee members. We also had an opportunity for Republicans from around the state to come together and listen to our legislators, our House members, our Senate members talk about the issues that they're fighting for, that they're working on in Mielar on our behalf. And we we covered a lot of stuff. We we talked about um housing. Uh we talked about education reform and some of the changes that are happening there. Uh we spent some time looking at affordability and uh and the concerns that people have about energy prices. And then we closed out with public safety. Uh uh law and order, you know, crime is is a huge issue in in other parts. These are all issues that Vermont Republicans are tackling headon, trying to to advance in MPar while Democrats are completely ignoring him. >> The progressive agenda is what we need. He's what we need. And it's just that simple. Thank you. We had phenomenal attendance, record-breaking attendance. We had uh tons of people showing up at the door. We completely sold out lunch. There just was no room anywhere to hear Lieutenant Governor John Rogers. Even as we came into the voting section, uh our delegate section was packed. We had chairs. I thought we had too many chairs. It was totally filled. Uh the place was packed. There was so much energy here. and you had uh an opportunity to listen to the heart of the Republican party, listening to to people who have uh put blood, sweat, and tears into the last election, who are focused on on uh 2026 and making sure that Vermont stays a place that our families want to be for future generations. >> It starts with us connecting with people in our communities and telling them what we stand for. And it was a a great time of of uh you know we had some competition. We had some very close races. Uh and in the end uh folks who were on on opposite sides came together and recognized that that kind of unity is more important that that we've got to put these things aside and and the things that separate us are small and they're and they're temporary and the things that unite us are important and significant and enduring. And I I hope you get a chance to to look over some of the the other material we have and uh and start thinking uh now about coming back in two years.