Regarding "independents" defecting from the Republican party, it is with certainty that the writer is too stupid to pour pi$$ out of a pot.
Independents, by definition, are NOT REPUBLICANS anyway.
What this means is we don't really know what went on at this meeting.
Yep. And a good share of these "moderates" don't vote on issues anyway. They vote on emotion. And not just illogical emotion, but shifting emotion. Their thinking is so shallow, they can't even explain it. Every candidate has to attract people like this if they expect to win. Some of these emotional voters are so feeling based that they won't come to their senses until they are herded into a boxcar.