Posted on 06/21/2016 8:19:16 AM PDT by Taxman
Betrayed! 1,000 delegates to ditch Trump?
Just when it appeared that the movement to dump Donald Trump as the GOP presidential candidate was defeated, it looks like it has come roaring back.
And this time, it may have more momentum than ever.
As many as 1,000 delegates to the Republican National Convention may have interest in a new push to ditch Trump and allow delegates to choose another candidate.
The new movement is calling itself “Free the Delegates,” and it’s rallying like-minded Republicans to prepare for a fight.
But critics argue that it is a petulant coup that would set aside the will of millions of voters who backed Trump.
According to insiders, the Free the Delegates movement plans to organize thousands of delegates in a plot to depose Trump with a convention rules change.
“Roughly 30 delegates from 15 states participated in a conference call Thursday night,” Yahoo! reported Monday. “Since then, however, [their] campaign appears to have picked up steam. A second conference call on Sunday night attracted an alleged 1,000 participants.”
According to The Washington Post, “The group is led by delegates seeking to block Trump at the GOP convention next month in Cleveland by changing party rules so that they can vote however they want — instead of in line with the results of state caucuses and primaries. It is quickly emerging as the most organized effort to stop Trump and coincides with his declining poll numbers.”
The Free the Delegates movement is also reportedly raising money for staff and a legal defense fund.
This establishment threat to Trump’s nomination has grown increasingly credible. The Associated Press has reported that more and more Republicans in Congress are saying they will not attend the party convention and are not endorsing his candidacy.
Trump wondered aloud Saturday who his opponents would pick as a replacement, a problem that has plagued the “Never Trump” movement for months.
“Who are they going to pick? I beat everybody. But I don’t mean beat — I beat the hell out of them,” he said.
Tell us what you think! Would you support another GOP candidate if Trump was dropped at the Republican National Convention?
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
It seems if there exist obscure adverse articles from questionable sources, they will be posted here. This seems a bit odd.
trump isint done ...you keep on believing the liberal media lies
If this is true, there will be a revenge ballot down wipe out of GOP
candidates. The GOPe’s may get what they want, Hillary as President,
but there won’t be a lot of GOP congress critters left to work with her.
The GOP carnage will be massive.
The likes of which the GOP has never experienced.
Somebody's having fun at our expense with this nonsense.
GOP STANDS FOR GOOD FOR NOTHING PRICKS
I’m with you.
The Horn is published by Kevin Hart, an award-winning media specialist and former communications executive with President George H. W. Bush’s Points of Light Foundation.
That's all I needed to see that this is utter BS. The Compost has been publishing stories that are 500% cr*p (a 5-fold increase on the WaPo cr*p-o-meter) ever since Trump booted them. Their whining and panty-twisting is a sight to behold!
about 1k delegates are BOUND, I thought on the first ballot
Republican Party - an extinct American political party which was founded by the Abolitionist Movement in the 1850’s, and played a key role in American politics before committing suicide in 2016.
This is all you need to know:
The Horn is published by Kevin Hart, an award-winning media specialist and former communications executive with President George H. W. Bush’s Points of Light Foundation.
One of these guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Qt6a-vaNM
I’m sure they may find a nice, quiet plot in a shady place to rest their bones, if they actually commit this treachery against the republican voters.
It all ties together in some weird way. Maybe in the land of 1,000 dances.
IF they have twelve I would be surprised. The only reason that the WaPo would be engaging in this kind of speculation is to destroy the movement that is Trump
IF Cruz or Ryan or anyone else actually accepts a nomination because of this, I will NEVER vote republican again ever
How much $$ did each delegate get to change their initial vote?
This is outrageous and very unloyal to the voters of their particular state.
Nothing more reliable that the Horn News I guess.
Nothing more reliable that the Horn News I guess.
Exactly!
There will be massive down ballot GOP political carnage left on the
streets if this happens.
It will make Eric Cantor and Randy Forbes look like a warm up act.
What would you suggest to replace it? Before primaries and delegates we had the fat cats in the back room picking whomever they wished
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