Posted on 08/21/2015 5:46:59 PM PDT by Din Maker
This report should make Donald Trump supporters angry! While taxpayers are often funding political debates, the Republican Party has the ultimate say over its own events. And while the GOP is supposed to stand for the principles of the Founding Fathers, it can be manipulated by the political establishment which can’t stand Trump’s conservative views.
The real reason why the GOP is focusing on Trump’s threat to run as a 3rd party candidate is it would give them grounds to boot him from future debates. The Republican Party, to protect its interests, is probably willing to boot the front-runner candidate. And they have savvy enough operatives, such as Karl Rove, who are ready to do it…
As Ben Swann explains:
Billionaire and 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump makes new headlines every day. But something he said that he wouldn’t do during the first Republican debate could reveal some major problems with the debate system. Could the GOP ban Trump from its next debate?
The first Republican debate one week ago opened with a question specifically for Trump. Per Bret Baier:
“Who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the Republican Party and pledge not to run an independent campaign against that person? Raise your hand now if you won’t make that pledge tonight.”
Trump was the only candidate who said that he might run as an independent if he doesn’t get the GOP nomination. Not only is that a difficult path to take, but also an expensive one. Trump is probably the only candidate running who could afford to launch an independent campaign.
Because Trump said he would not rule out running as an independent candidate, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has now said it could ban Trump from the next debate if he won’t make that pledge.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has since directly requested all Republican candidates to pledge that they will not make a third-party run, according to ABC News. Those who do not pledge might not get an invite to future Republican candidate debates, and would likely be restricted from accessing party data on Republican voters.
If Trump is polling at twice the numbers of his closest challengers and as much as five times the numbers of seven of the top 10 candidates—which he is—then how could the RNC ban him from debates? Can that really be done?
The answer is yes. The RNC, just as the Democratic National Committee (DNC), is considered a private club. They make their own rules. The DNC isn’t holding a single debate until October—something that candidates like Martin O’Malley aren’t happy about. But there’s nothing they can really do.
Since many conservatives vote Republican to support our free-market, smaller-government agenda… This is sad news. The Republican Party needs to leave this critical decision up to voters. There is clearly a top front-runner (Donald Trump!) who is leading every poll by historic margins. He should be allowed to continue making his case and speaking freely… But The Donald MUST be allowed in every debate.
THE REAL PATRIOTS OF AMERICA WILL NOT MISS YOU B@STARDS!!!
I believe the gop is toast. If he wins the nomination, the party is officially changed FROM WITHIN. If he runs third party, the gop is dead. If he gets kicked out the gop is dead because his supporters will NOT got back to the rinos.
A tactical error that will seriously backfire
If it came down to that no third party pledge, I think Donald Trump would make the pledge. This is getting serious now, and many think Trump actually stands a chance of getting nominated. This is no longer a simple parlor game or vanity project.
“we are dealing with the GOPe here. They have no courage, for good or for evil.”
You’re half right. They do have courage for evil.
If GOPe does this, they will sign their own death warrant.
Fools....
I actually hope that they do! This would only add the anti-establishment candidates. Cruz should threaten to not attend if Trump is disallowed. This would boost his standing as well.
It’s a BS headline. Complete with the FoxNews “patented” breaking news hook. From now on, when I see a thread that starts “Breaking,” I’ll know to skip it. All hype, no meat.
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They can kick him out...but he will STILL win the nomination. The bottom line is that there is NO WAY to stop Trump. The Republicans PUNTED on the fighting the Democrats on their drive to simply RE-POPULATE the country. They left the field WIDE OPEN for Trump, or any other credible conservative, but none stepped up.
...so the ONLY HOPE for these beasts is to try to get a credible Republican to run Third Party and hopefully steal some of Trump’s voters. I doubt that will work, but it’s either that or upping their profile in Linkedin.
“i.e. the GOPe is damned if they do and damned if they don’t.”
Well, it seems as though they are just damned, then.
Be leery of disinformation.
Never happen- though I wish it would.
Then, in protest, Ted Cruz doesn’t participate— and Ted and Donald have the most watched debate in history on PPV, where they eviscerate the establishment GOP.
(Well, one can dream).
Even the GOPe can’t be that stupid, can they?
“Will they ban Trump? No. Remember, we are dealing with the GOPe here. They have no courage, for good or for evil. “
The GOPe all have sand in their vaginas!
Why? So they can safely pull crap to screw him out of the nomination? There’s nothing fair about the GOPe.
Lindsey Graham expressed the true GOPE thoughts several days ago. They’d rather lose to the Dems than have Trump.
“To be fair I believe Trump should rule out a third party bid if he wants to take part in the Republican debates.”
Why is this fair. He knows how to negotiate and use leverage. Right now, the GOP Lite has a knife to his neck - but he has a gun to their head.
So, do you think he should put the gun away?
I believe the gop-e should be banned...also from the debates.
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