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O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E
JUNE 16, 2010
Contact:
Jonathan Gibbons
405-881-4034
contact@rjharris2010.com
CLEVELAND COUNTY GOP VICE-CHAIR TELLS RJ HARRIS HE IS BANNED

On Tuesday evening the RJ Harris 2010 campaign received an email from Tessa Breder (see
a&achment page for full text), the Vice-Chair of the Cleveland County GOP, staPng that he is now
banned from further Cleveland County GOP events because he allowed video of his and his
opponents speeches, taken at the recent Cleveland County Straw Poll, to be posted on his Facebook
wall. It is unclear from the email, sent via her cell phone, whether the Vice Chair is acPng at the
behest of the County Central CommiWee or of her own accord.

In response to Breder's acPon Harris stated: "I am for an open and fair process whereby the
Republican voters of this district have an opportunity to see their candidates side by side. There is no
reason to hide these speeches from the public unless Vice Chair Breder has reason to want to keep
District 4 Republican voters from having the informaPon they need to make an informed decision on
July 27th.

For a grassroots challenger, Harris did very well in the straw poll receiving 42% of the vote to Cole's
58%, despite the event organizers pressure on aWendees to turn in their straw poll ballots before the
speeches were complete. Many who cast ballots stated they would have voted dierently had they
been allowed to see Harris speak before the ballots were turned in. As is clearly audible from viewing
both videos (see links below), Harris was very enthusiasPcally received by the audience while Cole hits
only the usual talking points and evokes liWle response.

According to Harris, this is not the rst Pme Vice-Chairwoman Breder has aWempted to use her ocial
posiPon in a quesPonable way: "Last year Ms. Breder noPed me that she was endorsing and
supporPng my opponent Tom Cole. Given that such an acPon by a party ocial is patently against the
party rules, she is hardly the person that should be waiving the rule-book in my face especially when
the breach in this instance is nothing more than me providing the consPtuents the transparency they
have come to demand, yet ogen do not receive, from their elected ocials.
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Links to videos referenced in Breders email:

hWp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3wRHf4qYdg hWp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZcOv1VfMac

See a&ached page for full text of Tessa Breders email message and About RJ Harris
 ATTACHMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

June 16, 2010

Full text of email message sent by Cleveland County Vice-Chair Tessa Breder
to RJ Harris 2010 Campaign on June 15, 2010:

RJ,

Due to your and your campaign's inability to follow simple rules set out by the Cleveland County
GOP at last week's candidate forum, you will no longer be allowed to par:cipate as a candidate
in future Cleveland County GOP events. There was a large sign at the entrance of the event
clearly sta:ng that recording was not permiYed inside the auditorium. In addi:on, this
informa:on was included in every email sent out by the county party pertaining to the event.
Because videos of the event have miraculously found their way to your website and youtube
page, you clearly condone such ac:ons while being fully aware that you were breaking the rules.
If the voters of Cleveland County can't trust you to honestly follow simple guidelines, I don't know
how we can trust you to follow the cons:tu:on.

Tessa Breder
Cleveland County Republican Party Vice-Chairman

PS Good luck in the primary

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

About RJ Harris
RJ Harris is a currently serving nineteen-year Oklahoma Army Na:onal Guard Ocer, two-:me Iraq War
Veteran and U.S. Congressional Candidate for Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District. RJ has been ac:vated
for the Afghanistan surge but will be able to con:nue his congressional campaign. He is a University of
Oklahoma graduate in Philosophy and a third year law student at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
RJ is a Cons:tu:onal Conserva:ve Republican and a prominent leader in the na:on-wide grassroots Liberty
Candidate movement. He has appeared on Fox News' Freedom Watch twice with Judge Andrew Napolitano,
before numerous Tea Party candidate panels and been the featured guest on conserva:ve/libertarian talk-
radio programs across the country.

www.rjharris2010.com