Posted on 04/23/2016 10:26:37 PM PDT by RedWulf
During the Maine GOP caucus on March 5, candidate Ted Cruz came out on top with about 46 percent of the vote. Based on the caucus result Cruz was allocated 12 delegates, leaving nine for Trump and two for John Kasich.
cruz quoteMaine’s Governor Paul LePage coordinated with the Cruz camp, the Trump camp and the Kasich camp to insure the state convention would provide equitable distribution of the delegates based on the caucus result.
This is called a “unity ticket”, with delegates assigned based on the results of the caucus.
However, during the state’s convention this weekend the Cruz campaign reneged on the agreement and stabbed the caucus voters in the back. As they have in other state contests, Team Cruz manipulated the delegate selection to gain 19 of the 2o delegates. CNN has more on the events:
(Via CNN) […] Cruz collected 19 of the 20 spots up for grabs, with the 20th spot going to Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who’s supporting GOP front-runner Donald Trump.
The fight at the state’s convention Saturday underscores the intense battle for delegates heading into the Republican National Convention in July. Cruz’s campaign is pushing for every delegate it can collect to prevent Trump from winning the 1,237 he needs to win the nomination outright and force a floor fight. Even with Saturday’s developments, both Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich need to win more delegates than are available in the remaining primary contests to win the GOP nomination on the first ballot.
Ahead of the vote, LePage accused the Cruz campaign of going back on a promise to back a “unity slate” of the state’s delegates, a move he portrayed as “stabbing us in the back.”
In a statement, LePage said, “We reached a deal with Cruz’s national campaign to put up a unity slate that would honor the wishes of the thousands of Mainers who voted at caucus. But Cruz’s Northeast Political Director David Sawyer lied to us and broke the deal. Sawyer stabbed us in the back, reneged on the unity slate, and betrayed the people of Maine.”
Though he singled out Sawyer in his statement, LePage said the actions were emblematic of the Cruz campaign. “As we have seen throughout the country, Cruz’s national campaign is run by greedy political hooligans.”
Nah, you where never a Trump supporter. You are a paid Cruz shill trying to save his failing campaign.
Although you are right, the whole system smacks of cheating to me, legal or not.
The will of the voters are bypassed. That is just wrong.
“Trump is harping on this not to benefit this current campaign — because he knew second-round voting was a losing strategy for an outsider — but to force changes in the Primary and Convention process to make it easier for future outsiders. He loves watching Cruz dig his hole deeper and feed the “rigged” meme. He could not have anticipated that Cruz would play so dirty, making agreements and backstabbing, but he has capitalized on it.”
Trump is exposing the corruption and hasn’t been elected President yet. Imagine what he’d do when in the White House! (that’s why TPTB are so terrified of him.)
>Pure garbage.
Ted Cruz makes a deal on the delegates. Then team Cruz violates that deal and takes as many as they can. The deal was done in bad faith. Lyin’ Cheatin’ Ted is garbage.
Oh absolutely you’re right.
The delegate thing in this age of instant and constant communication seems obsolete to me on it’s face.
However, I am extremely disappointed that so long as it is the system that showing up is a very small price to pay for democracy to work, and this continuing ignorance and apathy is costing us our country, if we believe freedom has a price.
Don’t you think America has awakened though? I am heartened for the prospects of four years from now that NEVER AGAIN will we sit out the game and just grouse about the outcome.
This delegate thing is deadly if it isn’t reworked or dispensed with entirely. We could lose this thing, yet, if we can’t make the First Ballot. TRUMP is going to have to swing the RNC. Period.
Wow! Now I KNOW Cruz is a snake
“Don’t you think America has awakened though? I am heartened for the prospects of four years from now that NEVER AGAIN will we sit out the game and just grouse about the outcome.”
YUP, Trump has exposed the corruption and isn’t even elected yet! Just imagine the great changes he’ll make from the White House to all the corruption, evil-doing, and disenfranchising the voters. He’ll put thing back the way they should be, with the politicians being servants of the people.
And that is why they are terrified and vilifying him.
Cruz has no damn control of the Delegate selection!
The Delegates at the State Assembly elect those who will go to National.
He couldn’t give them back if he wanted to.
No worries. Hasn’t DT said that there will only be the first vote? The delegates are bound to vote for him in the first round. DT will win that, right? Get all the northeast states?
“A Cruz aide, however, said that while the campaign had worked to develop a “unity slate” of delegates with the other campaigns and LePage, no deal was ever formally agreed to.”
So will the Governor who blamed Sawyer, not Cruz, and expects Cruz to give DT the SECOND convention vote, tell the whole truth about there not being a “formal” agreement? Just wondering.
Corrction “Sawyer” should be Alice Stewart.
LOL!
I’m sure your humor is unintentional, but is satirically brilliant!
Typical reply of liars and oath breakers. Cruz is truly a republican Clinton.
Could be a liar, but liars generally call others liars.
>Could be a liar, but liars generally call others liars.
It’s not could be:
8 minutes of Ted Cruz lying.
https://amp.twimg.com/v/745e21cb-199f-4ffb-8238-8c5f67810ef1
Important info to know, thanks for sharing the article.
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