Posted on 04/18/2016 2:51:08 AM PDT by markomalley
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told reporters at a press conference Sunday in Staten Island that the Republican primary nomination process is “rigged” against him and he refuses to play by the rules established by GOP state party committees he deems unfair.
“I don’t want to play the rule game, because I’ll tell you what, we live in a democracy and it’s all about getting the bosses out. The bosses are picking. Now I’m winning, you will say. I’m wining by 200 delegates. I’m winning, more importantly in my opinion, I’m winning by 2 million votes. In other words I’ve gotten more than 2 million votes,” Trump said, when asked why he does not work within the rules different state contests have.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz swept up all of Wyoming’s available delegates at the state’s GOP convention Saturday night. Although Wyoming Republican voters caucused on March 12 at local conventions to begin the delegate election process, Trump and his supporters called it a voter-less primary.
A similar situation occurred in Colorado where Cruz delegates won all the open slots to go to the convention through a process that began at local caucuses on March 1.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus fired back at Trump this week for accusing the party of having a rigged system.
New York Republican Rep. Peter King told Fox News earlier on Sunday that the “system is what it is.” Ohio Gov. John Kasich as well as Cruz could call the New York primary unfair too, should Trump win at least 50 percent of the GOP vote statewide and receive at least 50 percent of the Republican votes in most or all of the Empire State’s congressional districts.
“He may get 53 or 54 percent of the vote, but if he gets 100 percent of the delegates, now, Cruz or Kasich could say, ‘That’s unfair.’ The very nature of a nominating process is always — Iowa has caucuses. Some have open primaries. Others just have local conventions. That’s just the way it’s been and it’s not meant to be easy. Whatever it is, I don’t see it as an attempt to stop Donald Trump,” King said. “These rules have been in effect in one way or another, with their idiosyncracies, for one hundred years. And in some cases, others get changed every few years, but that’s part of running for president. you have to learn how to navigate the minefields,” he added.
the voters in CO voted in the delegates.
In a word, an oligarchy.
>Trump’s claim that he took a principled stand not to participate because it was all crooked is a flat-out lie.
Official CO GOP Twitter after Cruz won: We did it #NEVERTRUMP
Nobody believes your bs.
Most importantly, the man is already getting his supporters to be ready to take what he may not be able to win outright.
Mob rule. The founder’s greatest fear and the Donald s most potent weapon. Crazies who refuse to let any stray thoughts permeate the gray matter.
First I've heard about "Paying off the polls". Do you have a credible source for that?
As to your point about "crazies" and "mob rule", you sound like one who likes the Party system as it is.
Was this also your opinion in 2014 with the reelection of Thad Cochran?
“In a word, an oligarchy.”
Flipping through channels yesterday I found The Bern at one of his rallies. He had no problem pointing out the fact that we’re now and oligarchy. Imagine him making more sense, and being more truthful, than our own GOP Establishment.
but listen, you have no idea if a politician is lying about what they stand for when you cast the vote for them.
Unfortunately trump is not putting the effort in to securing delegates in many of these states and it seems it’s because he thinks this is a democracy. That’s his fault for not knowing how the US gov’t is structured.
When have we ever lived in a democracy...?
Bernie seems to be able to find the problems, but not the solutions.
>but listen, you have no idea if a politician is lying about what they stand for when you cast the vote for them.
I know that Lyin’ Ted lies almost every other word out of his mouth:
https://amp.twimg.com/v/745e21cb-199f-4ffb-8238-8c5f67810ef1
He is going to negotiate trade deals when he can’t even manage to handle primaries. But don’t worry when it doesn’t go his way he and his followers can whine. They are really good at that.
Have you been following this. THE VOTERS DIDN’T VOTE in CO and WY.
>Again, so what? There are a lot of Republican in Colorado who detest Trump, which is their absolute right.
LOL, do you know how silly you sound?
Of course you’re right. His answers to the problem are 180° from ours; but he does recognize the USA for what it is now.
You do if they are "principled conservatives". They stand for nothing. See the last 7 1/2 years.
>He is going to negotiate trade deals when he can’t even manage to handle primaries. But don’t worry when it doesn’t go his way he and his followers can whine. They are really good at that.
Have you checked out Lyin’ Ted’s poll numbers? It seems like his voterless victories have backfired.
trump is the consummate (lefty) politician. he loves big gov’t control. he’s all over the board with his positions and none of them (for the most part) are conservative.
Tarp
planned parenthood
support for lgbt programs
touchback amnesty
but listen, you have no idea if a politician is lying about what they stand for when you cast the vote for them.
I know with 100% certainty that Ted Cruz is lying about opposing Obamatrade. If he really did oppose it he never would have campaigned to fast track it while knowing that ZERO fast tracked trade deals have ever been voted down.
oh yeah...NY is a real example of US voters. flaming libs, big gov’t, high taxation, total control of the individual.
Get rid of voter I.D. too!
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