Posted on 04/13/2016 1:31:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The chairman of the Colorado Republican Party has gotten such a violent reaction to the results of his state’s caucus last weekend that he says he is considering bringing a local sheriff as one of his guests to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer.
“I’ve made the decision that I would not take my wife along. I am certainly at the very least going to use my personal guest pass to bring along a Republican sheriff," Steve House told POLITICO in an interview. “People might think that’s crazy, but not after what we’re growing through right now.”
What House is “going through” is 50 to 60 calls an hour, emails, text messages and online death threats from angry Donald Trump supporters since Sunday night when his contact information was released (it is not clear who originally sent out the information).
“Some of them are absolutely not repeatable, I wouldn’t even read them to my wife, let alone my children,” House said about the messages. He added later that he was thankful because out of his six kids, only one lives at home, and the one who does is in his 20s, though he added his family is “concerned.”
House told POLITICO he was forwarded one email that was originally sent to the Republican National Committee that said “He will not make it to Cleveland [for the convention] he and his family will be six feet under before that happens."
He has heard there will be a protest outside of his office and another outside his house on Friday, adding that he is working with local law enforcement to make sure his house and street are monitored.
The anger from Trump supporters came after the billionaire didn’t receive a single delegate in Colorado on Saturday. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz scooped all 34 delegates (30 are pledged to him, four have expressed publicly that they'll vote for him) and Trump has accused the state party of stifling the will of the people. His delegate adviser Paul Manafort on Sunday accused the Cruz campaign of employing “Gestapo tactics” to gain delegates.
Colorado did not hold a presidential primary preference caucus or primary for the public vote for a candidate (the decision to do without it came last summer), meaning Cruz’s win Saturday means both Trump and Ohio Gov. John Kasich will not receive any delegates from the state.
House said that people incorrectly believe the system was rigged and that “we’re somehow against Donald Trump and we’re not, it just isn’t true.”
“It’s not complicated, it’s simple math,” House said.
But despite the tsunami of anger directed at House – he has also heard of some Colorado delegates receiving death threats though not to the same magnitude – he is still trying to move forward. He refuses to change his phone number despite the fact that every so often so many calls come through he has to reset his phone.
“We’re not gonna back down, it’s not like I’m gonna walk away from my property,” he said, adding his philosophy is “don’t abandon your life, don’t abandon your home, don’t let people scare you.”
And he attempts to answer every call that comes from someone in Colorado even if the conversations are unpleasant.
On Tuesday in an interview with Sean Hannity's radio show, Cruz accused Trump and his campaign of behaving like a “mobster and thug” citing the threats House has received. Cruz made similar remarks on Glenn Beck's radio show Tuesday.
“I am very troubled at the Trump campaign's consistent pattern of inciting violence and threatening violence,” Cruz said to Hannity.
He said he believes that part of the anger comes from the fact that Trump did not win any delegates but others happened because of a tweet that was sent from the state's Republican party account Saturday night, reading "We did it. #NeverTrump."
The tweet was deleted, and almost immediately the party tweeted out that it wasn't them and came from an unauthorized user.
House told POLITICO it was still under investigation but his party had nothing to do with it.
"That didn’t come from us, we don’t know who it came from," he said Wednesday.
The RNC did not immediately respond to request for information about the guest badges House was discussing.
He’s putting on a show...If he was seriously scared, he would not make such an announcement that he is bringing a “bodyguard”...
Pure “showboat” politics.....
>> angry Donald Trump supporters
Is there any other kind?
Yes hes faking it. We saw Cruz try to restart the “Trump induces violence” meme just before these stories came out.
Its called false flag. Not buying it.
They “might” be generated by false-flag operations.
Without a gun or any weapons Per convention rules. So a Thug basically.
Donald is good ‘n’ mad
Where’s Moses when you need him?
Uh hunh.
Maybe the sheriff will arrest him for filing a false police report once it’s all over.
I believe these are coming from Cruz supporters claiming to be from Trump supporters. Just like the Bernie rioters who were in reality, Hillary shills. Give it a rest, 2ndDivisionvet - you are pathetic with your constant posting anti-Trump articles. You have worn out your welcome here.
Is this the same guy who sent out the #nevertrump tweet on the CO GOP twitter account? Would be interesting to find that out.
Still would have to meet the county, state laws of Cleveland and Ohio. Would need to comply with all permits and licenses
Once again I read two posts and quit. If you ever hear of a Trump supporter who does not condone violence or excuse all the Trump personal attacks on US citizens please ping me.
You know that feeling you get when someone is trying to sell you stuff over the phone and they follow it up with letters and you get to the point where you are not interested?
Keep it up Trump.
Ya just got to love a political party that thinks it’s necessary to bring in local law enforcement to protect itself against it’s own pissed off rank-and-file members! I wonder how long such a political party can continue to exist?
Cruz Bots could the people in Colorado be upset on how their vote was taken away or maybe the people the GOP has screwed sense McCain wanted to express their anger at stealing their votes.
Funny like in Minnesota where Al Franken stole his Senate seat not a Cruz Bot I am sure said driving around with a trunk full of Franken ballots were ok even though the State did count them.
The good Ole boy sheriff might be muscle in his community but I doubt if the Cleveland LEO would be very impressed with him. LOL is right!
Keep in mind, the left is planning on causing real live mischief.
I guess Im will leave my tar and feathers at home.
Yeah, those everyday people like little old ladies with flags and Dads with flags and red ballcaps are real mayhem creators. /sarc
Maybe better bring one for his mistress too, Ted’s pal Julie:
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