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Posted on 03/20/2016 1:47:32 PM PDT by reaganaut1
With the prospect of a contested convention looming over the Republican presidential primary, Donald J. Trump on Sunday complained about the party’s rules requiring a candidate to have a majority of delegates to clinch the nomination outright.
Asked by George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” why he should be “guaranteed the nomination” if he failed to amass the 1,237 delegates needed to win it on the first ballot, Mr. Trump said that he might be unable to clear that threshold. But he blamed the number of contenders in the Republican field.
“If I’m a little bit short – and one of the reasons was we had so many candidates,” he said. “I mean, we started off with 17 candidates.”
He added: “There are so many candidates, so it’s very hard to get over that number. It’s very unfair.”
He said that denying him the nomination under those circumstances would “disenfranchise” people who voted for him.
But the party’s national chairman, Reince Priebus, appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” defended the system for how Republicans choose their standard-bearer as a “delegate-driven process.” He noted that his own floor battle to win the chairmanship went to the seventh ballot, and said that a plurality alone would not be treated as a majority.
“History would show, whether it be Walter Mondale, Gerald Ford, when someone’s a little bit short, you know, you let the process play out,” he said. “And generally if it’s that close, generally that’s what happens. But certainly what I would say is that the minority of delegates doesn’t rule for the majority.”
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Who do you think those Rubio delegates are going to sign for? Give Cruz any 2 of those and he’s in.
He knew the rules when he got in. That has been in effect for many years. I think Trump thought he would never have to worry about it. Delegates will have a chance to switch their votes before the first ballot is finalized. If Cruz has absolutely no chance and is not getting any of the Rubio,etc votes I think he and Trump will do something.
Thanks SE Mom, your reply underscores my suspicion. Trump’s thin-skinned on Megan Kelly are being seen by many women, including those on our side, as misogynistic (whether true or not).
Here’s the funny thing - as a legal immigrant, Trump appeals to my frustrations re the illegals. I returned to FR after a work related hiatus back to support Trump. I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that if he doesn’t control his immature/off the cuff Twitter reactions, a Trump nomination will damage conservatives’ standing among White women.
I don’t see Trump getting enough votes from Asians/Blacks/Hispanics/Reagan democrats to make up for his loss of Republican White women.
Of course, I may be completely wrong.
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