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First on CNN: Priebus probes state GOP leaders over anti-Trump push
CNN ^ | June 17, 2016 | Sara Murray, CNN

Posted on 06/19/2016 8:22:18 PM PDT by Innovative

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has been quietly having conversations with state party leaders to discuss the latest push by convention delegates to nominate anyone other than Donald Trump.

Priebus has spoken with GOP party chairmen in multiple states in recent days in part to get a better sense of how large the anti-Trump faction is among their convention delegations, according to two people familiar with the conversations.

While Priebus has made clear in these conversations that he is not spearheading the latest push for a coup, his involvement sends a signal that the RNC is taking this effort to dump Trump seriously even as other movements have fizzled.

One source said Priebus' ultimate goal is unclear. But some anti-Trump forces are hoping to garner enough support to press the convention's rules committee to alter the rules governing the convention and open a path for a different candidate.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: New York; US: Utah; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2012election; 2016election; antitrump; billweld; cnn; convention; demagogicparty; election2012; election2016; garyjohnson; gopconvention; gope; libertarianparty; massachusetts; memebuilding; mittromney; newmexico; newyork; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; paulnehlen; paulryan; priebus; reincepriebus; republicanconvention; republicans; saramurray; trump; williamweld; wisconsin
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To: TTFlyer

God i HATE taking the side of Russians lately but that Russian leader was right when he said “America has gone mad and is trying to take the world with it!”

But if Trump is only down by 2 in most recent poll, then that leaves 10s of millions of us to fight.

I fought forty co workers in NYC in my department who were ALL liberals. Except the boss who was Italian and conservative :)

A lot of them told me they respected that i didn’t give a #### what all of them though, and sometimes, in dark corners, they would tell me they agreed with me on something.

If we show STRENGTH we can win!!!!


21 posted on 06/19/2016 8:42:54 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: montanajoe

The GOPee has been a choke for decades.


22 posted on 06/19/2016 8:42:58 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Innovative

old news


23 posted on 06/19/2016 8:43:28 PM PDT by jennychase ( Vote Trump Or get Ready for President Hillary)
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To: Innovative

I’m old, but not too old for WAR!


24 posted on 06/19/2016 8:43:42 PM PDT by onyx (DONATE MONTHLY because YOU POST HERE! VOTE TRUMP, at least once!)
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To: Paladin2

Maybe Priebus is truing to talk some sense into them —I hope so.


25 posted on 06/19/2016 8:43:58 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

This is CNN click bait/wishful thinking. Aint gonna happen.


26 posted on 06/19/2016 8:44:39 PM PDT by profit_guy
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To: Williams
I picture the loyal Trump delegates literally tearing traitorous delegates apart. If it gets to that point Trump folks will have nothing to lose. Prince Reeferous better let these putrid Cruzites get the word.
27 posted on 06/19/2016 8:45:28 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: dowcaet

Exactly. And it started with the Goldwater/LBJ election. It gained during the Nixon/Ford years, then was demolished by Reagan and then came the Bushes.

It really took off during the GW Bush administration. And people could not understand why the spent like crazy? Because nearly the whole bunch were liberals.


28 posted on 06/19/2016 8:48:07 PM PDT by crz
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To: dp0622

Quote:

“......If we show STRENGTH we can win!!!!”

It will take every ounce of strength. The entire US establishment is arrayed against Trump. Every institution from Wall Street, to the Media, to the government bureaucracy, to the Republican Party seek to destroy him.

This country is standing on its last legs.


29 posted on 06/19/2016 8:49:47 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: Innovative

Voter nullification would be the dumbest thing the GOPe has done in the history of the party...


30 posted on 06/19/2016 8:53:21 PM PDT by GOPJ (When a Muslim terrorist shoots up a gay bar, itÂ’s not gun violence.ItÂ’s Islamic terrorism.Greenfie)
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To: TTFlyer

Well then, I’m not gonna die fat on my couch or waste away in a camp.

I will follow the strongest leader that steps forward.

Like I said before, nobody lives forever and I’m not leaving my nephews/nieces that kind of country without a fight.


31 posted on 06/19/2016 8:54:12 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Innovative

Trump seems to trust Priebus, and Sean Spicer put out a statement that this won’t happen. Could they be playing dirty behind the scenes? Possibly, but I think they know they will lose the election in a landslide and fracture the party permanently. Maybe they are willing to do that to maintain status quo, but they know they will lose a lot of voters. Therefore, I think establishment folks like Ryan might let Trump get it and do what they have been doing, like having sitting governors not attend his rallies or having senators and congressmen run to the media and repudiate him. I think there is a segment that would rather have Hillary win and try again in 4 years than have Trump. I’m sure that’s not true of all of them, but there is definitely the Romney/Ryan/Bush wing that I think wants that.


32 posted on 06/19/2016 8:57:24 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: Williams

The real ones, that is. Too many Lyn’ Ted stealth delegates.


33 posted on 06/19/2016 8:57:54 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Sharia, No Islam. No Problem. Just say No to Islam. Period.)
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To: Innovative

That Rinse would be probing anyone sounds so gay....


34 posted on 06/19/2016 8:58:29 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: profit_guy

Rinse is a shoe shine boy. Not a shot caller. Go to GOP.com and what do you see: Not one word about the presumptive nominee. That tells you all you need to know about where the RNC stands.


35 posted on 06/19/2016 8:59:43 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Pinkbell

Well then, their time out in the Desert will be Decades...


36 posted on 06/19/2016 9:00:04 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Paladin2

There will be a big problem because I think if Hillary gets in, she gets in for eight years. I think she’ll stack the court and grant amnesty. All those new voters will surely vote Democrat. There won’t be a point in voting Republican again. One incentive, to me, was always the Supreme Court. I want Roe vs. Wade overturned. With the court stacked, I won’t even bother to vote.


37 posted on 06/19/2016 9:03:22 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: Pinkbell

GOPeers will not be appointing any more Scalias.


38 posted on 06/19/2016 9:05:03 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Innovative

I would rather see the gop go caput than have the gop we have today.


39 posted on 06/19/2016 9:07:58 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: Innovative
If Republicans at the convention select anyone other than Trump, who won the required delegates fair and square, the Republican party is finished.

If they try to pull anything like that I will never ever vote for a republican again. I have already told my congressman and senators.

40 posted on 06/19/2016 9:08:13 PM PDT by ladyjane
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