Party leaders plan to deny Trump the nomination even if he wins most of the delegates
Posted on 03/22/2016 3:30:56 PM PDT by Rusty0604
Party leaders plan to deny Trump the nomination even if he wins most of the delegates.
The Republican Party establishment is prepared to manipulate the rules at the party's national convention this summer to deprive Donald Trump of the presidential nomination -- even if he wins an outright majority of delegates -- according to longtime political operative and Trump confidant Roger Stone.
"The insiders have poured over the rules of the Republican Party ... and they have found a way to lie, cheat and steal Trump out of enough delegates to force a second ballot."
This time the Republican establishment is planning to engage in procedural chicanery in hopes of disqualifying Trump delegates before the convention even begins
"They’ve cooked up a strategy to be employed at all costs to steal delegates from Trump so that he’ll fall below the 1,237 on the first ballot," ...
The entrenched GOP elite will challenge the credentials of delegates elected in certain states...
Party leaders intend to invoke Rule 16(d) which Stone describes as a "byzantine concoction of legalese" that disqualifies delegates elected in a state that allows voters who are not registered as Republicans to vote in the Republican primary.
This could lead to Trump's 22 delegates from Massachusetts and 16 delegates from Arkansas being disallowed.
Trump's 25 delegates from Missouri could also be challenged because state rules are far from clear-cut.
Would-be kingmakers may invoke Rule 38 "which prohibits states from requiring their delegations from voting as a unit, by a majority vote of all members of their state delegation." It could be argued that delegates are not bound, even on the first ballot.
"Widespread voter fraud in Texas and Oklahoma and the structure of the ballot in Ohio could sustain challenges before the entire convention ...
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I believe this will happen.
I believe the next two years will be the destruction of the Republican Party and general insurrection.
They’ve earned it all.
Burn It Down.
(Figuratively speaking, so far)
Tar,
Feathers,
Rails.
A fraction of we upstarts can do the job.
And then some.
Poured over. Oi veh!
If he get past the 1,237 magic number, there is nothing they will be able to do to stop him winning the nomination.
I predict that if they are so foolish to try and mount a 3rd party run, that it too will fail also...and result in the utter and complete defeat, disenfranchisement, and waste of the GOPe.
...and that will be a good thing.
I believe Trump would win in the general anyway.
My Open Letter to Ted Cruz
http://www.jeffhead.com/Cruz-ltr.htm
The guy with the Nixon tattoo on his back?
Winning the battle only to lose the war.
There’s a reason the GOP is called the Stupid Party.
Not gonna happen— Trump will be nominee...
yea Tom Coburn as a 3rd party will get 1 percent of the vote and be humiliated...
GOPe in its death throes.
pored not poured
The only plan they have right now is to keep backing cruz to take as many delegates as possible and stop Trump getting to that number.
Sadly some just can’t get that.
I sure hope those INSIDERS check with their families before taking on Trump, they may find their lives TOTALLY DISRUPTED.
(standard disclaimer: Not a threat...just noting how Trump responds to people that double-cross him)
They do this and all the down-ticket R candidates will lose.
It will empty the House of repubs and drain them from the Senate.
IMO Trump supporters would vote Trump as a write-in and leave the rest of the ballot BLANK.
Stocks lining Pennsylvania Ave.?
Common Core
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