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Washington state GOP snubs Trump in delegate elections
CBS News ^ | May 22, 2016 | EMILY SCHULTHEIS

Posted on 05/22/2016 11:11:43 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Donald Trump may be the last Republican standing in the 2016 race, but that doesn't mean everyone in his party is happy about it.

At the Washington state Republican convention this weekend, 40 of the state's 41 elected GOP delegates went not to Trump but to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump's primary challenger in the race.

The Seattle Times reports that even Trump's state campaign chairman in Washington, state Sen. Don Benton, didn't snag a delegate slot in the anti-Trump crowd.

Cruz's state campaign manager, Saul Gamoran, said many Washington state Republicans are "taking a wait-and-see attitude" to Trump's candidacy.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump's primary challenger in the GOP race, picked up 40 of 41 delegates at the Washington state GOP convention this weekend.

In theory, Washington Republicans' delegate move will have little effect: despite electing delegates at this state convention, those delegates are bound to vote according to the statewide results in this Tuesday's upcoming Washington primary.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Ohio; US: Texas; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cleveland; cruz; cruzdelegates; election2016; johnkasich; lyinted; newyork; ohio; tedcruz; texas; trump; washington; washingtonconvention
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SMH.
1 posted on 05/22/2016 11:11:43 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Manipulated heavy DEM state.


2 posted on 05/22/2016 11:12:41 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Dumb is a four letter word.


3 posted on 05/22/2016 11:13:26 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

MrT5 was the only Republican/conservative from Washington state I ever met, aside from a few Freepers here-I had no idea there were others...


4 posted on 05/22/2016 11:16:43 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Hope Callfire helps!
We’ll see what the ‘people’ want.


5 posted on 05/22/2016 11:16:45 AM PDT by Guenevere (If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do....)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

They are not “Cruz” delegates. They are anti-Trump delegates, committed to having Hillary win, rather than any Republican who could derail the gravy train.


6 posted on 05/22/2016 11:18:25 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
In theory, To CBS' dismay, damnit Washington Republicans' delegate move will have little absolutely no effect: despite electing delegates by rapid Cruz supporters who are screaming like little babies at this state convention, those delegates are bound to vote according to the statewide results in this Tuesday's upcoming Washington primary resulting in Trump winning by another landslide and forcing CBS and their butt buddies in the media to cover the intra-party Demoncrat war.
7 posted on 05/22/2016 11:20:18 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (MAGA! Make America Great Again)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

They don’t seem to be the brightest bunch on the map.

‘Look at us. We would rather vote for an also-ran than for someone who can win.’


8 posted on 05/22/2016 11:23:23 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I have TOTALLY had it with these people.


9 posted on 05/22/2016 11:23:50 AM PDT by ZULU (DON'T GO OFF THE RESERVATION.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Vichy Republicans.


10 posted on 05/22/2016 11:30:09 AM PDT by gogeo (Donald Trump. Because it's finally come to that.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

And to think people are still deceived by the outsider persona Cruz masquerades as.

The GOP insiders will be at least as much a thorn in Trumps side as the RATS. Both have a vested interest in his failure, country be damned.


11 posted on 05/22/2016 11:32:53 AM PDT by phoneman08
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These are the same people who couldn’t wait to vote for Romney, the founder of obamacare.


12 posted on 05/22/2016 11:36:31 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (The day Trump is sworn in I'm changing my screen name.)
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To: PapaBear3625
"...They are not “Cruz” delegates. They are anti-Trump delegates..."

Would Cruz delegates rather see Hillary the crook win? I doubt it....however, Cruz is now a spoiler...he should move to back Trump and help America rid herself of Socialists/Marxist like Sanders and Clinton.

This election is about America....will she remain a tattered Republic or will she become Marxist....."Liberty or Death" could be where we are heading.

13 posted on 05/22/2016 11:39:38 AM PDT by yoe (Quantitative Easing For People.......your gov.$$$$at work...look it up.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Have to remember these people want the $15.00 min. wage. Now there are people on the government dole because they cannot find a job, some well educated people are included.
Wait &see? Too many in WA have cozied up to the socialist
belief. Sad.


14 posted on 05/22/2016 11:40:54 AM PDT by tillacum
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

The Cruz folks stacked the deck at the legislative caucuses. They organized a slate and made sure they would vote for each other to select delegates to the state convention. Mathematically it worked. Most of the legislative caucuses sent Cruz delegates to the state convention this way.


15 posted on 05/22/2016 11:52:03 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

https://themarshallreport.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/losers-are-in-the-process-of-meltdowns-winners-are-standing-with-trump/


16 posted on 05/22/2016 11:54:16 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
"At the Washington state Republican convention this weekend, 40 of the state's 41 elected GOP delegates went not to Trump but to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump's primary challenger in the race."


Let me make a correction a huge correction.

At the Washington state Republican convention this weekend, 40 of the state's 41 elected GOP delegates two bit sodomite arseholes went not to Trump but to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump's primary challenger in the race.

17 posted on 05/22/2016 11:57:01 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Nasty, petty little children, always on the Cruz side.


18 posted on 05/22/2016 11:58:25 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

A good friend of mine is a pubbie delegate here in Washington.

He tells me he has been TOLD in no uncertain terms by party bigwigs that he WILL vote for Cruz.

So he thinks he’s part of the problem if he goes along. Not sure exactly where his allegiance lies, he’s very upset that it sounds like the voice is gonna be of the party, not of the people.


19 posted on 05/22/2016 12:00:52 PM PDT by djf ("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Stupid people outing themselves. Most likely too much Starbucks or not enough


20 posted on 05/22/2016 12:01:29 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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