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    Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz on trying to keep Dems 'honest' at the DNC

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Quite simply.

Doesn't get it.

A few months ago he'd visit any university in Ohio.

And -- students there a little entrepreneurial advice.

Start a business he said.

But how borrow money if you have to from your parents he told him.

Seed.

Why -- big event.

-- That Democrats are not the only ones here in Charlotte several Republicans -- how to make sure -- their message doesn't get lost in the convention -- One of -- -- your talk has been -- change message access is there thanks Greta OK here -- -- political -- -- just.

Right a little perspective to -- to remind people that third -- three million people who are out of jobs and in our can't find work.

To remind the president that we had sixteen trillion dollars in debt we pay more than 600 million dollars a day in interest on that debt.

And -- gloss over and say we need keep moving forward when -- has a budget that not a single member of the house or senate.

Republican or Democrat has ever voted for those are things that I think the media needs to be reminded -- -- gets out and of the countryside.

What do you make of the platform issues and that's supposed to same can be said of -- Republican platform probably has some omissions but -- To a -- -- -- I want -- people are catching tonight is in the democratic platform.

That has to do with the access to the word got that out although it as a -- just reference that many speakers today.

Made reference here tonight make reference to bad.

Well look hundreds of people within the Democratic Party have their fingerprints on -- there's a process and I wish they go through and they've got these things.

And then they come up with an ultimate product -- to take the word got out is a is a serious omission and they're gonna -- It was delivered or was it that it wasn't an accident -- the sure everything's going because basically it accidental removal and a huge discussion with the collective group.

Think they made a decision that -- we should we don't want this in our platform for whatever reason but we don't want him.

Well I think that's the decision they -- that they don't want it if it'd been in several times before.

And so looking at this iteration somebody made a conscious decision they voted audit and said we don't want it in there same with -- taking out Jerusalem as the capital of Israel if you're concerned about the safety and security of Israel if that's what are your top tier issues I don't see any way that you could possibly support.

Barack Obama this time in last -- -- about 70% of that Jewish vote in in Florida and other key states.

It's vital and for them to take that out believe me the Romney campaign will remind people that -- Is that I mean why would they did that at some sort of political suicide because -- know that they're busy they're I think it's what they really believe.

-- -- separate realistic given credit for doing so they really believe -- -- for political reasons us.

-- well -- well yet but that's the problem is they are not the best friend of Israel.

And we should be united as Republicans -- Democrats that's the message we be should be sending to Iran in the rest of the world.

But when you go when you take this out now it certainly does become an issue and you suddenly have.

The Israeli ambassador having to take issue statements and do those types of things -- It was a blunder by the Democrats it was fundamentally wrong it should have been the message that we have strength to gather that's the message that Republicans are so I think.

You spoke about both conventions have very impressive this -- this can't.

They're Castro tonight Arkansas governor Martinez last week we saw a senate and -- and -- This seems to be the convention season it really -- showcase some are -- our superstar.

-- -- Hispanics this country.

W we have we have some great people in the Republican Party in -- been some stars on the democratic side of the aisle.

What Barack Obama has to deal part of the reason I'm here to remind people is.

The Democrats had the house the senate and the presidency they went two years they could have addressed immigration -- did not.

I didn't do a single thing with the immigration people still predict they will have the Hispanic vote -- is -- Christine how -- techcrunch said to me that.

Hispanics that -- stopped -- thought about they're conservatives but that -- spending this back -- to what people expect.

That in this election it will be the democratic.

I think the Republican Party has a lot more to offer Hispanics in terms of jobs opportunity.

Commitment to growing the American dream that's why you see like governor Martinez and Marco Rubio and others who've been who've risen up.

And are really leaders within the Republican Party we have just as must offer.

I would argue even more to offer when it comes to jobs opportunity and living the American very much more so than Democrats but if of course I'm totally objective.

Yes I've noticed that -- that.

It's like I graduate I'm happy you're we can't help us out that's the latest in the convention I absolutely think it's gonna --

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