Trump threatens lawsuit over delegate rules

CNN ^ | 3/28 | Sophie Tat

[TangledUpInBlue]

Ted Cruz came in second in the recent Louisiana Republican primary behind Donald Trump but could win more delegates -- and the the real estate mogul is crying foul. Trump beat the Texas senator in the March 5 contest by 3.6%. Under party rules the pair each won 18 delegates. But Cruz's campaign is using its organization muscle to sway ten more delegates toward his camp, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday -- a situation that seems to have caught Trump's ire.

[swampfox101]

No Trump has never used his wealth to buy influence and muscle has he?

[topspinr]

‘No Trump has never used his wealth to buy influence and muscle has he?’

Sure he has, but it’s his money not some SuperPac money or taxpayers money.

[CAluvdubya]

Love how you totally missed my point, on purpose. Deflect is the name of your game.

[Gorilla44]

The formula to allocate LA’s district delegates were not publicized until AFTER the election. I’ve got a big problem with this.

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Trump won Louisiana 124,819 41.44%

Cruz, Rafael Edward 113,947 37.83%

So we learn there’s many ways to steal votes in LA. They still have not reported their CD votes and are violating national party rules and recently added their own. Looks like a dishonest delegate count to change where Trump won by 11,000 votes. LOUISIANA CRUZ CHEATERS hope you choke on a crawdad.

Saturday 5 March 2016: All 46 of Louisiana’s delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today’s Presidential Primary. [Delegate Selection Rules Resolution 2015-10. RULES FOR CONVENING OF THE STATE CONVENTION TO ELECT DELEGATES TO THE 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.]

18 District delegates, 3 from each of the state’s 6 Congressional Districts, are proportionally allocated to Presidential contenders according to the primary vote in each Congressional District (rounded rules are not specified) [Rule 3. (d)].
28 (10 base at-large delegates plus 15 bonus delegates plus 3 RNC) statewide delegates are proportionally allocated to those Presidential contenders who receive 20% or more of the total statewide vote (as rounded by the Executive Committee). The allocation is in proportion to the total statewide vote NOT the total vote of those candidates receiving 20% or more of statewide vote. The remaining delegates are unbound. The rule says “Presidential candidates receiving more than 20% of the statewide vote ... will be allocated the same proportion, rounded by the Executive Committee ....” [Rule 4. (c)].
We do not have the vote by CD but according to the Louisiana Republican Party:
CD 1: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 2: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 3: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 4: Trump 1, Cruz 2
CD 5: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 6: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
Statewide: Trump 12, Cruz 11, Uncommitted 5.
Total: Trump 18, Cruz 18, Rubio 5, Uncommitted 5.

Delegates to the National Convention ... are bound ... on the first ballot only .... If a presidential candidate ends or suspends his/her candidacy, the designated delegates are no longer bound. [Rule 4. (f)].

Saturday 12 March 2016: The State Convention convenes in Baton Rouge to elect delegates to the Republican National Convention according to the results of the primary.

18 National Convention district delegates— 3 from each of the state’s 6 Congressional Districts are elected in the Congressional District meetings at the State Convention.
25 National Convention At-Large delegates are elected by the convention as a whole.
The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Louisiana’s Republican Party, will attend the convention as pledged delegates by virtue of their position [Rule 4. (e]).
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/LA-R

[Salgak]

And your proposal for the nominee ? Kasich, the man whose superpower is putting people to sleep ? Romney, the man who could never close the deal ? Ryan, master of “What applies to thee, doesn’t apply to me. . .”. . .

[ConservativeWarrior]

“Its (sic) a Chess game and DONEald only knows Checkers”

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You’re right. Trump is just your typical moron billionaire.

[JohnBovenmyer]

It's not a "Democracy," it's a "Representative Republic." And Trump's running for the head of the latter category. The will of the people is to be expressed indirectly, through predefined channels and predefined rules. Can't an Ivy league education understand that? Can't a poor billionaire afford the campaign infrastructure to work within the system? A pure democracy was antithetical to the founding fathers and should not be now held up as the norm. Mobs deserve to be treated as such, if necessary up to the traditional remedy of a whiff of grapeshot.

[DoughtyOne]

[ConservativeWarrior]

You sound like a happy servant of the GOP elite.

Thankfully, Trump’s in the process of dismantling all that you hold dear.

Don’t be afraid of freedom. You may even like it. :)

[JohnBovenmyer]

Thankfully the French Revolution was in France, not here. I’ll stick with the American Revolution and the real freedom for individuals over mob or group rights. Trump was not only as free to organize within the rules to influence delegate selection as any other candidate, his wealth gave him potential power none of the others could match. But he was either too cheap, too dumb, or too lazy to do it. Trump lost because he didn’t perform well, not because he was cheated. Pick whichever Trump shortcoming you prefer for the explanation, but don’t be like Obama and deny responsibility for everything that goes wrong.