Supporters cheer for republican presidential candidates Donald Trump Posted on 04/23/2016 2:49:35 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Supporters cheer for republican presidential candidates Donald Trump
Donald Trump may be the only Republican presidential candidate who can realistically hit the magic 1,237 number for the majority of delegates, but according to a senior Republican National Committee official that does not mean he will become the GOP presidential nominee.
Curly Haugland, a longstanding RNC official and an unbound delegate from North Dakota who will be on the convention rules committee in July, told CNBC that attaining 1,237 during the primaries does not secure the nomination.
"Even if Trump reaches the magic number of 1,237 the media and RNC are touting, that does not mean Trump is automatically the nominee," Haugland said. "The votes earned during the primary process are only estimates and are not legal convention votes. The only official votes to nominate a candidate are those that are cast from the convention floor."
Haugland explained the primary number is really an estimate. That's because the eligibility of some delegates in how they are voted in could be questioned and their status may not be considered valid, Haugland said.
"Remember every state has a different delegate allocation process," he said. "Delegates are picked up in state contests that can be winner take all, open primaries, and remember there are seven states that allow the candidates to pick their own delegates. Until those delegate challenges are settled, there is no 1,237."
Haugland said he expects the delegates won in winner-take-all states to be most likely challenged. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). RNC shoots down plan to shift power to the delegates
Hitting 1,237 in the primaries does not mean the candidate would automatically become the GOP presidential nominee.
"You become the presumptive nominee when you get 1,237 bound delegates," RNC spokesman Lindsay Walters told CNBC. "You officially become nominee when you have 1,237 votes on the floor of the convention."
Trump has been contesting the delegate appropriation methods, accusing the Ted Cruz campaign of stealing delegates in Louisiana and Colorado. The Trump campaign has said it is considering challenging the seating of the Colorado delegation at the July convention. In March, a Trump senior adviser confirmed the campaign was moving on its plan to contest delegates in Louisiana after Trump won the state's primary but received fewer delegates than Cruz.
The Trump campaign did not immediately return a request for comment about Haugland's assertions.
Pathological.
Already exists here, Mom...
Yep, I just saw it thanks :)
You’re welcome...:o)
Thanks for the info, UMCRevMom
All y’all,
Ping to shenanigans @ the convention!
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Keep those postcards going!
No Trump?
No vote!
So says a member of the central committee of the grand old communist party of the Banana Republic of America.
“Even if Trump reaches the magic number of 1,237 the media and RNC are touting, that does not mean Trump is automatically the nominee,” Haugland said. “The votes earned during the primary process are only estimates and are not legal convention votes. The only official votes to nominate a candidate are those that are cast from the convention floor.”
“You become the presumptive nominee when you get 1,237 bound delegates,” RNC spokesman Lindsay Walters told CNBC. “You officially become nominee when you have 1,237 votes on the floor of the convention.”
All he is really saying is that these estimated delegate totals don’t get you the nomination. It becomes official when they actually vote at the convention.
The delegates are bound on round one, and if Trump walks in with 1237 in round one, he’ll get it. Until then, he could only be called the “presumptive” nominee.
North Dakota is one of the few states where delegates are not bound even on the first ballot. I hope that’s all he is saying.
The clown is a loud mouth. Ignore his psywar trash talking. Trump have the voters. Nobody else does. Trump wins.
If he attains 1237 delegates and the party tries to deny him, their days as political players in the U. S. will cease at that very moment. None of them will have a say in what follows.
Trump will go third party, and not only his supporters, but others who don’t like foul play will join in.
The Republican party will cease to exist.
Curly Haugland, this is just that braying jackass from North Dakota who actually thinks he and his low life friends are in charge. He’s a message Curly we are taking this county and your party with it. So just STFU!
Do Republican ELECTED SENATORS and ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES understand that if Trump reaches 1237 and then is dumped that they will be DESTROYED in November, as there is NO WAY that we Trump people are about to pull the lever for ANY REPUBLICAN at any level, if the party denies him the nomination.
Do THESE REPUBLICANS understand at all that this is not just about Trump anymore - it is THEIR CAREERS and the careers of their staffs and everyone else associated with the Republican party that is on the line here. About the only Republicans safe this year are the 30 or so Senators that are NOT up for re-election...the rest will be sent packing, if Trump is sent packing.
This is a LOT MORE than just Trump at this point, on the line. It is up to these elected people to put a stop to this crap, if they want to have a job in January.
That makes more sense. Even Priebus has said as much. He has said multiple times that when a candidate reaches 1237 it’s all over.
Certainly, reaching 1237 can happen before the convention by the win results coming into the Convention, or shortly after the Convention opens by obtaining a few additional number of delegates to get you to 1237 and it’s over.
Oh, I’m sure the GOPe will try everything to take the nomination away from Donald. Can’t have anybody upsetting their gray train.
Just pointing out the obvious. It ain’t over until it’s over.
Curly - one of the 3 stooges 2.0 along with Rove and Reince......
This is just a loud mouthed fool wanting to show how insider smart he is by talking technicalities. He’s enjoying thinking he’s important because some fool reporter strokes his ego. He’s a dumb-ass.
So what does Cruz have to say about this.
Surely he condemned this outrageous statement by what must be assumed to be one of his supporters. Perhaps I missed his response to what surely has been asked multiple times by the press./S
Rush, Levin and Beck will spend all day Monday denouncing this outrage...right?
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