Posted on 07/18/2016 11:58:46 AM PDT by maggief
CLEVELAND--The band of Republican delegates mounting a last-ditch effort to snatch the nomination away from Donald Trump is claiming a last-minute victory in a push to force every delegate to vote on the party's rules on the convention floor.
Delegates Unbound, a group of delegates that support unbinding the delegates to free them from their pledge to vote for Trump, announced Monday afternoon it had secured enough support to force that roll call vote.
The delegates aim to vote down the rules package in its entirety in order to force the party back to the drawing board under pressure to unbind delegates. But the effort will likely only gum up the process, as it remains extremely unlikely the effort can find the 1,237 delegates needed.
“Despite every obstacle thrown in our way, the movement of all the stakeholders involved in this effort have gained a majority of the delegates in 10 states," said Dane Waters, co-founder of Delegates Unbound, in a statement released just before the convention began.
"Now we take this fight to the floor."
The group needed majorities in seven states in order to force that roll call vote, so the effort appears to have eclipsed that mark. But that's still far short from the majority needed.
In most years, rules are confirmed with a perfunctory voice vote that takes little time. But it appears that the group will move to force the time-consuming change of plans to query each delegate.
It's the last breath of the Never Trump movement, which lost a series of efforts during last week's rules committee meetings aimed at unbinding convention delegates and passing other changes to decentralize power from the Republican National Committee and restrict primaries to registered Republicans.
Oh, this had better fail.
Nothing but sore losers.
I am trying to get a live stream of the convention. All I can get is commercial streams of talking heads. Is there any stream that is a stream of the convention stage and floor and what is actually happening or not happening at this time.
The Romney/Ryan/Bush/Cruz GOPe sore loser society is trying desperately to throw this election to Hillary.
Nothing but sore losers.
Deluded sore loser Cruzlims. Ted Cruz owns their tantrums 100%.
The Rules Committee discussed this and is closed...
If I were Reince, I would tell this ‘phone booth’ delegation to get their crap together or leave, and I was Manaford or Trump, I would take Cruz’s speaking spot away...
‘We had to make it shorter, was going to long, sorry but your slot is gone’...go home, cry, throw a fit, hit something, go to a hotel room with Amanda Carpenter or ‘lollipop’ but get the heck out of here...
Another 90%-10% beat down coming your way
Boot his Cubanadian, Hillary-loving butt out!
Be careful. I was for Cruz until it became clear that Trump would win. Now I’m all in for Trump.
Unruh will be just another teacher at a snack church school again in few days. She’s probably knowing the spotlight ends soon
They really want hillary don’t they? Pyles.
Cruz and his minions should be purged from the party.
What a bunch of friggin crybabies.
Sounds exactly like a bunch of Democrats, social justice warriors, etc.
Purge these a** hats out of the party.
Put them outside with the protesters......that’s where they belong!
So are they still trying to hijack the nomination? Sorry, I don’t have tv on :(
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