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GOP rules fight flares up behind scenes
CNN Politics ^ | April 17, 2016 | Tom LoBianco, CNN

Posted on 04/18/2016 2:52:11 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Edited on 04/18/2016 4:28:38 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Donald Trump's continuing onslaught against the Republican Party's nominating rules has top members fighting behind the scenes shortly before their critical meeting in Florida...


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This fight is a push by conservatives on the RNC to have Robert's Rules of Order govern the convention instead of the rules of the U.S. House.

Conservative RNC members argue the change is to prevent party establishment figures from nominating Paul Ryan --or another RINO at the convention.

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The POTUS race is now between the GOPe/RNC and Donald J.Trump.

Ted Cruz is a straw man, a Judas to the grass root conservative movement.

He intends delivering a contested convention to allow the RNC to parachute in Jeb or Ryan.

TeamCruz is not winning in the actual elections, the GOP is rigging it for him on the ground.

Ryan - Romeny - Rove - Bush - Others are all working in the shadows in every state.

Rush -Hannity - Levine all blind mutes to blatant rigging that's hard to dismiss.

1 posted on 04/18/2016 2:52:11 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Preibus is a piece of cr**. No wonder we are where we are.....fighting for a WINNING candidate.


2 posted on 04/18/2016 2:54:30 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

http://soshable.com/ted-cruz-the-last-conservative-the-only-man-who-can-save-the-republic/


3 posted on 04/18/2016 2:55:04 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
This fight is a push by conservatives on the RNC to have Robert's Rules of Order govern the convention instead of the rules of the U.S. House.

They won't change to use Roberts Rules of Order for the convention. It has been suggested before and voted down each time, because it would lead to chaos. You'd basically have a situation where any delegate could shut down the convention.

4 posted on 04/18/2016 2:55:18 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Exactly. Thank you for your post.

Americans do not like rigged outcomes, which is Cruz is dropping like
a rock in the polls.


5 posted on 04/18/2016 2:59:08 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Sacajaweau
In many respects Preibus is the quintessential Republican. Weak, confused and unprincipled.
6 posted on 04/18/2016 3:00:44 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: freeangel

BS! He’s the very LAST PERSON I’d want to see in the White House. He makes a corkscrew look positively straight!


7 posted on 04/18/2016 3:01:15 PM PDT by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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To: freeangel

Sorry, nobody likes Loser Ted Cruz. Worst national candidate in generations.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/elections/


8 posted on 04/18/2016 3:02:13 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Starboard

“In many respects Preibus is the quintessential Republican. Weak, confused and unprincipled. “

And he has very, very small hands!


9 posted on 04/18/2016 3:02:40 PM PDT by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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To: vette6387

I noticed that too...hmmm.


10 posted on 04/18/2016 3:06:49 PM PDT by Mountain Mary (Cankles needs to be defeated at all costs. Vote GOP.)
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To: tennmountainman

There’s THE RULES, and then they have “TEMPORARY RULES”

THE 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
TAMPA, FLORIDA AUGUST 27, 2012

**AMENDED BY THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON

APRIL 12, 2013,

JANUARY 24, 2014,

MAY 9, 2014

& AUGUST 8, 2014**

There’s THE RULES, and they have TEMPORARY RULES

RULE NO. 42
Temporary Rules

Upon the adoption of the report of the Convention Committee on Rules and Order of Business, Rule Nos. 26-42 shall constitute the Standing Rules for this convention and the temporary rules for the next convention.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-static-ngop-pbl/docs/Rules_of_the_Republican+Party_FINAL_S14090314.pdf


11 posted on 04/18/2016 3:07:07 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

One Two Three Four...Let’s so Rinsed Prius out the door!!!


12 posted on 04/18/2016 3:09:19 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Well said, BGS. The GOP bosses are lying, cheating and stealing their way to total fraud on the American voters. They make me sick to my stomach. To think that these liars have been scamming so many Republican voters for so long just makes me steam.


13 posted on 04/18/2016 3:24:42 PM PDT by jim35 (The Tree of Liberty is in dire need of refreshing.)
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To: freeangel

I don’t vote for anyone who denies the American People the right to choose their candidate through fair elections. Cruz is scum.


14 posted on 04/18/2016 3:28:04 PM PDT by jim35 (The Tree of Liberty is in dire need of refreshing.)
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To: CA Conservative

Seems now we have a situation when any elitist running the convention can shut down the convention and insert new candidates..

My problem is now you have the standing Rules, the Temporary Rules, the Suspension of the Rules, new rules injected, and regardless it all circles back to the Establishment’s will for certain outcomes— they who get to run rough shod over the whole joint, until the hotel reservations run out.

As for Roberts Rules, who voted them down? The committee, or the people serving as delegates?


15 posted on 04/18/2016 3:29:03 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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Trump only complains where he has ‘difficulty’.


16 posted on 04/18/2016 3:36:48 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: RitaOK

They have never used Robert Rules for the convention itself. Trump supporters have been screaming about the possibility that the rules might be changed at the last minute disadvantage Trump. Are you now hollering because the rules WON’T be changed just to benefit Trump?


17 posted on 04/18/2016 3:37:24 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: CA Conservative

It’s the “Trump Or Riot” strategy.


18 posted on 04/18/2016 3:41:40 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

THERE IS NO RIGGING. The rules were well known to everyone.

If, as Trump claims, the rules are rigged against him, how is it that he has 37 percent of the votes and 45 percent of the delegates?


19 posted on 04/18/2016 3:47:14 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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If you follow Trump, you have to follow Trump. Not logic.


20 posted on 04/18/2016 3:57:42 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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