Posted on 12/11/2015 11:14:23 AM PST by GOPAreDemProgressives
Ben Carson on Friday blasted the Republican National Committee following a Washington Post report that nearly two-dozen establishment party figures were prepping for a potential brokered convention as Donald Trump continues to lead most polls.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus held a dinner in Washington, D.C., on Monday, and, according to five people who spoke with the Post, the possibility of Trump heading into the Cleveland convention with a substantial number of delegates was a topic of discussion. Some attendees suggested the establishment lay the groundwork for a floor fight that could lead the party's mainstream wing to unite behind an alternative. Carson rejected this approach.
'If the leaders of the Republican Party want to destroy the party, they should continue to hold meetings like the one described in the Washington Post this morning,' Carson said in a statement released by his campaign.
Carson said he prays the Post's report is incorrect and threatened to leave the GOP. 'If it is correct, every voter who is standing for change must know they are being betrayed. I won't stand for it said Carson, who added that if the plot is accurate, I assure you Donald Trump won't be the only one leaving the party.
The retired neurosurgeon said that next summer's Cleveland convention could be the last Republican National Convention if leaders try to manipulate it.
I am prepared to lose fair and square, as I am sure is Donald, Carson said. But I will not sit by and watch a theft. I intend on being the nominee. If I am not, the winner will have my support. If the winner isn't our nominee then we have a massive problem.'
Carson told ABC News on Friday he had no plans to run as an independent.
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Why is this 2016 Republican Convention in Cleveland beginning to remind me of the 1968 Democrat Convention in Chicago?
A better question is, “If the tiny minority of self-titled ‘moderate’, ‘Whig’ Republicans try to cling to power, will the conservatives finally have enough, overthrow them, then *expel* them from the party?”
We have tried to arrange a graceful exit from power for these liberals, but their efforts to cheat themselves into staying in power is trying our patience. Apparently only when they are kicked out for good will there be any chance of stopping the Democrats, tearing down a hundred years of corrupt and fetid progressivism and socialism, and restoring America to greatness.
Too bad for their multinational corporate masters, but they had better start planning for major payback against them for their anti-American perfidy as well.
Twinkie will not stand by and watch a theft either . . and
if a Twinkie can pick up on dirty tricks by the GOPe, that’s
“all she-wrote” for the Republican-e Party. They are
evidently going the way of the Whig Party & other obscure
ones in the ash bin of history. . good riddance!
The Republican Party is the mini Democratic Party.
The picture shows he checked the box that he was a Republican.
Mr. Priebus- You are hereby put on notice. If you want to destroy the party, keep it up. No more amnesty whores! We’re starting with president and then cleaning house through the ranks.
See ya Ben !
lol
Looked like a change of address form so he could vote where he lives.
So, is this the reason the 1-5% crowd is hanging in the race? To suck up enough delegates so Trump doesn’t get a clear-cut majority?
He did;
Carson said he prays the Post's report is incorrect and threatened to leave the GOP. 'If it is correct, every voter who is standing for change must know they are being betrayed. I won't stand for it said Carson, who added that if the plot is accurate, I assure you Donald Trump won't be the only one leaving the party.
Correct.
He recently moved from Maryland to Florida, as it shows on the form.
Nope! Put the RNC on the defense—make ‘em rebut it!
In other words, no matter who we vote for, the RNC will nominate Jeb. Then they'll blame Trump or some other third party candidate when Jeb loses, rather than the fact that they themselves shoved someone who almost nobody voted for down voter's throats.
Thank you!
I already did leave.
I can see a strong Replacement-Party ticket forming right before my eyes!
“The RNC/GOP has a death wish if they do this”
AMEN!
Good for Ben.
He just earned a cabinet position.
This is an interesting development.
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