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After a pro-[[Donald Trump]] mob [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol|attacked the U.S. Capitol in January 2021]], Yue and most other Republican Party figures remained loyal to Trump, and sponsored a state Republican party resolution condemning the ten House Republicans who [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|voted in favor of Trump's impeachment]].<ref>David Sider, [https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/post-trump-gop-462864 The GOP's answer to its post-Trump blues: More Trump], ''Politico'' (January 27, 2021).</ref><ref name=SaysUnaware>{{Cite web|author1=Andrew Kaczynski |author2=Drew Myers |title=Top Oregon RNC official says he was unaware of pro-Nazi host and White national activist they discussed during YouTube chat|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/politics/solomon-yue-on-white-nationalist/index.html|date=June 29, 2021|publisher=CNN}}</ref> Yue played a key role in getting the Oregon Republican Party to adopt a resolution claiming that the storming of the Capitol was a "false flag" intended "to discredit President Trump, his supporters, and all conservative Republicans."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Grynbaum|first1=Michael M.|last2=Alba|first2=Davey|author-link2=Davey Alba|last3=Epstein|first3=Reid J.|date=2021-03-01|title=How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/politics/antifa-conspiracy-capitol-riot.html|access-date=2021-03-01|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In March 2021, Yue also appeared on a YouTube show hosted by Greyson Arnold, who has praised [[Nazi Germany]] and espoused racism and anti-Semitism; on the show, Yue said activist [[Nick Fuentes]] could one day have a role in picking Republican candidates.<ref name=SaysUnaware/> After his appearance attracted scrutiny, Yue said that he was unaware of the views of Arnold and Fuentes at the time of his appearance on the show.<ref name=SaysUnaware/> |
After a pro-[[Donald Trump]] mob [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol|attacked the U.S. Capitol in January 2021]], Yue and most other Republican Party figures remained loyal to Trump, and sponsored a state Republican party resolution condemning the ten House Republicans who [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|voted in favor of Trump's impeachment]].<ref>David Sider, [https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/post-trump-gop-462864 The GOP's answer to its post-Trump blues: More Trump], ''Politico'' (January 27, 2021).</ref><ref name=SaysUnaware>{{Cite web|author1=Andrew Kaczynski |author2=Drew Myers |title=Top Oregon RNC official says he was unaware of pro-Nazi host and White national activist they discussed during YouTube chat|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/politics/solomon-yue-on-white-nationalist/index.html|date=June 29, 2021|publisher=CNN}}</ref> Yue played a key role in getting the Oregon Republican Party to adopt a resolution claiming that the storming of the Capitol was a "false flag" intended "to discredit President Trump, his supporters, and all conservative Republicans."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Grynbaum|first1=Michael M.|last2=Alba|first2=Davey|author-link2=Davey Alba|last3=Epstein|first3=Reid J.|date=2021-03-01|title=How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/politics/antifa-conspiracy-capitol-riot.html|access-date=2021-03-01|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In March 2021, Yue also appeared on a YouTube show hosted by Greyson Arnold, who has praised [[Nazi Germany]] and espoused racism and anti-Semitism; on the show, Yue said activist [[Nick Fuentes]] could one day have a role in picking Republican candidates.<ref name=SaysUnaware/> After his appearance attracted scrutiny, Yue said that he was unaware of the views of Arnold and Fuentes at the time of his appearance on the show.<ref name=SaysUnaware/> |
