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RNC members might be abandoning Cruz and climbing aboard the #TrumpTrain
Red State Watcher ^ | 4/20/2016

Posted on 04/20/2016 5:49:01 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

A long fought battle between GOP front-runner Donald Trump and the RNC establishment might be coming to a close after the staggering victory Trump had in New York.

reuters.com reports: The New York real estate mogul's win Tuesday in his home state over rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich was an important milestone for RNC members, who said it could put him on a pathway to acquire the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination outright without a contested convention.

"There are a fair number of RNC members who were discounting his chances of success when we met in January and now see that he’s building a substantial lead and may in fact get to 1,237 before we get to the convention," said Steve Duprey, an RNC member from New Hampshire.

"The New York results were such an overwhelming win," Duprey said. "It's impressive. That's what I've heard people talking about."

RNC members said Trump could help improve the climate by taking steps to end the bad blood that has developed between him and the committee's leadership, including RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016gopprimary; bfac; gope; rnc; trump
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To: XEHRpa

That night during that Chicago mess I was watching CNN (because I gave up Fox) and they had Neil Bush on first. About a half an hour later there was Cruz giving a news conference . I was undecided between Trump and Cruz until that night. That was my turning point too.


21 posted on 04/20/2016 6:11:40 PM PDT by lilypad
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To: hal ogen
Just maybe they have come to the realization that their time is limited.

And that Cruz's allure is beginning to take on a certain, er, putrefication?


22 posted on 04/20/2016 6:11:50 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (The GOPe deserve nothing more than a middle finger)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

If true then trump is now the establishment candidate. Well that’s what you said about Cruz when they supported him


23 posted on 04/20/2016 6:12:46 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: SubMareener

Trump has this thing about loyalty and fairness that he and his children have mentioned occasionally. I believe that if Trump perceives that the RNC has not been fair, then he will not forget, nor forgive. I don’t think trump is vindictive, but I think Trump has written off the likes of Priebus and the rest. Trump will not accommodate any of them in any capacity, ever.


24 posted on 04/20/2016 6:13:43 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Bill Bennett was just on FOX and said that the feeling that whoever gets to the convention with a clear lead should win the nomination is spreading.


25 posted on 04/20/2016 6:14:06 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: Mom MD
If true then trump is now the establishment candidate. Well that’s what you said about Cruz when they supported him

Cruz wasn't winning when they supported him.

26 posted on 04/20/2016 6:15:01 PM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Red State Watcher. I know there is another blog Red State, but they’re anti-trump. How long have they existed?


27 posted on 04/20/2016 6:16:00 PM PDT by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

My what big teeth you have grandma.


28 posted on 04/20/2016 6:17:10 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa

Kasich wants VP


29 posted on 04/20/2016 6:20:25 PM PDT by scooby321
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I’ve been getting calls for about a month about Joe Heck and Catherine Cortez Masto running here in Nevada. I’ve been telling the callers I don’t know anything about them yet but I’m not voting for anyone who will not support Trump.

I got a call last night and one of are you more likely/less likely to vote for Joe Heck was he will support Trump if he is the nominee. Never said that before. ;)


30 posted on 04/20/2016 6:25:10 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

GO TRUMP!!


31 posted on 04/20/2016 6:27:02 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

This election is 180 degrees from last election. We kept voting any body but Romney. GOPe took out all our candidates til 30% Romney was the nominee. Now WE THE PEOPLE have taken down all their candidates. WE WIN.


32 posted on 04/20/2016 6:27:56 PM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
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To: All

“...RNC members said Trump could help improve the climate by taking steps to end the bad blood that has developed between him and the committee’s leadership, including RNC Chairman Reince Priebus...”

Try it the other way around...RNC needs to take the steps...


33 posted on 04/20/2016 6:31:18 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: Mom MD
If true then trump is now the establishment candidate. Well that’s what you said about Cruz when they supported him

They only supported Cruz to use him as a vote splitter to try and stop Trump. They never really supported him, but were only using him. If they move to Trump, it will be an admission that they cannot stop him, or an attempt to stop him with be too costly. Purely self-preservation.

34 posted on 04/20/2016 6:32:50 PM PDT by Will88
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
RNC members said Trump could help improve the climate by taking steps to end the bad blood that has developed between him and the committee's leadership, including RNC Chairman Reince Priebus.

Trump signed "the pledge" and has given no indication of reneging. The only hints of reneging have come from the GOP-e. So FURNC!

35 posted on 04/20/2016 6:35:46 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
You know, ‘cause, when the RNC backed Cruz they were e—vil.[/sarcasm]

When the RNC backed Cruz they were trying to derail the Trump Train, not get on it.

36 posted on 04/20/2016 6:35:56 PM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

The sad truth is... they didn’t care if a bunch of hicks in the South liked Trump. But now that he won New York in a landslide.. well... that’s different!

sad but true.


37 posted on 04/20/2016 6:36:16 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: freespirit2012

These are the kinds of things that turned me from Cruz, after supporting him in the beginning. His actions began to give me the gut-feeling that he’s an insincere opportunist; and that became a conviction.

-JT


38 posted on 04/20/2016 6:40:04 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: kevao

The RNC needs Trump more than Trump needs them...Look how well he has done to this point without them...


39 posted on 04/20/2016 6:40:31 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: struggle

I hear ya. Same thing, here. What with the Trashing big money banks and PACs (while being in bed with them) and hiring on a Bush legacy, that final straw was the defense of radical leftists shredding free speech and blaming Trump for their Alinskyite tactics. It showed me his dark and sociopath side.


40 posted on 04/20/2016 6:42:00 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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