Posted on 04/23/2016 10:26:37 PM PDT by RedWulf
During the Maine GOP caucus on March 5, candidate Ted Cruz came out on top with about 46 percent of the vote. Based on the caucus result Cruz was allocated 12 delegates, leaving nine for Trump and two for John Kasich.
cruz quoteMaine’s Governor Paul LePage coordinated with the Cruz camp, the Trump camp and the Kasich camp to insure the state convention would provide equitable distribution of the delegates based on the caucus result.
This is called a “unity ticket”, with delegates assigned based on the results of the caucus.
However, during the state’s convention this weekend the Cruz campaign reneged on the agreement and stabbed the caucus voters in the back. As they have in other state contests, Team Cruz manipulated the delegate selection to gain 19 of the 2o delegates. CNN has more on the events:
(Via CNN) […] Cruz collected 19 of the 20 spots up for grabs, with the 20th spot going to Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who’s supporting GOP front-runner Donald Trump.
The fight at the state’s convention Saturday underscores the intense battle for delegates heading into the Republican National Convention in July. Cruz’s campaign is pushing for every delegate it can collect to prevent Trump from winning the 1,237 he needs to win the nomination outright and force a floor fight. Even with Saturday’s developments, both Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich need to win more delegates than are available in the remaining primary contests to win the GOP nomination on the first ballot.
Ahead of the vote, LePage accused the Cruz campaign of going back on a promise to back a “unity slate” of the state’s delegates, a move he portrayed as “stabbing us in the back.”
In a statement, LePage said, “We reached a deal with Cruz’s national campaign to put up a unity slate that would honor the wishes of the thousands of Mainers who voted at caucus. But Cruz’s Northeast Political Director David Sawyer lied to us and broke the deal. Sawyer stabbed us in the back, reneged on the unity slate, and betrayed the people of Maine.”
Though he singled out Sawyer in his statement, LePage said the actions were emblematic of the Cruz campaign. “As we have seen throughout the country, Cruz’s national campaign is run by greedy political hooligans.”
Spoken like a real GOPe operative.
Excellent. I may have to borrow that.
Go for it. ;)
Deflection is an art form for Cruzlims. Cruz is so unlikeable the only way he can win is by underhanded means.
Oh right, Cruz is the only one who can be Hillary? Even though he can’t even beat Kasich right now. Do you even see the lack of logic with what your are saying?
Your boy lies and cheats, then when people call him out on it they’re the bad ones?
You sound like a democrat.
Your behavior cost you any chance of going further.
But it's time to take your advise to John Kasich and go home.
You may want to take a look at something Jim Robinson posted:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3424005/posts
Eerie how he takes a quick peek at the camera after she recoils.
You are delusional. Cruz can’t win enough Republican votes to beat Trump he certainly won’t beat Hillary except in phony polls.
Was it ok that Cruz attacked Melania? Why are you here since since you will never support Trump? If he is the nominee will you vote Cankles?
I wonder if 2nddiv account got suspended. He posted like 20 pro-cruz articles a day.
Lyin’ Cruz even sealed his birth records...just like Lyin’ Obama.
Why does one seal their records?
TO HIDE THE TRUTH.
LOL!
Youth & Skill do NOT go together...
No, what’s going on is voter nullification. The people vote their choice and then the politicos STEAL the peoples votes and replace them with their own.
“But it’s “the rules”.
Well, if so, “the people” were unaware of the dirty, lyin, cheatin rules.
This process is underhanded at best. “Rigged” as some say.
If these are the rules....THE RULES SUCK!
SUCK the crooked rules and the lyin, cheatin, sleazy, slimy, phony guy that uses them because he can’t win at the ballot box. The voters REJECT him and he crawls (slithers) in the back door, (snot, running down his nose) picking off delegates using archaic, smokey back room deal, rules.
THIS? is the person you want for your president?
“Team Cruz manipulated the delegate selection to gain 19 of the 2o delegates.”
Pure garbage.
The State Delegates at the Assembly elect the Delegates to the National Convention.
The Cruz National Campaign has no say in who those Delegates are.
In fact, the State Delegates Elect National Delegates specifically because there are more Cruz backers in the Assembly.
It would require a manufactured result to assign proportional delegates.
“Team Cruz manipulated the delegate selection to gain 19 of the 2o delegates.”
Pure garbage.
The State Delegates at the Assembly elect the Delegates to the National Convention.
The Cruz National Campaign has no say in who those Delegates are.
In fact, the State Delegates Elect National Delegates specifically because there are more Cruz backers in the Assembly.
It would require a manufactured result to assign proportional delegates.
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