Posted on 09/06/2019 12:17:11 PM PDT by Innovative
Republican officials in multiple states are on the verge of canceling their 2020 presidential primary elections in a show of support for President Donald Trump, even as some GOP candidates plan to challenge him.
Party leaders in South Carolina, Nevada and Arizona have all expressed support for nixing their presidential primaries, and are expected to make it official over the coming weeks. Leaders of the South Carolina and Nevada Republican parties will each meet Saturday to reach a decision, while the Arizona GOP Executive Committee will discuss its decision at a Sept. 14 meeting. Kansas Republicans are also considering nixing their primary, according Politico, which was the first to report on the moves by state Republican parties to cancel their primaries.
"This is nothing new, despite the media's inauthentic attempt to portray it as such," Arizona GOP Chairman Kelli Ward said. "Arizona Republicans are fired up to re-elect President Trump to a second term and will continue to work together to keep America -- and Arizona -- great."
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No primary stop travel or campaigning on the Presidential level.
I don’t think your concern about folks like Kasich is credible. I don’t see Trump losing any GOP POTUS primary, or giving any contender anything near 35% of the delegates. Trump will control the convention which means controlling when speakers will speak.
I would rather have Trump winning the primaries than the GOP merely having a top-down decided coronation.
In States with Open Primaries, at least, this move would prevent libtards from showing up as “crossover” voters to try and knock Trump out of the General Election by voting for some GOPe nevertrump idiot, or — worse — voting for some come-lately who jumped onto the ballot as a darkhorse Republican.
I think you missed my point. California (for example) has just passed a law that says a presidential candidate cant be on a primary ballot unless he makes his tax returns public. I wouldnt assume Trump would win the California primary with only write-in votes.
It also saves the states a lot of money which can be used in the general election.
Yup, we should sit back, let them spend money yakking loony policies and watch the jerks continue to make fools of themselves.
At the same time, it allows Republican voters on those open primary states to vote in the DEMOCRAT primaries. LOL.
I am pretty sure even without the formal primaries the President will be holding rallies. Not having to campaign in specific states opens up more flexibility.
Makes sense, he’s doing a great job and we don’t need distractions from kook GOPe’s like Kasich, Weld et al.
I am assuming the California law is going to be legally challenged as contrary to federal law, and that law will lose.
That - “open primaries” - is a separate and independent point. And I think that problem should be attacked head on - there should be no “open primaries”. To me a primary is for the people registered for a party to chose who THEY want to represent their party. A primary should not be a quasi winner take all general election; it should be restricted to voting only for the choices in the party someone is registered with.
Great, Bill Weld is a D R U N K who has ZERO CHANCE.
They don’t really have a choice, nobody out there has what it takes to take on Trump.
Youre probably right, but I wouldnt assume ANYTHING when it comes to the Federal courts.
this is interesting in 2012 D primary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries
Have they run this by Weld or Gaysick??
Also, caucuses are kind of fun! Definitely worthwhile attending.
No primary stop travel or campaigning on the Presidential level.
POTUS won’t campaign? Doubtful. Since Presidential travel usually includes fundraisers I don’t see a big savings here. This is primarily about keeping the heat off the RINOs down ballot.
My thought exactly.
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