Posted on 04/12/2016 7:30:24 PM PDT by Amntn
On Saturday Ted Cruz supporters took all 13 of the delegates up for grabs at the Colorado GOP Convention to complete a clean sweep of the state.
But it was not without controversy. There never was a vote – Party elites decided on who got the delegates.
The anti-Trump politicians were passing around a “Resolution to Forbid Colorado Delegates from Voting for Trump” for weeks before the convention.
Snip... Robert Zubrin from Colorado Republicans for Liberty wrote about the anti-Trump resolution at American Thinker back on March 22, 2016:
In the caucuses March 1, I was elected an alternate delegate to the Colorado State GOP convention, which on April 9 will select and instruct our delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer.
Accordingly, I have drawn up a resolution that is now being circulated that will forbid Colorado delegates to the national convention from voting for Donald Trump for president or vice president on any ballot. Such a resolution is necessary, because Trump has publicly stated that his methods of operation include buying or renting the services of politicians for cash.
As the text of the resolution provides a succinct and forceful summary of the reasons why Donald Trump is unacceptable as a Republican candidate for president, I thought I would share it with the readers of American Thinker. Here it is:
Resolution to Forbid Colorado Delegates from Voting for Donald Trump
Whereas Donald Trump is not a Republican; and
Whereas Donald Trump is a demagogue who is using fear, hate, and lies to assemble a mob in support of an agenda of socialist policy, unlimited government, and strongman rule; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the Western alliance which is the basis of American security; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the system of international trade which is the basis of American prosperity; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the freedom of the press that is the basis of American liberty; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the rule of law which is the basis of American civil society; and
Whereas Donald Trump has mocked those who risked their lives to fight for America when he avoided doing so; and
Whereas Donald Trump has acted as an apologist for America’s enemy Vladimir Putin and other brutal anti-American foreign tyrants; and
Whereas Donald Trump has set himself forth as an open exponent of lust, greed, and other vices antithetical to Judeo-Christian ethics and the moral fiber necessary to sustain a republic; and
Whereas Donald Trump has demonstrated that he has no respect for the truth, and
Whereas Donald Trump has defrauded thousands of ordinary Americans of their life savings; and
Whereas Donald Trump has, in the course of the present campaign, committed acts potential prosecutable as incitement to riot, a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison; and
Whereas Donald Trump has knowingly acted to degrade the Republican presidential nominating process to a vile level that can only serve to drive people of talent and integrity out of the party and assist in the election of the party’s opponents; and
Whereas the nomination of Donald Trump for president would insure a landslide defeat for the Republican Party nationwide in the fall, and deeply damage the Republican Party and the conservative movement for years, and possibly decades to come; and
Whereas a vote for Donald Trump by any member of the Colorado delegation to the Republican National Convention would dishonor and disgrace the Colorado Republican Party;
Therefore, be it resolved that:
The Colorado Republican Party forbids any of its delegates to the Republican National Convention to vote for Donald Trump for president or vice president on the first ballot or any other ballot, and The Colorado Republican Party asks its delegates to national convention to pledge on their honor to do everything in their power to help secure the presidential nomination for someone other than Donald Trump. Donald Trump has threatened the Republican Party with mob violence. Let’s tell him where to go!
Colorado Republicans for Liberty
The anti-Trump officials handed out this same resolution at the state convention on Saturday.
Unbelievable.
LOL...nice
Ha-- like the Republican brand isn't already deeply damaged. What a joke.
ANYONE can put up a resolution. If it was actually acted upon it would be Moved Seconded and Passed by whatever body and there would be a record if there are minutes. I believe it probably would have been ruled out of order as it violates a bunch of other rules.
Since the article does not include where it was moved on, and what the results are...
I could put up a resolution that Trump is supported by the big dipper, and deserves twice as many delegates as those stars are more important. I would hope it would be ruled out of order as the above should have been.
Anyone know where it was put up and what the actual result was?
DK
You got that right! How many times have we voted those clowns in, then they immediately break every campaign promise they made to us.
When he’s not talking about the NFL.
Hey look what shyster boy Cruz is up to now.
Geesh what a crook.
http://www.wnd.com/2016/04/cruz-email-asks-for-35-to-be-top-deputy-delegate/
If you are stupid enough to wanna be a deputy, you might get a Teddy bear and one of Jeb Bush’s leftover guacamole bowls.
This is direct evidence of the Gestapo tactics that Paul Manafort was speaking of.
I am speechless! I did research before to find when the primary was and was told there wouldn’t be one. I was very irritated because I was planning on voting if I could because it would be absentee.
Now I’m completely furious and I’m going to be contacting Republican party and for what it’s worth my congresswoman and the Senators. This is just outrageous.
Yes, and there are a lot of us who think the Republican party Turncoats we elected on their promises need to be shown the door.Lets put an end to lifetime politicians.
Yep. And the hiring of $hit@ss like Jeff Roe is a good indication.
“Lying globalist shills Levin , Limbaugh , and Beck said this is the rules , nothing more , nothing less ...gotta play by the rules ...”
F**k those b@stards. Trump or nothing.
Exactly. Roe is worse than a junk yard dog.
It would be fair if it the delegate had typed Cruz instead of Trump.
Otherwise, this is just unfair.
It was put out there since I think early March as an American Thinker editorial that I found the other night after seeing part of it in a video and wondering if it was for real.
Wow this seems to be turning into a full-blown scandal for the GOPes. I think this hurts Cruz because it’s showing his sleaziness and the sleaziness of the GOPes.
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