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In 2022, Yue was the Chief Sponsor of the RNC's Resolution in Support of Taiwan<ref>{{Cite web |title=RNC |url=https://prod-static.gop.com/media/Resolution-in-Support-of-Taiwan.pdf?_gl=1*eur5ii*_gcl_au*MTg5NDQxNTI1Mi4xNjkxNTYzNjgy&_ga=2.206268570.826990846.1691563683-1704154129.1691563682}}</ref> and the Resolution to Hold China Accountable for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RNC |url=https://prod-static.gop.com/media/1-RESOLUTION-TO-HOLD-COMMUNIST-CHINA-ACCOUNTABLE.pdf?_gl=1*1f1zvig*_gcl_au*MTg5NDQxNTI1Mi4xNjkxNTYzNjgy&_ga=2.249397390.826990846.1691563683-1704154129.1691563682}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:51, 9 August 2023
Solomon Yue Jr. | |
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| Republican National Committeeman from Oregon | |
| Assumed office July 31, 2000 Serving with Chris Barreto | |
| Chair | Jim Nicholson → Jim Gilmore → Mark Racicot → Ed Gillespie → Ken Mehlman → Mike Duncan → Michael Steele → Reince Priebus → Ronna McDaniel |
| Preceded by | Denny Smith |
| Member of the Executive Committee of the Oregon Republican Party[1] | |
| Assumed office 1995 | |
| Chair | Randy Miller → Deanna Smith → Perry Atkinson → Kevin Mannix → Vance Day → Bob Tiernan → Allen Alley → Suzanne Gallagher → Art Robinson → Bill Currier |
| Chairman of the Polk County Republican Party | |
| In office 2000–2002 | |
| Vice Chair | Scott Powell |
| Preceded by | Ron Finster[2] |
| Succeeded by | Scott Powell |
| Precinct Committee Person from Polk County's 178th Precinct[3] | |
| Assumed office 1996[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yu Huaisong May 7, 1959 Shanghai, China |
| Nationality | American (after 1992) Chinese (before 1992) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Ourania Yue
(m. 1990; died 2021) |
| Parent | Solomon Yue |
| Relatives | Grandfather: John Yue |
| Residence | Salem, Oregon |
| Alma mater | Alaska Pacific University (BA) University of Alaska Anchorage (MBA) |
Solomon Yue Jr. (Chinese: 俞怀松, born May 8, 1959) is an American Republican Party activist and businessperson.[4] He is the founder and vice chairman and CEO of the voter advocacy group Republicans Overseas[5] and the National Committeeman to the Republican National Committee for the Oregon Republican Party.[6][4]
Early life and business activities
An immigrant from China, Yue became a businessman in the United States, based in Salem, Oregon.[7][8]
Republican Party activities
Since 2000,[9] Yue has been a Republican National Committee member from Oregon.[7][9] He is 10th in seniority among the 168 members of the RNC. As a Republican National Committeeman, Yue is known as a staunchly conservative grassroots supporter. In 2009, with attorney Jim Bopp, an Indiana RNC committeeman,[7][10]they co-founded the RNC "conservative steering committee" and co-drafted a resolution against Republican President George W. Bush's endorsement of the federal rescue of the financial industry and auto industry, and criticized then President-elect Barack Obama for his economic stimulus plan.[7] Yue criticized Bush for his support of the Medicare Part D prescription-drug benefit.[7] Yue later supported an RNC resolution that would require Republicans candidates to meet a purity test before obtaining party support,[8] and another resolution in 2009 that claimed that the Democratic Party was "dedicated to restructuring American society along socialist ideals"[10] and sought to require Republicans to label the Democratic Party as a "socialist" party.[8] Yue clashed with RNC chairman Michael Steele and Oregon Republican Party chairman Bob Tiernan, who was known in Republican circles as Steele’s attack dog.[10][8] Yue and Bopp spearheaded an internal party fight to oust Steele from the national chairmanship after Steele was caught using donor funds to take staffers to a California lesbian bondage-themed strip club.[11] [12][13]In 2010, Tiernan accused Yue of stirring up discord within the RNC and Oregon Republican Party; Yue, in turn, accused Tiernan of requiring "absolute loyalty."[8]
Yue was a delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention, where he praised the party's ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin.[14] He was Oregon superdelegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention, pledged, in accordance to Oregon state law, to Mitt Romney.[15]
