Posted on 04/14/2016 9:00:49 PM PDT by KC_Lion
Voters will "rise up" in opposition if Republican power brokers try to take the presidential nomination away from Donald Trump or Ted Cruz at the GOP convention this summer, Sarah Palin said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview.
The 2008 vice presidential nominee told The Associated Press that GOP voters have the right to decide the party's nominee and will rebel if House Speaker Paul Ryan or some other "white knight" is chosen at a contested convention. Ryan said this week he will not seek or accept the nomination.
Palin said voters know better than to be fooled by party leaders.
"How dare they?" Palin asked, denouncing "arrogant political operatives who underestimate the wisdom of the people."
If party leaders try to intervene at the July convention, "we will rise up and say our vote does count, our activism does count," she said.
Palin said she is not convinced by pledges from party leaders that the GOP nominee will be chosen from among those running for president.
"There are some snakes in there," she said of party leaders. "I've had to deal with the political machinery my whole career."
Palin said she plans to attend the convention in Cleveland, but she conceded that she may have to "invite myself to the party."
"I can't see any of them inviting me," she said of party leaders. "I think they are afraid of what I would say."
Palin, who has endorsed Trump, said she is confident he will win the GOP nomination, but said she can support Cruz if he emerges as the nominee.
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Palin says voters won't stand for it if Republican "power brokers" try to take the presidential nomination away from Trump or Cruz
Again, Sorry if I expert too much or too little from U.S. News.
Let me know and I will have it fixed.
"If I can trust that the electorate is as fed up as I am with the shenanigans and the corruption and the crony capitalism ... and can handle a true outsider, then you know that the time would be right" to run for president, she said.
Sarah has been reading F.R. again because JimRob said the EXACT same thing.
I love this Quote Too:
She said she backs Trump because he is "so reasonable and so full of common sense and knows that for America to be great again we have to develop our natural resources" such as oil and natural gas.
Bam!
Palin, who has endorsed Trump, said she is confident he will win the GOP nomination, but said she can support Cruz if he emerges as the nominee.
Shazam!
Sarah has been reading Free Republic Again, JimRob said the exsact same thing here: Path to certain failure: NeverTrump + NeverCruz = NeverWin = LostSCOTUS = LostFreedom = LostNation
Big bump.
Agree with Sarah on this. Difference with her statement and most Trump supporters, is, they think ONLY Trump is legitimate candidate.
Very good to see this published at a source other than her Facebook account.
Glad to discern that Todd is doing well-enough for her to attend Thursday’s meeting in DC.
If cruz gets it with 25% of the vote against Trump’s 42% it is a big theft and not going the dominant candidate.
Correction.
Trump is the only one, who can win the actual election. Cruz will be massacred, if he manages to (basically steal) the primary.
Then again, I have been for Trump for the entire election cycle. But I am convinced Cruz support is strictly old-time, mainstream GOP.
Not bad. But not going to win the election.
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Sarah’s descent is more than I care to witness.
I hope that at least he paid her well.
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She’s right here, including Cruz in the equation.
I just voted for her husband in the FR Caucus.
You had better include Cruz in that mix, because I won’t vote for Cruz if he steals the nomination at the Convention.
If Cruz is mathematically eliminated he needs to drop out, not try to fight for the nomination at the Convention.
Cruz goes establishment and it is Sarah who is the sellout?
That is one beautiful woman KC_Lion, thanks for the pic.
Don't bother about editor-surveyor, KC_Lion & fortheDeclaration.
He's nothing but a sitepest who's discredited himself.
editor-surveyor on Canadian Ted Cruz's eligibility:
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It is to laugh, editor-surveyor. :)
I suspect that S! has had a Conservative amount of work done to maintain a strong base.
I hope her husband is doing OK.
Palin is angry at Cruz because he pulled an Obama rather than staying and fighting for conservatives in the Senate.
She literally spent her time, money, and lent her good name to put Cruz over the top in 2012.
excellent!
Trump is more legit than Cruz. Cruz is more legit than Kasich. Kasich is more legit than Jeb. Jeb is more legit than Romney.
How well you did with primary voters in 2016 is how I measure legitimacy. Carpetbaggers who didn't run at all being the least legit.
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