Posted on 06/23/2016 8:21:33 PM PDT by Innovative
Donald Trump's campaign believes it has the support of enough delegates to prevent a convention coup next month in Cleveland, and is building an expansive team to make sure of it.
The campaign's whip team, as first reported by Politico and outlined in interviews with multiple Trump strategists involved in the effort, includes 150 paid staffers and volunteers that will act as a direct line to delegates at the Republican National Convention.
Trump's team insists it's not a direct response to the growing grassroots effort to change the convention rules to make it easier to oust Trump as the party's nominee — the whip team, one operative said, is focused on laying the groundwork for "a unified convention, which shows how presidential Mr. Trump can be."
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Bull puckey. The nevertrump garbage is NOT "grassroots". It is orchestrated by and for the politicians and pundits whose gravy train is threatened.
We, the real grassroots, cannot allow ourselves to be used as a fake front for the GOPe and its sycophants.
To Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, Mitt Romney, et al:
FOAD
“The establishment will do anything and everything they can to keep Trump from getting the official nomination.”
I believe this. The establishment has too much (in their minds) to lose.
Voter Shaming in Iowa
Blaming Trump for the violent rent-a-mob lawlessness
Emphatically and passionately calling Trump a Fraud and Liar
Staying in when he couldn’t win, calling for a contested convention.
I know I’m missing a few... and to think he was my guy before Trump showed up. lesson learned.
Trump’s indictment of Hillary Clinton in the Court of Public Opinion has made all of this crap laughable. There will be no “revolt” and Lucifer and and crowd will either have to get in line or get out of the way.
I know where you are coming from...I was Trump or Cruz at first...Then, when Cruz started showing his true colors, I completely eliminated him from anything....
Small man syndrome.
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