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Former Cruz campaign officials push for delegate coup at GOP convention
The Washington Examiner ^ | Ryan Lovelace

Posted on 06/09/2016 7:47:12 AM PDT by Cyberman

Officials from Ted Cruz's defunct presidential campaign are talking up the possibility of a coup at next month's Republican convention in Cleveland.

Bob Vander Plaats, a former national co-chair of Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, told NBC that "everything's got to be on the table" when it comes to exempting delegates from supporting Donald Trump at the convention....

Whether the anger and chatter about a coup among Cruz's ardent supporters materializes at the convention remains to be seen, but it appears to have gained steam following the fallout of Trump's racial invective directed at the presiding federal judge in a lawsuit regarding Trump University.

Trump's comments appeared to cause Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who previously endorsed Cruz, to rethink his support for Trump. And Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk ditched the Trump train as well. It's unclear whether delegates to the convention will follow suit, but there appears to be a growing chorus of Cruz supporters hoping for a revolt.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; lyinted; republicanparty; tedcruz
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To: Cyberman

1,542! Aint gonna happen!

Go Trump Go!


21 posted on 06/09/2016 8:19:53 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: Cyberman

It’s not going to happen. Even former Cruz supporters at the GA state convention are committed to sticking with Trump. They main bellyachers are the Bill Kristol/die-hard Romney types.


22 posted on 06/09/2016 8:24:06 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: Cyberman

So, folks, I tune into Fox today and it’s one guest after another harping on Trump’s “racism” or how “unpopular” he is.

NOT ONE asked the key question, if he’s so darned unpopular, why is he winning? Why is he essentially tied with Cankles in almost every poll and leading in OH, FL, and PA??

So here is my prediction. The neverTrumpers (and please, don’t EVER use the hashtag and give them any acknowledgment in any way) will continue their fantasy until they are routed at the convention. Trump, I think, is scaling back his public activities as he readies for the next big push, and I know from personal contact that they are (correctly) already looking a models of transition to the White House.

I think you’ll see a plateau of Trump (”peaking”) for a few weeks until, as Secretariat, he enters the next turn and begins to hit the afterburners. At that time, you should see him get the lead by 2-3 points in most national and battleground polls. Hillary will make another post-convention fall push, maybe tie it up.

Then I think you’ll see the Closer. Trump will in by 2-3 points nationally, and a sizeable margin in the Electoral College.


23 posted on 06/09/2016 8:24:31 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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24 posted on 06/09/2016 8:25:38 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: Lurkinanloomin
The Cheap Labor Express is desperate to block the citizens from electing anyone who would enforce the laws and borders.

That's part of it, but ultimately it is about control of the process. Understandable, but much less so if you view this election as a last chance to curb/slow down an existential threat of which the illegal alien problem is but one (but crucial) cog.
25 posted on 06/09/2016 8:26:00 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: buckalfa

Manafort IS a PIT BULL, believe me HE has his eye on the ball I feel so much better with him on the team!!! Manafort has backed some pretty shady people overseas he has experience with the worst of the worst this man has eyes and ears in the back of his head!!!


26 posted on 06/09/2016 8:28:42 AM PDT by Kit cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Cyberman

Cruz folks still trying to act as despots and thwart the will of the People - some “constitutionalists”....


27 posted on 06/09/2016 8:29:06 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Cyberman
Bob Vander Plaats, a former national co-chair of Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, told NBC that "everything's got to be on the table" when it comes to exempting delegates from supporting Donald Trump at the convention…

Iowa's wannabee co-kingmaker speaks!

28 posted on 06/09/2016 8:30:22 AM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Cyberman

The worst traitor that Trump exposed was Ted Cruz. Globalist and lying, manipulating fool. He won’t be able to win much as he is damaged goods.


29 posted on 06/09/2016 8:36:17 AM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.)
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To: Cyberman

If I don’t win the game, I’m taking the ball and bat and going home.


30 posted on 06/09/2016 8:36:53 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: niteowl77

:-)
Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record...

Historic 13 Million Blowout...

Beats Own Campaign Prediction, Reaching 1,536 Delegates...

Latino support for Trump on rise at 37%...

Surge of new citizens eager to vote against him hasn’t materialized...


31 posted on 06/09/2016 8:37:49 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: monkapotamus

Both Obama and Cruz are Harvard educated morons.


32 posted on 06/09/2016 8:37:51 AM PDT by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.)
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To: niteowl77

And then on the other side of the equation:-)
DEMS DOWN 7 MILLION VOTES FROM ‘08...

OBAMA WARNED: BACK OFF BERNIE...

EIGHT Hillary Films Set for Release Before Election...


33 posted on 06/09/2016 8:39:15 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: jmaroneps37

Well I think Cruz was a good candidate but he didn’t win. This carrying on is tarnishing his brand [worse than it is already]


34 posted on 06/09/2016 8:40:23 AM PDT by Principled (...the Supreme Court of the United States favors some laws over others...)
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To: Cyberman

If cruz successfully does this, he will lose 50 states.


35 posted on 06/09/2016 8:41:00 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: Mozilla
"Both Obama and Cruz are Harvard educated morons."

Harvard and Yale, doing for America what Oxford and Cambridge did for England. (How's that Empire now?) See original meaning "Town and Gown"

36 posted on 06/09/2016 8:58:29 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: Cyberman

“If you can’t win it, steal it,” say some deeply immoral elitists who believe they are ordained by God to dictate over the commoners, no matter whether it’s against their will or not.


37 posted on 06/09/2016 9:06:06 AM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
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To: Principled

Yeah, these guys are just going to sit down and shut up till called upon.


38 posted on 06/09/2016 9:08:02 AM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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To: JerseyDvl
Lying Ted Cruz, ever the scumbag establishment sellout.

"Now, now, people...do I have the face of a liar?"


39 posted on 06/09/2016 9:10:01 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: Principled

Cruz was not a good candidate. He was way too in love with the sound of his own voice. Don’t believe me? Check out his introduction of his VP candidate. It was about five hours long, or at least felt that way.

Too religious, too long winded, too erudite.


40 posted on 06/09/2016 9:14:40 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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