"If someone has the majority of the delegates, from the votes of the people, I think you change that to your peril."
You mean this same Pelosi??
Posted on 03/03/2016 9:53:19 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi warned Thursday that it wouldn't be wise for Republicans to broker a deal that crowns another Republican candidate as the party's presidential nominee if Donald Trump earns the majority of delegates in the upcoming primaries.
"To the Republicans, if they think they are going to upset the verdict of the people in terms of the election, that can really become a very big Pandora's box," Pelosi said. "If someone has the majority of the delegates, from the votes of the people, I think you change that to your peril."
Rumors have swirled in the Capitol about a plot to dethrone Trump, who has angered the GOP establishment with his brash campaign style, proposal to ban Muslim entrants and a pledge to build a wall on the Mexican border. Republicans have said nothing officially about any plans to use the July Republican National Convention to contest a Trump win.
Instead, GOP leaders are taking shots at Trump hoping to hurt his performance in the remaining primaries in order to deprive him of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
I think she’s deluded enough to believe that Hitlerbeast would win in a 1v1 fight to Trump, but lose to Rube-o. That’s the only possible reason I can think of as to why she would say what she said.
Nancy Pelosi might want to change the subject away from Hillary being tried for treason or espionage...
She has nothing to worry about... the suckups in the press don’t want to write anything bad about Hillary. They don’t care if she caused the deaths of American intelligence people - those folks probably came from ‘flyover’ anyhow ... they don’t ‘count’ as real human beings... like elites in Washington.
Neither explanation is very assuring.
NANCY IS blowing her opinion because she is hoping to stop the bleeding of their voters to Trump!!!! She’s trying to be reasonable!!! BITCH!!!!!
"If someone has the majority of the delegates, from the votes of the people, I think you change that to your peril."
You mean this same Pelosi??
Yep. Not that Nan isn't an uber elitist herself, but she's been around this block a few times. I'm not a Barry Bonds fan, but if he gave me batting advice I'd listen.
Agree! There would be a severe backlash from the electorate for ANY politician, D or R, to overcome.
Reverse psychology.
Are you obtuse? They fear Cruz. They want a brokered convention, cause you can drive a truck convoy full of the left center trump supporters that would abandon trump for hillary, given that scenario. And because given that scenario, trump runs in the national as something other than democrat or republican. AND HANDS the national election to the nightmare hillary clinton.
You have the wonderful scene of pelosi and romney working against trump and especially CRUZ-— to get hillary and obamaumaocare elected. This is HOW the establishment works.
Cruz and Trump need to work together-— NOW. And trump needs to partner up, if they are sincere.
IF however trump is really being manipulated by clinton— then it is working with pelosi and romney. Remember this.
“Interesting. Something in all of this for the Dems or Pelosi is a closet Trump supporter?”
They want Trump more than either Rubio or Cruz for the simple reason is that they believe if Trump is the nominee, people (meaning ideological conservatives) will stay home and it will be 2012 again.
If Rubio is the nominee this definitely will happen. The one they most fear is Cruz, but since he is in it for the long haul, they would prefer to run against Trump.
I like Cruz, but this is an epic failure on the rats part.
Pelosi and Reid have both gotten donations from Trump.
If their guy doesn’t get our nomination... there will be hell toupee.
I’m sure she things Planned Parenthood does wonderful things... as a Trump supporter... do you believe that too?
Or more likely that Pelosi is looking forward to a Trump v Clinton general election.
I wonder why that would be.
A lifelong Democrat who has funded her campaigns in the past is leading for the nomination... of course she cares.
I’d go with Occam’s Razor: Just like everybody else in the elite circles, Pelosi believes Trump can’t really win and so wants the Republicans stuck with him. This is also an opportunity for her to talk trash about Republicans. In her mind, it’s a two-fer.
Bwahahahaha. I think she thinks Trump will be a pushover in the general election. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Can’t be good when 2 of FR’s most vocal Trump supporters are going at each other.
While the Trump phenomenon is the result of the GOPe effort to win the nomination without the base...
A Trump candidacy will be the end... Hillary with 6 seats at SCOTUS and 60 votes in the Senate.
Pro-Lifers are not showing up for a man who defends Planned Parenthood. It will be Romney all over again. Donald Trump is the damn establishment, just taking out the middleman.
Isn’t it comforting to know Nancy is so concerned about what happens on this side of the political aisle... /s
What a piece of work.
Pelosi’ advice: from a RAT Party Superdelegate.
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