Posted on 04/18/2016 2:51:08 AM PDT by markomalley
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told reporters at a press conference Sunday in Staten Island that the Republican primary nomination process is “rigged” against him and he refuses to play by the rules established by GOP state party committees he deems unfair.
“I don’t want to play the rule game, because I’ll tell you what, we live in a democracy and it’s all about getting the bosses out. The bosses are picking. Now I’m winning, you will say. I’m wining by 200 delegates. I’m winning, more importantly in my opinion, I’m winning by 2 million votes. In other words I’ve gotten more than 2 million votes,” Trump said, when asked why he does not work within the rules different state contests have.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz swept up all of Wyoming’s available delegates at the state’s GOP convention Saturday night. Although Wyoming Republican voters caucused on March 12 at local conventions to begin the delegate election process, Trump and his supporters called it a voter-less primary.
A similar situation occurred in Colorado where Cruz delegates won all the open slots to go to the convention through a process that began at local caucuses on March 1.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus fired back at Trump this week for accusing the party of having a rigged system.
New York Republican Rep. Peter King told Fox News earlier on Sunday that the “system is what it is.” Ohio Gov. John Kasich as well as Cruz could call the New York primary unfair too, should Trump win at least 50 percent of the GOP vote statewide and receive at least 50 percent of the Republican votes in most or all of the Empire State’s congressional districts.
“He may get 53 or 54 percent of the vote, but if he gets 100 percent of the delegates, now, Cruz or Kasich could say, ‘That’s unfair.’ The very nature of a nominating process is always — Iowa has caucuses. Some have open primaries. Others just have local conventions. That’s just the way it’s been and it’s not meant to be easy. Whatever it is, I don’t see it as an attempt to stop Donald Trump,” King said. “These rules have been in effect in one way or another, with their idiosyncracies, for one hundred years. And in some cases, others get changed every few years, but that’s part of running for president. you have to learn how to navigate the minefields,” he added.
Yes, there were. And they voted for delegates to represent them.
Those delegates voted for the nominee.
If trump had 51% of all votes in all states we wouldn’t be having these discussions.
So far he hasn’t done that anywhere.
You are a President Gore fan I see...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance - our type of government is clear.
Maybe his good friend “Speaker of the Senate” Mitch McConnell will coach him on this as a thank you for his support in the primary.
“If trump had 51% of all votes in all states we wouldn’t be having these discussions.”
I don’t believe that for a minute. If a state’s rules permit an also-ran to steal/buy delegates’ votes, it could occur even if the front runner had 75$ of the votes.
Besides, in states like Colorado, there were NO VOTES cast. The People were disenfranchised, so no candidate could’ve achieved 50%, 75%, or even 100%.
[How many times does Trump get to falsely claim we’re a democracy...]
Trump KNOWS we live in a Republic but he also knows, if asked, most people would agree we live in a democracy.
Here’s something to consider: The nominee for president has absolutely no authority to do anything other than run for office.
The stuff you are upset about - it grants no power.
Imagine that.
Trump has 45% of the delegates thus far with only 37% of the GOP vote.
And he is complaining about the “rules”
LOL!
People is Colorado did cast votes. They elected delegates.
They elected people to represent them at the conventions. This is a republic. Representatives chosen by the people.
Do you or do you not support state’s rights?
How then does Cruz steal delegates from Trump? Can anyone explain that breach of rules?
State Primaries have nothing to do the election of the POTUS? The Electoral College pertains to electing the POTUS not the candidate to run for POTUS. Who the hell does the GOPe think it is, that they deem themselves qualified to shoving candidates down our throats?
The only way to get a fair sense of whom the voters prefer is voting in secret. You’re not afraid of that, are you?
You nailed it! And that is why the establishment is sooooo afraid of Trump.
If I was a Trump supporter I would ask myself every day if he was just telling me what I wanted to hear, like Obama did his supporters.
It is a democracy-a representative democracy, but a democracy nevertheless.
so, unless it’s a pure democracy, it isn’t a democracy at all IOW? Give me a break. We’re a representative democracy. It’s still a democracy. and yes, we’re also a constitutional republic.
What kind of logical gymnastics brought you to that ridiculous conclusion?
No, I’m not afraid. In Pennsylvania we elect delegates on a secret ballot. The way Wyoming of Colorado or Iowa decide to caucus is up to them to decide.
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