{"id":1255,"date":"2016-09-22T08:28:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2016-09-22T08:43:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:43:21","slug":"day-2-simulated-convention-of-states-quick-take-by-duane-quam-from-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2016\/09\/day-2-simulated-convention-of-states-quick-take-by-duane-quam-from-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: Simulated Convention of States &#8211; Quick Take by Duane Quam from Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I\u2019m here in Colonial Williamsburg with representatives from all fifty states who are experiencing the historic Simulated Convention of States.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I have to admit, I\u2019m inspired by the process that our Founders gave us in Article V. \u00a0But I\u2019m also inspired by the legislators who are so dedicated to fighting for this nation.<\/p>\n<p>At breakfast, Representative Duane Quam from Minnesota framed this simulated convention well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7b4uGQaJ5I\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At breakfast, Representative Duane Quam from Minnesota framed this simulated convention well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2673,"featured_media":1256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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