Posted on 04/18/2016 6:51:06 PM PDT by Kaslin
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said "there's no room for threatening the delegates or the convention or anybody that would be going to our national convention," but he passed off much of that talk as "rhetoric and hyperbole."
Priebus told NBC on Sunday that, as Donald Trump calls the delegate-selection process rigged, "I don't know what the motivation is."
"There's really nothing that's rigged or being changed or altered. These are the same rules that were in place basically for over a century," he said. "But, at the very least, there's no way around the fact that all of these states submitted their delegate allocation plans by October 1st of 2015. And not a single thing has changed about it."
"These conventions that people talk about, number one, it's not common but a few states out West use a convention system, where delegates start competing at the county level a month ago and they go through the county, the precinct, the congressional district and a state convention. And the candidates participate the whole way through. And no one was complaining except for when it was all over," Priebus continued.
"And, look, every state is different. And to -- you can reform the system. I mean, look, we've all -- we -- this has been an ongoing debate."
The chairman stressed that "the RNC doesn't write any rules."
"The RNC has basically an administrative role at the convention. It's by majority rule the delegates can run the convention. So it's on them to decide what they want to do about a lot of these issues, not us," he said.
"...The voters empower the delegates. But ultimately the delegates, who, in most cases are bound by the outcome of caucuses and primaries and conventions, make the decisions at the convention."
Priebus added that if Trump "was winning the majority of votes, he'd likely have the majority of delegates -- but that's not actually what's happening."
"He's winning in plurality of votes. And he has a plurality of delegates. And under the rules, and under the concept of this country, a majority rules on everything. A majority rules on the electoral college. Majority rules at the DNC, the RNC and I don't know too many places where a majority doesn't rule," he said.
Asked if he'll let Trump bully him and "cave to his demands," the chairman replied that "the rules are set."
"I've been pretty clear," Priebus added. "I think I've done more TV in the last two weeks than I have in two years and it's because I'm not going to allow anyone to rewrite the rules of our party."
Trump's recent warning to the RNC: "You better straighten out the system, because the people want their vote. The people want to vote. And they want to be represented properly."
Priebus responded on CNN that "it's not a matter of party insiders -- it's a matter of 2,400-plus grass-roots activists, and whatever they want to do, they can do. And that's where the power lies."
He told CBS: "If they want to have 100 percent of everything they want to have happen, they have to be 100 percent committed to each of these states and how they select delegates."
"We are going to have plenty of security, plenty of protection for all the delegates," added Priebus. "We will be prepared. It will be a great convention. It will be an historic convention."
Source please.
I don’t think he has a say in it.
Did he then violate the following:
A sitting Senator of the US possibly colluding with CO state election officials to keep his opponents from voting possibly violating the then 15th Amendment of the Constitution and The voting rights act of 1965 by singling out a specific group voters and denying their right to vote?
When the CO RNC posted the #Nevertrump Twitter remark on their RNC Twitter account, they violated the 15th Amendment of the Constitution and The voting rights act of 1965 by singling out a specific group voters and denying their right to vote!! You can file lawsuit yourself against her and the party and ask for a Primary as your remedy!!! If the judges are corrupt you can try to file an International Tort claim against her and the party to bankrupt them forever.
A sitting Senator of the US possibly colluding with CO state election officials to keep his opponents from voting possibly violating the then 15th Amendment of the Constitution and The voting rights act of 1965 by singling out a specific group voters and denying their right to vote?
What is there is documented evidence that the Cruz campaign colluded, coordinated their efforts to remove Trump supporters from the process?
Such arrogance. They’re probably going to levitate Kasich
as “their” candidate. Kasich can’t likely beat Hillary &
that’s probably the idea. - My pitiful little vote doesn’t
count or matter. I don’t recognize my country any more.
Please read the article where the CO politician who put forth legislation to protect supposed RNC primary vote, switched gears and voted AGAINST his own bill which stopped a CO Republican Caucus or Primary. Even the local press was shocked and perplexed, because who sitting CO representative would submit a policy and then vote against his own policy? Read the article, even the CO Democrat Representatives voted that the Republicans should have a primary. But instead, Cruz CO Representatives voted AGAINST an actual vote from the citizens of Colorado and are now including some of their wives, designated CO delegates. Talk about disgusting politics. All because Cruz is so smarmy and power hungry. All Cruz seems to care about it power and running over even the average voter to negate their opinion.
Just watch as it happens.
I think that the rank-and-file party workers support Priebus far more than they support any particular candidate.
Shame on them.
