Posted on 07/18/2016 4:00:37 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
They’re not threatening this as a true protest — or at least, they weren’t before the Rules fiasco this afternoon — but rather as leverage to secure a few rule changes from the RNC for the 2020 primaries. If the party agrees to tilt the board a bit towards conservative candidates (i.e. Ted Cruz) then Cruz’s delegates will be good boys and girls this week. [Pro-Cruz] forces want to revise the rules that will reward states with closed primaries — and for the RNC and Trump camp to allow Cruz’s name to be placed in nomination from the convention floor…
One threat the Cruz forces are said to be holding over the heads of the RNC and the Trump campaign is the specter of a large group of delegates – in the hundreds – simply leaving town after Cruz speaks on Wednesday night, exposing the nominee to the prospect of televised images of empty seats in the Quicken Loans Arena. It’s an open question whether there are enough alternate delegates who can be rallied to fill such a number of seats…
A source close to Cruz tells Fox News that the key sticking point is Cruz’s speaking slot and specifically the content of his speech. The original agreement between team Trump and team Cruz allowed Cruz to speak without offering a formal endorsement of Trump. So far, Trump’s folks have not asked to look at the speech.
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On the Trump side, Roger Stone is said to have mobilized a group of 1,000 people to push back wherever his candidate’s interests are being threatened.
If anti-Trump groups show up outside the arena and start getting media coverage, pro-Trumpers will show up with their signs too to remind reporters that there are people on both sides.
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That’s not what any of this was about. The rules for next time will be decided in January and after. This was a temper tantrum to make Trump look bad, because they hate Trump more than Hillary.
that is, Texas --
Mr. Tom Brady!!
Close primaries in exchange for primary voting only. Cruz would never agree to rules forbidding caucuses.
Yep. Cruz only won 3 primaries including his home state.
Oh yes, good point.....
C’mon people. There’s already a party for spoiled entitled brats.
Traitorous pigs.
Not to worry.... It was reported on Cavuto that if they walk out, pre selected Trump alternates will quickly take their seats
Exactly!
No, He will be a ‘traitor’ to our country-—hell with the party
Petulant children
Let them walk out to the hungry BLM thugs.
It won’t be long they will be banging on the locked doors,
Yelling, screaming and begging to cast their vote for Trump.
If Cruz is in any way part of something like this, it is the end of his political career, and the only way for him to live this down would be to switch parties. Further, it will make him enough of a lightning rod such that he will have a hard time as a lobbyist or any other position related in any way to his political career.
I once liked this guy a lot. Everything he does now just makes me really glad that he lost. He is not a nice guy. And I would no longer call him a conservative.
Re: The original agreement between team Trump and team Cruz allowed Cruz
The original agreement was between the first and 2d debates when all candidates agreed and signed that they would support the Republican nominee. Cruz signed that, as did Trump and all 17 of them.
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