Today's Republicans.
Posted on 07/13/2016 3:29:39 PM PDT by Pinkbell
Anti-Donald Trump forces are within striking distance of getting a vote on a measure aimed at challenging his nomination at the GOP convention next week.
An NBC News whip count of convention Rules Committee delegates finds that the Free the Delegates movement -- a grassroots group of delegates pushing a rules change to allow bound delegates to vote their "conscience" -- can count on at least 16 delegates open to the change based on delegates' public statements, backgrounds and social media profiles.
That's more than halfway to the 28 votes Trump detractors would need to produce a minority report on their proposal, which would give it a vote on the convention floor. At least four more delegates are undecided, while the positions of another 24 remain unknown and 68 have either gone on-record as opposed or their history of support for Trump suggests they would be.
The effort could get a boost from Utah Sen. Mike Lee and his wife, two delegates on the Rules Committee that both the Trump campaign and Free the Delegates operatives expect to vote in favor of the conscience clause. Lee was an early endorser and remains a good friend of Sen. Ted Cruz, and remains fiercely critical of the presumptive GOP nominee.
Lee's support could give cover to undecided delegates wary of backlash from GOP leaders and sway some undecideds.
But a top strategist involved in the Trump campaign's delegate operations expressed confidence the proposal would die in the committee, saying the Free the Delegates movement has a "continually lessening chance" of success.
"We're peeling people off" with their whip efforts, strategist said.
If anti-Trump forces do get a minority report in hand, the movement would need majority support from the full convention on the floor — and they insist they have the votes.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
simple fact; the DC establishment needs to be permanently ELIMINATED
My thoughts exactly. Things are pointing north for Trump versus hillary. Only thing the criminal liberal media has left is the hope of creating chaos at the GOP convention.
They are trying to overturn the will of the people.
Trump won with more votes than any other candidate against 16 others. The people spoke loud and clear.
Republicans do this, and I cut all ties. I will register Whig.
I was never anti-Trump, but was pro-Cruz, so I think I can credibly say today’s anti-Trump people are f’n idiots.
“Trump will be the only “R” I vote for this year. The rest will be third party or write in. Anyone that still votes for a friggin “Republicant” is just as traitorous as the GOP.”
I’m with you. These dirtbags have been selling out America for decades. I MIGHT vote for Trump’s VP choice (as well as Trump, of course). Other than that, Republicans have to do an awful lot of proving themselves before I’ll ever cast a vote for one of them again.
“I was never anti-Trump, but was pro-Cruz, so I think I can credibly say today’s anti-Trump people are f’n idiots.”
I have come down the same path as you.
This writer may be biased or uninformed.
“[Mike] Lee was an early endorser and remains a good friend of Sen. Ted Cruz...”
Lee was not an early endorser, unless you consider March 10 early in the campaign.
If I was one of those delegates, I’d be afraid to go back home after the convention and face those Trump supporters whom I’d just put the screws to...
Half way to 28?
According to some reports over the weekend, they were claimining they had the 28 required to force a ‘minority report’ vote.
Today's Republicans.
Latest rumors: they are trying to get Kasich to agree to be their proposed nominee.
After all, he plowed through the primaries and won one whole state — his own.
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yick! and right before dinner too :(
If they succeed, the GOP will lose by a massive landslide all the way up and down the ticket on Election Day.
The enemedia will build this false meme up to the very end, claiming that it is “building steam”, “building strength”, “nearly there”, etc., etc., etc.,, but will claim that at the very end if just BARELY failed in a real squeaker to the wire.
Yeah, right.
Absolutely, and I hear Reince is worried about that and working behind the scenes to try to prevent this.
4 Light poles, 4 ropes.
Always remember that NBC is America’s heir apparent to Joseph Goebbel’s Nazi Ministry of Propaganda.
[I can credibly say today’s anti-Trump people are f’n idiots.]
They are delusional. You cannot reason with people who have been sucked into the anti-TRUMP movement. The sad thing is they know what they are doing is wrong.
Sorry
The free the delegates movement is bought at paid for by the
Koch Brothers
They can’t buy Trump so they are pissed
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