Posted on 06/21/2016 8:19:16 AM PDT by Taxman
Betrayed! 1,000 delegates to ditch Trump?
Just when it appeared that the movement to dump Donald Trump as the GOP presidential candidate was defeated, it looks like it has come roaring back.
And this time, it may have more momentum than ever.
As many as 1,000 delegates to the Republican National Convention may have interest in a new push to ditch Trump and allow delegates to choose another candidate.
The new movement is calling itself “Free the Delegates,” and it’s rallying like-minded Republicans to prepare for a fight.
But critics argue that it is a petulant coup that would set aside the will of millions of voters who backed Trump.
According to insiders, the Free the Delegates movement plans to organize thousands of delegates in a plot to depose Trump with a convention rules change.
“Roughly 30 delegates from 15 states participated in a conference call Thursday night,” Yahoo! reported Monday. “Since then, however, [their] campaign appears to have picked up steam. A second conference call on Sunday night attracted an alleged 1,000 participants.”
According to The Washington Post, “The group is led by delegates seeking to block Trump at the GOP convention next month in Cleveland by changing party rules so that they can vote however they want — instead of in line with the results of state caucuses and primaries. It is quickly emerging as the most organized effort to stop Trump and coincides with his declining poll numbers.”
The Free the Delegates movement is also reportedly raising money for staff and a legal defense fund.
This establishment threat to Trump’s nomination has grown increasingly credible. The Associated Press has reported that more and more Republicans in Congress are saying they will not attend the party convention and are not endorsing his candidacy.
Trump wondered aloud Saturday who his opponents would pick as a replacement, a problem that has plagued the “Never Trump” movement for months.
“Who are they going to pick? I beat everybody. But I don’t mean beat — I beat the hell out of them,” he said.
Tell us what you think! Would you support another GOP candidate if Trump was dropped at the Republican National Convention?
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
You misunderstand my intent.
Sorry! I was not sure how you meant “go.” That is not as clumsy—not quite—on my part as Mrs. Clinton’s “Lord & Master,” questioning the meaning of “is.”
First off, the Republican party would cease to exist. Surely they know this.
In addition to this:
Those Republicans, like Speaker Ryan, who wring their hands over the public media, over Donald Trump's sometimes very blunt ways of deciding between alternatives, will try to cloud these points. They cannot rebuff them if we stick to the obvious. If you honor the Constitutional intent, in all things relating to the behavior of the American Government, you must put America & the Americans first.(and the preamble) I would have also liked to see Article 4, Section 4 cited. That would make things blindingly obvious, and also opens the door to calling the elite on their aid/assistance in the invasion we're experiencing.
Oh, I fully agree. I know it’s been stated a million times, but I too cannot believe how far this country has slid in the past decade or so. All brought to us by terrible punishing leadership in all directions.
That would certainly make things interesting.
It's Trump for me if I have to write him in. I'm sick of the establishment...
Not gonna take it anymore!
That and a few bucks will get him a cup of coffee...
There are almost 2500 delegates...All Trump needs are 1237...Let ‘em have their 1000 traitors...
Not gonna happen.
Won’t work.
That’s a lib trick. Change the rules in the middle of the game.
I don’t believe they can and I think the article is BS.
However, if it were to happen, then Clinton would become president.
In either case, there will be blood in the streets.
I am voting for Trump, period. I will likely never again vote for a republican and I likely will never vote again.
If GOP ‘delegates’ choose to nullify my vote and the votes of my fellow Americans I’ll leave the party and never vote for another Republican as long as I live.
I suspect many other Americans feel the same way.
That is exactly what it is.
I think they are missing the point- I am voting for Trump if I have to WRITE HIM IN
I am with you 100%.
I’ll go a bit further.... even if Trump makes it to the White House, if he isn’t able to destroy the DC corruption and bring the ba$tards to justice, I’ll never vote again...not by ballots.
Ditto....
Remember the source of these articles....Yahoo, WaPo, NYT, NYDN etc.
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