Posted on 08/23/2015 6:11:30 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
Published on Aug 13, 2015
http://Twitter.com/@benswann_ Ben Swann takes a look at threats by the GOP to possibly ban Donald Trump from future debates if he is unwilling to pledge not to run as an independent in the general election. Can the RNC actually ban Trump? This is a Reality Check you won’t see anywhere else. Lets talk about this on Twitter.
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This have been floating around for several days. I cannot imagine the Republican leads hip would be so incredibly stupid as to try this.
They do that and they better get ready for a third party run.
They also have an article about it, here.....
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/08/23/media-report-rnc-threat-to-trump-make-pledge-or-be-banned-from-debate/
Loved this comment, from above link......
He doesn’t need to go Indy. He is well on his way to a hostile takeover. They let him in one debate already. Changing the rules after he is winning is offensive to the public. Telling him he has to give up his leverage after he is already there is no go. No one will watch their crappy debates without him. He already beat Megyn Kelly who was his number one foe in a debate. They think he isn’t going to beat a bunch of whiny functionaries who want to freeze out the biggest minority stockholder like Trump? They let Trump in now they have to deal with him. The do nothings and legacy idiots always scream loudest in a hostile takeover. If the Republicans had been winning the White House and/or successfully putting the brakes on Obama there would be no Trump. Impotence, dysfunction and no success brings hostile takeovers.
Even if Trump were to do this and come out ahead of everybody going into the nomination convention, the Vichy RNC would find a way to broker him out of the nomination.
Even if he were to somehow survive this and get a nomination, the Vichy RNC would not support him financially. You can take that to the bank.
Banning him would help him. He becomes he story. He has also kept his financial powder dry, and no one would hold it aagainst him if he responded by buying a half-hour of prime network time to frame his message as he sees fit.
Trump already showed what he would do when he held town meeting at same time Bush had his in New Hampshire. Trump will simply create an event to coincide with debate and suck the air out of the Republican debate.
Well that’s silly.
Trump doesn’t need RNC, RNC needs Trump.
Trump may win as an indie anyway. He pulls voters from all groups.
They COULD ban him, but that would REALLY hurt their ratings. It’s like that Red State gathering, not having Trump there hurt everyone attending.
In fact, Trump should make them BEG to show up.
Reality check: The GOP needs Trump more than Trump needs them.
Anyone smell “lawsuit” a brewing?
Yep. They didn't even try to stop him.
If Republican leadership tries this, then they learned nothing from the Confederate Flag issue. When you try to ban something/someone, it/they become more popular.
The Republicans need the conservative vote in 2016 or it’s curtains. In the past they have at least paid lip service to their base. Banning Trump means game over in 2016.
GOPe is corrupt to the max and betrayed their voters. They just hoped all their smoke and mirrors would fool us enough to pull the lever for their next RINO candidate. Well..they not only did not fool us, we are going through them and around them now like a freight train!
Just the fact they’re thinking about it, if true, only accelerates the GOP’s demise.
They still don’t get it.
Well, the GOPee can drag an addled OWG over the finish line in Miss.
Lindsey Graham said he would rather lose than for Trump to win. That is the sentiment of the GOPe. All their corrupt money deals will be flushed with Trump winning the nomination.
The RNC / GOPe may well by design force Trump to run third party. That would hand the election to the democrats. That is their goal. Excusable failure. Failure with a story. So they can do it again next time.
Besides that it would be the end of any credibility for the RNC. But if they let him in after the rumors, they look like they backed down. Did Trump start this rumor? Because whatever they do, it's a win for Trump.
This is funny.
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