[PhiloBedo]

Update: The chairman of the SC GOP tries to quell a growing uproar:

Regarding delegate questions today: to be clear, no one is seeking to unbind ANY of South Carolina’s national delegates.

— Matt Moore (@MattMooreSC) March 31, 2016

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Sought, and found.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Weirdest election ever, except for 1860.

[angelcindy]

so it should be for cruz and k sick on all their delegates

[mac_truck]

The people who support this nonsense need to be punched.

[DoughtyOne]

He had a meeting with Reince Priebus this morning.

Seems like he’s still on board to Reince and I.

[Hugin]

So every other candidate can break their pledge, and if Trump responds in kind they negate the will of the voters? The GOP just reveals itself as sleazier and sleazier. At this point I’m ready to walk away from them forever.

[kiryandil]

Curz forfeited his South Carolina delegates, too - oh, wait... ROFL!!!

[Responsibility2nd]

TOTALLY UNRELATED QUESTION

Why are these characters back? I see them on the Forums pages, but not on this specific thread.

So that’s why Cruz won’t give a straight answer when he’s asked if he’ll

I thought John had fixed this once and for all.

[TexasFreeper2009]

you people do realize there is NO scenerio where Cruz becomes president right?

If Trump gets the nomination, Cruz doesn’t become president.

If the nomination is stolen by convention trickery from Trump, he runs 3rd Party and Hillary becomes president.

Anyone pushing this kind of nonsense is actually trying to help Hillary be president.

It’s that simple folks.

And honestly, at this point, I wouldn’t even blame Trump for doing it, and would gladly vote 3rd party to register my disdain.

[Kenny]

Lewandowski tweet:

Regarding delegate questions today: to be clear, no one is seeking to unbind ANY of South Carolina's national delegates.— Matt Moore (@MattMooreSC) March 31, 2016

[NYRepublican72]

I don’t know how you can break a pledge if the nominee hasn’t even been chosen yet.

With that said, damn straight Trump should break that pledge if they GOP-e plays their little RINO games at the convention and gives us anyone other than Trump or Cruz. (and just Trump after Cruz can no longer win the nomination mathematically).

[Road Warrior ‘04]

“Mr. Trump! Do as we say!” “Mr. Cruz! Do as you wish!”

[Migraine]

It’s moot at the moment: it’s impossible to support or unsupport a nominee until there is one. Pretty meaningless, really.

[Raycpa]

Wouldn’t the written contract take precedence over a subsequent oral contract? In other words, can Trump void his written promise orally?

[onyx]

NO!

[Defiant]

If so, who would they go to? Cruz and Kasich won’t pledge to support the nominee, either.

[miss marmelstein]

Give them to Cruz who also broke the pledge.

[Nifster]

If he did then so did cruz

[wtd]

• CNN 3/29: GOP candidates back off pledge to support nominee (CNN)Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich all stepped back from their earlier pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee during Tuesday night's CNN town hall.

  However...

• Time: Trump’s Threat on Pledge Could Cost Him South Carolina Delegates (Break Pledge, Lose 50 Delegates) If this is true then Cruz and Kasich lose their delegates since they are on record as saying they would not support the nominee!

  Related:

• Marco Rubio has contacted Republican Party officials in states where he won delegates and asked that those delegates remain committed to him at the GOP Convention in July.

[CottonBall]

Cruz got ZERO delegates out of SC.

So this author’s spin that Cruz was so brilliant that he couldn’t give a straight answer and prattle on like a typical politician is contorted. Ridiculous actually.