Minuteman Civil Defense Corps PAC
Press Release
ANYONE BUT MEL
MCDC PAC BELIEVES SENATOR MARTINEZ SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM TO THE GOP AND THE NATION
PHOENIX, AZ—The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Political Action Committee (MCDCPAC) is voicing their disapproval of U.S. Senator Mel Martinez as the nominee for General Chairman of the Republican National Committee due to his weak stance on the immigration crisis plaguing our nation. Senator Martinez, who is facing strong internal contention by delegates over his nomination to the position at the GOP’s Winter Session today, was the sponsor of legislation granting amnesty to illegal aliens last year, and his positions on other related matters, are in stark contrast to the beliefs of the GOP.
“The base of the Republican Party understands that there is an urgent need to secure the border first and foremost, and in strong contradiction, Senator Martinez would grant amnesty to lawbreakers instead,” stated Chris Simcox, President of The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Political Action Committee. “His amnesty bill last year stood to jeopardize the national security interests of this country and therefore he should not be rewarded with such an important leadership post.”
While MCDC PAC is a bi-partisan organization, it believes that the Republican Party lost control of Congress because it failed to campaign on the principles that have proven to resonate with their voters for the last twelve years. Many voting members of the GOP today are strong supporters of the Minuteman effort to secure America’s borders, and agree that their party must focus on securing our borders first.
“The GOP’s calamitous loss at the polls last November has brought with it much speculation as to what fueled the American defection from Republican leadership. None of those alleged causes are clearer than the abandonment of conservative principles that served as the core of the GOP rise to power over a decade ago—national sovereignty and secure borders among them,” said Simcox.
Minuteman PAC fully concurs with MCDC PAC on the poor choice of Martinez to head the RNC. Minuteman PAC, an unaffiliated PAC, spent hundreds of thousands in 2006 for border security champion candidates.
MCDC PAC forms the "political" counterpart to the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps under the leadership of Chris Simcox. It is a membership-only, affiliated political action committee of the Minuteman movement, duly filed and reporting under the Federal Election Commission and the 501(c)(4) authorizations granted to MCDC Project’s sponsor, the Declaration Alliance, by the Internal Revenue Service. MCDC PAC seeks to influence policy and legislation to secure our borders. Our current focus is on electing Borders First, Borders Only, Borders Now, No Amnesty representatives to Congress. MCDC PAC intends to protect, defend and uphold our national security and sovereignty, at home and abroad, by prosecuting with determination the war on terror in all its dimensions. This objective requires that we reject partisan political maneuvering with the potential to jeopardize our military men and women in foreign theaters of war, and that we secure America’s borders and internal territorial integrity against foreign invasion.