And if anything, it just speaks to back room deals. Which we are tired of. No one has time for the shenanigans anymore, other than Cruz.
No other 3rd tier candidate left in the primary has been so obnoxious about bowing out gracefully. Cruz campaign was all over Rubio to get out a few weeks ago because he had no way to win.
Talk about a delusional. Cruz is just being a slick salesman politician and bashed Jeb Bush and Rubio to get out when he is in their same position. Comes off as so arrogant and slick. All Trump should do is play Cruz comments about Jeb Bush and Rubio along with Cruz's surrogates over and over again to show what a ahem…. liar and conniver Cruz campaign is.
Pollster and president of the Sen. Ted Cruz -aligned “Keep The Promise” PAC Kellyanne Conway says Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
had no constituency on Super Tuesday beyond wealthy donors and the chattering class.
“In Texas, Ted Cruz basically had what Marco Rubio had in South Carolina, but got a very different result,” Conway told executive chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon on Breitbart News Daily. “Ted Cruz had the endorsement of the current governor, the former governor, the lieutenant governor, a bunch of state legislators, and he came out of there with the lion’s share of 155 delegates allocated.”
Marco Rubio had the governor, the senator, Rep. Trey Gowdy , all the king’s horse’s and all the king’s men in South Carolina,” she said. “And he came out of South Carolina with zero delegates. So it shows that when Cruz does have some structure and support from the conservative cognoscente, in one of the states, like he did in Iowa, like he did in Texas, he wins. And he wins nicely. Rubio just can’t convert along the same way. So these endorsements and infrastructure matter if you can actually convert them.
Rubio won over the inside-the-Beltway vote in Northern Virginia, Conway added. “They’ve convinced themselves he’s the one. He’s the future of the Republican party. Marco Rubio may well be the future of the Republican Party. But apparently, the future is not happening now.”
Cruz campaign are obvious hypocrites.
Rancid Penis looks gay.
Reins reminds me of Willis, so I looked him up on Wiki and found the following. Reinse claims the RNC can’t change rules but what about year 2012, Rule 12? or, for that matter, where’s the straw polls of Rule 16?:
“Willis has criticized the rules adopted by the RNC, particularly Rules 12, 16, and 40,[9] which were instituted in what many believe to be a dubious manner during the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa.[by whom?]
“Rule 12 allows members of the Republican National Committee to amend the party’s rules (except for Rule 12 itself) at any time, rather than during national conventions, as had previously been the case. To do so requires a three-quarters vote of the body of the RNC.[10]
“Rule 16 forces individual state Republican Party committees to use statewide “presidential preference polls,” such as straw polls or primaries, to determine which candidate delegates will be bound to. This is counter to many of the states’ procedures.
“Rule 16 also allows the presumptive presidential candidate to disavow or veto any bound or allocated delegate for any reason whatsoever. In other words, the candidate who is most likely to win the vote at the convention will be allowed to remove delegates who are likely to vote for other candidates. This is to be done before the presumptive candidate is elected.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Willis_(politician)
Some headline. He must be trying to goad Trump into changing them at the convention.
He has no power to stop a rule change at the convention.
I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on tv, nor did I sleep in a Holiday Inn last night...but I *think* that the 15th amendment and voting rights acts may not apply to the party’s nomination processes.
This is double speak. The rules of the party SAY that the rules can be rewritten by the rules committee anytime they want.
Gee Just like in China and Soviet Union ;/
So wait a minute; after complaining for weeks and warning the RNC not to change the rules at the last minute, now the Trump supporters are upset because they WON’T change the rules?
After pointing out its ridiculous that the Colorado process was changed in August to exclude voters voting for candidates in favor of a small caucus of insiders voting for delegates. Trump supporters warn that the rules at Cleveland should not also be changed to give party insiders more power over the most popular choice of the people.
Now by being more detailed and removing the equivocating on the term "the rules" we can examine the point you made:
Oh wait...it evaporates when the equivocation is removed...I am so sorry. Perhaps another rationalization of election rigging being moral may come to mind....
And recent articles say they actually have had a plan or two submitted but opted to table such until it gets closer to the convention....
“Rancid little man..”
PRICELESS! A perfect description of that weasley, horrid little man...if you wish to call him a “man”.
He reminds me of a door to door vacuum cleaner salesman.
Thanks e2oerer!
Pingout!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3422325/posts?page=43#43
Violation by Priebus of 15th amendment & voting rights act of 1965, by tweeting that #nevertrump remark.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3422325/posts?page=33#33
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3422325/posts?page=38#38
Thanks for posting these !
Another pingout!!!
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