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The rumor if you like a good conspiracy theory, is that the powers that be and the big money in the Republican party are going to keep Haley in all the way to the Convention, no matter how bad she does and if she only pics up a handful of delegates. Then they are counting on Trump being convicted of at least one of the charges against his before the convention, they'll make a motion to disqualify him on those grounds and disqualify all his delegates as a result.

Yeah probably nonsense and if they did that it would likely result in democrats sweeping every state and federal office in November as a good 40% of Republicans would simply sit home and not vote for ANY Republican in November.

Then they are counting on Trump being convicted of at least one of the charges against his before the convention, they'll make a motion to disqualify him on those grounds and disqualify all his delegates as a result.

More of a hail mary, they're hoping that Trump will get arrested and sentenced to a prison term somewhere, perhaps by New York? Then Haley is the GOP frontrunner by default.

At that point, I think I'll vote for JFK Jr.

“Yeah probably nonsense and if they did that it would likely result in democrats sweeping every state and federal office in November”

We’ve learned after all these years that the GOPe doesn’t mind losing. They’ll still have the crumbs from the Democrat table. On top of that, they’d love to see us upstart deplorables punished.

“and if they did that it would likely result in democrats sweeping every state and federal office in November as a good 40% of Republicans would simply sit home and not vote for ANY Republican in November.”

yep ... and that would be the end of GOP party, too ... not that that would matter though, because once the Dems seize total power, that’ll be end of our Republic as well ...

RE: keep Haley to the convention in case of convictions for Trump....

Or the worse alternative for him. God forbid.

Then would she or DeSantis be on the convention balloting?
Return of Christie and Jeb Bush and more.
Politicians have no shame.

Small part of one opinion on what would happen: (Brookings is a left leaning site)

If the candidate dies or is incapacitated between mid-June 2024 when the primaries are over and before the Wednesday night of the nominating convention (the traditional time for the roll call vote) the convention would become what conventions used to be before reforms made the primaries dominant (minus the smoke-filled rooms.) Delegates would arrive in Milwaukee (for the Republicans) or Chicago (for the Democrats) largely uncommitted. They would then engage in the arduous process of deciding who their nominee should be. Presidential hopefuls would go from state delegation to state delegation making their case as did Sen. John Kennedy and Sen. Lyndon Johnson as recently as the 1960 convention in Los Angeles. The Republicans may have to adopt a new rule at the beginning of their convention so that the dead man’s delegates would be free. The Democrats have a rule saying that delegates shall “in all good conscience” vote for the person they were elected to represent — so they would most likely not need a rules change.

From: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-happens-if-a-presidential-candidate-cannot-take-office-due-to-death-or-incapacitation-before-january-2025/