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RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« on: July 14, 2016, 12:26:04 am »
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/republican-national-convention-minority-report-225511

 RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion

Reince Priebus loyalists try to stop delegates who want to rip nomination away on national TV.

By Alex Isenstadt, Kyle Cheney and Shane Goldmacher

07/13/16 07:44 PM EDT

CLEVELAND – The Republican National Committee and Donald Trump’s campaign are scrambling to quash a small but dangerous insurgency inside the party aimed at wresting the nomination away from the New York billionaire on national television next week.

It’s a pivotal showdown where anti-Trump forces are the underdogs as they introduce a proposal that would free convention delegates to rebel against Trump and select a new nominee.

And the RNC, desperate to avoid chaos during a convention that will be watched worldwide, is fighting back.

About a dozen of RNC Chairman Reince Priebus’s most loyal allies who hold seats on the 112-member Rules Committee are working to extinguish the anti-Trump efforts. The existence of the whip team, which includes prominent party figures like Henry Barbour, a party official from Mississippi who is the nephew of former RNC Chairman Haley Barbour, was confirmed by three sources who’ve been briefed on it.

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Re: RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2016, 12:34:05 am »
How embarrassing. 

The "anointed" nominee ( 51% of Republicans in a recent poll said they would prefer someone else) is facing a dumpster fire at his convention. I predict that, regardless of what the rules committee decides, there will be a huge number of Trump delegates who will not vote for him. 

Will it be enough to deny the nomination?  Who knows.  But the coronation has turned into a street fight.  It will be evident to all watching that there will not be a "unanimous" vote at the end as all delegates throw their votes to Big Orange.   

Trump has done nothing to unify the party behind him and he deserves every bit of this.
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Re: RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2016, 12:45:07 am »
The RNC is going out of its way to create the impression that, if they just got out of the way, Trump would lose the nomination.

They have to muscle delegates into voting for him.  Pathetic.
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Re: RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2016, 12:46:56 am »
How embarrassing. 

The "anointed" nominee ( 51% of Republicans in a recent poll said they would prefer someone else) is facing a dumpster fire at his convention. I predict that, regardless of what the rules committee decides, there will be a huge number of Trump delegates who will not vote for him. 

Will it be enough to deny the nomination?  Who knows.  But the coronation has turned into a street fight.  It will be evident to all watching that there will not be a "unanimous" vote at the end as all delegates throw their votes to Big Orange.   

Trump has done nothing to unify the party behind him and he deserves every bit of this.

Hopefully he caused himself irreparable damage to his chances with his foolishness about not minding if he lost the Senate.
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Re: RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2016, 12:56:52 am »
"It is dangerous to allow the masses to think for themselves, comrade. Chairman Trump must receive universal adulation. Anything less is treason!"

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Re: RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2016, 01:23:37 am »
How embarrassing. 

The "anointed" nominee ( 51% of Republicans in a recent poll said they would prefer someone else) is facing a dumpster fire at his convention. I predict that, regardless of what the rules committee decides, there will be a huge number of Trump delegates who will not vote for him. 

Will it be enough to deny the nomination?  Who knows.  But the coronation has turned into a street fight.  It will be evident to all watching that there will not be a "unanimous" vote at the end as all delegates throw their votes to Big Orange.   

Trump has done nothing to unify the party behind him and he deserves every bit of this.

51 percent my ass. Stop lying. Your kind is a tiny minority on the right and the left don't count in this.
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Re: RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2016, 02:55:27 am »
The GOP is just trying its darnedest to chase the remaining conservatives to another or new party.  The non welcome sign is out for non-RINO conservatives in the GOP. 
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Re: RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2016, 02:59:20 am »
51 percent my ass. Stop lying. Your kind is a tiny minority on the right and the left don't count in this.

Oh. Sorry. I made a mistake. It's 53% who want someone other than Trump.

Poll: Majority of GOP voters want someone other than Trump

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-republicans-polls-224853#ixzz4ELeGEXkR
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« Last Edit: July 14, 2016, 03:07:41 am by Mechanicos »
Trump is for America First.
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Re: RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2016, 10:36:35 am »
Weren't you citing Politico just last week when they claimed there were only 6 Rules Committee members willing to stop Trump?
Here is what was posted and its source.

In late June, Politico surveyed members of the Rules Committee asking if they would support a rules change that would unbind the delegates at the convention. Out of 32 responses, 25 said they were opposed. Politico also noted that another 33 members of the Rules Committee have made public statements either endorsing Trump or opposing rules changes like the conscience amendment.[14]

    On July 6, The Wall Street Journal published the results of a similar survey and found 20 rules committee members in favor of a conscience amendment and 59 against it. Thirty-three did not respond.[15]

    As of July 6, an estimated 682 delegates reportedly supported efforts to unbind the delegates, while 888 were opposed, according to Randy Evans, a Rules Committee member from Georgia. As noted by CNN, that left the stances of approximately 900 delegates unknown.[16]

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It's also possible that the Rules Committee could have no impact on the convention whatsoever. In late June, Solomon Yue, a member of the Rules Committee and a national committeeman from Oregon, released a draft of a rule he intends to propose at the convention. The rule would prevent any rules changes made by the convention rules committee from taking effect until after the convention, essentially preventing the Rules Committee from having any impact on the 2016 convention's proceedings and outcome. The proposed amendment reads in full:[19]

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    “    The Rules adopted by the 2012 Convention, as amended under Rule 12, shall constitute the Rules of the Republican National Committee and the 2016 National Convention. Any amendments herein to these rules, as adopted by the 2016 National Convention, shall take effect at the adjournment of the 2016 National Convention and constitute the Rules for the Republican National Committee and the temporary Rules of the 2020 National Convention.[20]    ”


Regarding his proposed rule, Yue stated, "[t]his proposal would take politics out of the rulemaking process, and focus on unity so we could defeat Hillary Clinton in November."[21

https://ballotpedia.org/RNC_Rules_Committee,_2016
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Re: RNC races to stamp out anti-Trump rebellion
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2016, 11:32:00 am »
And right on time with the "(Fill in the blank) LIES because they deign to show data that doesn't comport with TrumpLove groupthink."  Thanks for not disappointing.   :silly:
Anti-Trumps have a 100 percent fail record. So yeah since mine keeps getting proven correct and your stuff is from the left or paid to lie establishment book lickers.
Real world slaps ya up alongside the head once again,
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