Posted on 12/12/2019 10:00:10 AM PST by MNJohnnie
On Wednesday, the South Carolina Republican Party’s conclusion to not hold a 2020 Presidential primary has been confirmed and upheld.
This will make it even more difficult for less prominent candidates who are pushing to win against Trump.
The resolution was upheld by Circuit Judge Jocelyn Newman, who said the law “does not give Plaintiffs a legal right to a presidential preference primary, and the Court will not substitute its own judgment for that of the General Assembly or the SCGOP.”
Bob Inglis, former South Carolina congressmen sued state Republicans, claiming this decision to skip the primary, strips him and other likely candidates “of the ability to vote for the candidate of their choice in South Carolina’s famous (and particularly influential) ‘First in the South’ primary.”
More from NBC News:
South Carolina is among several states that have canceled Republican primaries and caucuses next year, an effort that helps Trump consolidate his support as Democrats work to winnow their large candidate field. The move, taken September in South Carolina by the state party’s executive committee, is not unusual for the party of the White House incumbent seeking reelection.
Challengers have emerged to Trump, including former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh. Mark Sanford, a former congressman and governor from South Carolina, entered the race but left after two months.
(Excerpt) Read more at analyzingamerica.org ...
I thought Nevada GOP already said they would NOT hold caucuses there in 2020 & would declare Trump the Nevada GOP candidate.
“Money is not unlimited. Would you rather millions be spent on pointless primaries or used to help at risk Republican candidates in the general? Would you rather see some unpopular RINO’s speech and actions in a primary give the Democrats ammunition to use in nationwide political ads? If you want someone other than Pres. Trump, you can always write the name in on your ballot”
So what GOPer in S. Carolina could get close to beating Trump if Trump did not spend a dime contesting them??? I say let the stupid RINO spend their money, waste their money; Trump does not have to.
Agreed.
The Republican or Democrat party has no more right to put up a presidential candidate than your local Golf club.
If they wanted they could pick their candidate by lottery, or height etc. or if they want to- by primary.-Tom
Oh, great. A judicial coronation.
Agreed. And another way to look at it is that a court has just ruled that since SC’s Republican Party can control whether or not it has a primary, so can the DNC as whole not be liable for rigging their national primary in 2016. So it could be seen as a protection mechanism for the Dims who got caught trying to cheat in 2016 (i.e. Hillary and her cronies).
Where did you hear that Trump had anything to do with the decision to not hold a South Carolina primary? Not from the article.
Are these people f'ing nuts? There is minuscule opposition to the nomination of Trump for reelection. It is a waste of time and money to conduct Rep primaries for President.
The Bush people tried this kind of thing when Pat Buchanan was running in '92 and it was tried when Reagan was challenging Ford in 76. A day will come again when re-nominating our party's incumbent is not necessarily a good idea. Open and competitive primaries are healthy for our party and our nation.
It is not Trump's decision nor is it the court's. The SC Rep party can decide what is best for its constituents/members. As a Rep in SC, I have no problem with the decision. Do what you want in NJ and leave us alone.
Who ever is looking like they will place 2nd. The more contested states, the longer the primary has to go on for the Dims
It an utter idiotic notion to assume that a party should spend millions of dollars staging a primary election just to feed the infantile egos of the rabidly stupid Never Trumpers
There are no serious challengers to Trump so there is no reason at all to waste the money that they can use to help electing GOP candidates to contested offices around the State instead.
It an utter idiotic notion to assume that a party should spend millions of dollars staging a primary election just to feed the infantile egos of the rabidly stupid Never Trumpers
The state party is doing the will of its members.
There are no serious challengers to Trump so there is no reason at all to waste the money that they can use to help electing GOP candidates to contested offices around the State instead.
Please read the article 1st rather then continue to embarrass yourself by posting utterly absurd ignorant rot like this
Money for the State GOP is limited and they have to pay for the primary.
Smart to use their money where it is useful not wasting it on the habitual Never Trumper whiners egos.
I think the state GOP is ignoring they are doing Trump no favors.
The Dims will use the lack of GOP primaries, from all the states where that happens, against Trump in the general election. Some Independents will be put off by it. Not that they could not vote, but because (x) states had no GOP vote to chose Trump.
No primary is a real bad precedent. Don’t think the GOPe won’t try to use it to their advantage in the future. And they will use this as an excuse to do whatever they want.
Independents are welcome to hold their own primaries.
Patriots are reminded that the Constitution, particularly the 12th Amendment, says nothing about political parties or primary elections.
Excerpted from the 12th Amendment: "The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President [emphasis added]; […], and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice- President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate"
In fact, not only did primary elections not get started until the 1900s, but they are a product of the anti-constitutional republic Progressive Movement imo.
United States presidential primary (history)
The reason that probably most patriots today accept primary elections as constitutional is that we grew up with this constitutionally baseless process and consequently wrongly think that primaries are “somehow” constitutional.
Note that the main obstacles originally preventing the Progressive Movement from destroying the constitutional republic by mob rule is the fact that the Founding States never gave ordinary citizen voters the specific constitutional power to vote for federal senators or POTUS.
So the ill-conceive 17th Amendment was a victory for Progressive Movement mob rule of the Senate, desperate Democratic mantra to get rid the of the electoral college to establish mob rule of the Oval Office the remaining holdout.
Also, since the states have never expressly given ordinary citizens the express constitutional power to vote for POTUS, technically speaking any state can revoke this politically correct “right” any time it wants to, depending on the judge imo.
Finally, since no evidence found so far of Congress having given the states permission to adopt the rules of the political parties, not only are the states violating the Constitution's prohibition on agreements and compacts with political parties (1.10.3), but state winner-take all laws violate 12th Amendment despite Democratic hypocritical "every vote counts" mantra imo.
"Article I, Section 10, Clause 3: No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State [emphasis added], or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."
Excerpted from the 12th Amendment: "The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice- President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate [emphasis added]; […]"
Corrections, insights welcome.
So when are voters going to emancipate themselves from the corrupt political parties by supporting PDJT in leading the states to repeal the 16th and 17th Amendments?
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If there were a contested primary there would be support in the party to have the primary. There is no support for a primary challenge so there no reason for the State party to waste million of dollars on it. They can use that money elsewhere helping electing candidates to contested offices.
Just because 3 or 4 rabid Never Trumpers whine is not justification to spend million of dollars feeding their infantile ignorant egos.
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