In April 2016, as a member of the Republican National Committee's rules committee, Yue proposed a change to the party's procedural rules that would make it more difficult for Republican leaders to place in nomination, at the 2016 Republican National Convention, the name of a candidate not already in the race. The debate over the proposal occurred as Donald Trump and Ted Cruz battled for the presidential nomination, raising the prospect of a contested convention.[9][16] Yue wrote a 1,300-word email accusing RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and other party leader of "institutional tyranny" over their opposition to his proposal.[9] The rules committee rejected Yue's proposal to change the rules.[16] Yue maneuvered to ensure Trump's nomination at the convention over the last-ditch objection of anti-Trump Republican holdouts.[17][18]
After a pro-Donald Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, Yue and most other Republican Party figures remained loyal to Trump, and sponsored a state Republican party resolution condemning the ten House Republicans who voted in favor of Trump's impeachment.[19][20] Yue played a key role in getting the Oregon Republican Party to adopt a resolution claiming that the storming of the Capitol was a "false flag" intended "to discredit President Trump, his supporters, and all conservative Republicans."[21] In March 2021, Yue also appeared on a YouTube show hosted by Greyson Arnold, who has praised Nazi Germany and espoused racism and anti-Semitism; on the show, Yue said activist Nick Fuentes could one day have a role in picking Republican candidates.[20] After his appearance attracted scrutiny, Yue said that he was unaware of the views of Arnold and Fuentes at the time of his appearance on the show.[20]
In 2022, Yue was the Chief Sponsor of the RNC's Resolution in Support of Taiwan[22] and the Resolution to Hold China Accountable for COVID-19.[23]
References
- ^ a b "GOP State Directory Oregon Republican Party". 2006. Archived from the original on February 14, 2006.
- ^ Steve Law (July 30, 2000). "Yue Turns Attention to GOP Matters". Statesman Journal.
- ^ "Precinct Committee Person Report" (PDF). October 21, 2019.
- ^ a b Goldmacher, Shane; Isenstadt, Alex. "RNC member accuses party of 'institutional tyranny'". POLITICO. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "Trump or Biden? China expects no favours either way". BBC News. August 28, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "Leadership". Republicans Overseas.
- ^ a b c d e Jeff Mapes, Oregon's Yue in middle of RNC leadership fight, The Oregonian/OregonLive (January 6, 2009).
- ^ a b c d e Jeff Mapes, Tiernan-Yue spat roils Republican Party, The Oregonian/OregonLive (May 26, 2010).
- ^ a b c d Shane Goldmacher & Alex Isenstadt, RNC member accuses party of 'institutional tyranny', Politico (April 18, 2016).
- ^ a b c Jeff Mapes, GOP fights over labeling Democrats as Socialists, The Oregonian/OregonLive (April 23, 2009).
- ^ Jonathan Martin, As RNC conservatives launch Dump Steele effort, race returns to fore, Politico (December 26, 2010).
- ^ "Michael Steele and the strippers". The Guardian.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Foster's Daily Democrat".
- ^ Harry Esteve, Oregon delegates say GOP convention will "energize people", The Oregonian (August 31, 2008).
- ^ Jeff Mapes, Republicans cancel first day of national convention as Isaac approaches, The Oregonian/OregonLive (August 25, 2012).
- ^ a b Jonathan Martin, Republicans Reject Effort to Alter Rules on Allowing New Candidate at Convention, New York Times (April 21, 2016).
- ^ Ed O'Keefe & Dan Balz, GOP moves closer to the base, and away from the broader public, in party platform, Washington Post (July 12, 2016).
- ^ Kyle Cheney, Never Trump plots last stand at Cleveland convention, Politico (July 17, 2016).
- ^ David Sider, The GOP's answer to its post-Trump blues: More Trump, Politico (January 27, 2021).
- ^ a b c Andrew Kaczynski; Drew Myers (June 29, 2021). "Top Oregon RNC official says he was unaware of pro-Nazi host and White national activist they discussed during YouTube chat". CNN.
- ^ Grynbaum, Michael M.; Alba, Davey; Epstein, Reid J. (March 1, 2021). "How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ "RNC" (PDF).
- ^ "RNC" (PDF).