Posted on 06/18/2016 5:03:04 PM PDT by mandaladon
Members of the GOP Convention Rules committee are planning to consider an amendment to allow delegates a way out of voting for Trump on the first ballotan effort that in an extreme could be used to deny him the nomination.
Under the proposal, delegates could be granted conscientious objector status, thereby freeing them from their pledge to vote as they are bound as the result of primaries and caucuses. The measure, first put forward by Colorado delegate Kendal Unruh, would undo the strict faithless-delegate rule enacted at the GOP convention in 2012 and allow a vote of conscience, whether personal or religious by delegates.
Allowable personal reasons shall include the public disclosure of one or more grievous acts of personal conduct by a nominee candidate, including but not limited to, criminally actionable acts, acts of moral turpitude or extreme prejudice, and/or notorious public statements of support for positions that clearly oppose or contradict the policies embodied in the Republican Partys platform as established at the national convention, the amendment says.
Nearly all convention delegates are bound under the current rulesat least on the first ballotby the results of primaries and caucuses in their states and territories. At minimum the proposed amendment would free frustrated delegates from having to vote for Trump, and in the extreme could deny Trump the 1,237 delegates required to win the nominationeven on the first ballot.
On Friday, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus announced the selection of the chair and co-chair of the Convention Rules Committee, Utah National Committeewoman Enid Mickelson and Massachusetts National Committeeman Ron Kaufman. Both have spoken negatively about Trump in the past, but are viewed as party institutionalists.
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If this story IS actually false BERNIE supporters who feel they have ALREADY been SCREWED by the establishment MAY just FLOCK to Mr. Trump just to PISS off the entire establishment if this story IS false it may backfire BIG TIME!!!!!
“The measure, first put forward by Colorado delegate Kendal Unruh”
It figures. First the Colorado GOP holds a fake Presidential nominating “election”, and now they want a fake national GOP convention.
So, our ‘elites’ want to steal the value of our vote from us? Why waste the money pretending the people have a voice? If they pull this off we’re officially a banana republic.. and most of us will never vote for another Republican as long as we live.
It is VERY important that WE ALL vote staying home and giving the DEMS both houses and POTUS will NOT bother the pubbies in the least, vote libitarian for both houses and maybe even POTUS we would be better off with Gary Johnson than HELLARY he is a little wacko however it would make a HUGE statement we are SCREWED no matter what but the libitarian party is better than the commie party!!! At least they HATE GOVERNMENT and guns would be safe!!!
Enid Mickelson is, as is Romney, mormon.
One wonders if the order came down from mormon headquarters to stop Donald Trump..
Hell no! I’m not voting for Gary Johnson (and I’m actually a small L libertarian).
I’m voting for Trump and that’s it.
So Conservatives get over yourselves and quit playing the Hurt Feelings card. You Conservative voters are IRRELEVANT.
Youre right.
The Republican Party never has been a conservative party.
Goldwater started the conservative wing of the party and he was unwelcome to begin with and even more so after he lost the 1964 election.
Reagan expanded the conservative base by bringing in the evangelical social conservatives. This new coalition also was not really welcome by the old guard Republicans and still isnt.
While the Republican old guard leadership is happy to welcome the votes of the conservative wing of the party and happy to have us volunteer in the campaigns they want us to sit on the sidelines and shut up and they certainly do not want us to run any of our candidates for national office.
When we run any of our candidates for congress we should not expect any help from the RNC because it will be scant or non-existent.
Here’s my C O status: NO TRUMP = NO VOTE & NO MONEY EVER, plus I swear I will campaign against all local Republicans.
Quislings each and every one and Cruz's silence is a sign of support for them.
These enemies I hate more than the rats
Even if not confirmed, think of the ramifications if they did this.
Could the republican party survive?
It would be complete and utter chaos, with huge blowback for people like Colorado delegate Kendal Unruh, who would be destroyed politically.
The ONLY thing this can lead to at this time is President Hillary Clinton.
Not a Mitt, or a Jeb, or a Ryan, or any of those other losers. The only Republican who even stands a chance is Trump, because to the whole world he won.
They simply cannot put that genie back in the bottle.
It’s over.
The last stage is acceptance. It is time to get to this.
Party death throws.
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