March 18th, 2013

RNC Chair to CNN: “The young faces in our party are the future of our party. But we can still honor heroes like John McCain, too.”

Today on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, RNC chairman Reince Priebus talks about his plan to revamp the GOP. A highlight from the interview is after the jump and a full transcript will be posted on http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/sitroom.html.

MANDATORY CREDIT: CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer”

Highlight from Full Interview:
THIS IS A RUSH FDCH TRANSCRIPT. IT MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BLITZER:  Are you with the old guard, the John McCains, or the new guard, shall we say, Rand Paul?

PRIEBUS:  Listen, I’m for everybody.  I think that we’ve got great horsepower in our party.  I think we’re a young party.  I spoke at CPAC, too, Wolf.  So I think that the guys — the young faces in our party are the future of our party.  But we can still honor heroes like John McCain, too.

So I don’t think we’re in any position, Wolf, to start cutting people out of our party.  We’re in no position to build by subtraction.  We have to build through addition.  Stay true to our principles.  And talk about our issues and relate to voters in a real detailed way, and in a long-term way.

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