The GOP delegate rebellion against Donald Trump is dead, Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus declared on Friday, looking ahead to a unified national convention next week amid signs that both Trump and the broader party are moderating their message with an eye toward November. At press time, Trump has yet to address the apparent change in programming.
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Bush, once seen as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, remains one of the most prominent anti-Trump holdouts in the GOP. Trump kicked off his campaign announcement by labeling illegal immigrants from Mexico as “rapists” and “murders”.
Delegates Unbound, a group urging delegates to “vote their conscience” at the convention, insists that delegates can vote for the candidate they want at the convention – even if that candidate isn’t Trump.
All of a sudden, some delegates are heaving a sigh, wondering yet again – albeit privately – if they have candidate they can trust.
The 50 Alabama delegates and 47 alternates on their way to the convention, led by the first USA senator – Jeff Sessions – to endorse Trump, are compelled by state party rules to vote in line with results of Alabama’s spring presidential primary, which Trump won in a romp.
Matthew Jennert of Orlando, Fla. adjusts the sign for the OH delegation as preparations continue for the Republican National Convention, Friday, July 15, 2016, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
Letlow said all five of Rubio’s Louisiana delegates have committed to supporting Trump. Ted Cruz still has over 100 delegates pledged to him under the primary, and we follow those rules.
“We have been getting an average of 30 to 40 emails a day from people wanting us to “vote the conscious clause” and basically free up everybody”, said Jones.
That means 36 state delegates will go for Trump; 13 will vote for Texas Sen.
“I’m a man of my word”, said Clymer, a Riverside resident who is chief financial officer of Ben Clymer’s The Body Shop.
Sherry Hunt, a delegate from Ector County, could not be reached for comment.
“I would hope to come away from the convention with a great deal of feeling that, hey, these two guys are problem solvers”, he says. He said the vacancy on the Supreme Court as a result of the death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia is also critical as the GOP wants a Republican president to nominate a successor.
Although Trump did not win the Iowa caucus, the Iowa delegation is bound to vote for him.
The real estate mogul and reality TV star has largely received a tepid response from the Republican establishment in the Land of Lincoln, with elected officials from U.S. Sen.
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“I think he needs to present himself in a presidential manner”. “But we have to unite behind Donald Trump. We were all on the same page”, she said.
