That’s Donald Trump’s evaluation of the Republican Party’s rules, heading into the GOP convention for the party’s presidential nomination. “I am pleased to bring Tim on board to organize what is a very important state”, Trump said in a statement released by his campaign.
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While that might be true, it is highly unlikely that Alabama GOP delegates will be changing their vote even after the first ballot is cast.
“You’d do much better to go to some of these states that do not have the kind of restraints that have been posed by the Alabama Republican party”. Cruz swept all of the 13 delegates that day and all 30 pledged delegates for the state.
But the delegate system is nuanced – in several states, traditional voters are far removed from the direct selection of the national delegates. But Trump insisted it wasn’t his fault and called the Texas senator’s win the latest in a series of political “shenanigans”.
Cruz’s campaign won each of Colorado’s GOP delegates at its state and congressional district conventions after a similarly strong outcome in North Dakota the week prior.
The comments came as both campaigns work tirelessly behind the scenes to secure delegates who will back them at the Republican Party convention this summer in Cleveland. “I don’t have the power to direct them how to vote”. That debate is happening in NY, where Hillary Clinton has a 14-point lead over Bernie Sanders. Marco Rubio, who suspended his campaign March 15.
“I’m winning the votes by millions of votes but the system is rigged – it’s crooked”, Trump told “Fox & Friends” Monday.
Democratic voters think by a 63 percent to 35 percent margin that it would be acceptable for the Republican delegates to nominate another candidate if the leader doesn’t have a majority of delegates.
The California Republican Party said in a statement that the billionaire businessman will deliver a speech April 29 at the group’s convention in Burlingame, just outside San Francisco. “They were just delegates that were picked and the people doing the picking are the people on the establishment side”, said Trump.
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Former South Carolina Republican Chairman Katon Dawson, who has been publicly neutral in the race, said he’s seen no difference in Trump’s delegate strategy since Manafort’s hire. Sessions said he was encouraged to run by state party officials and members of the Trump organization. If no candidate wins 50 percent, delegates are awarded proportionally. “The rules are no good when you have to play dirty tricks to pick up delegates”. “I think we’ll get to the 1,237”, he said.
