All eyes will be on OH this week as Donald Trump and his cavalcade of speakers take the stage at the Quicken Loans Center for the 2016 Republican National Convention.
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Lee, an outspoken Trump critic, blasted convention leaders for walking off the stage in the face of demands for the vote. He contemplated a run for governor in 2010 and is the former executive of Erie County, the state’s largest upstate county.
Collins said Monday that his three-minute speech is still being written, but he will mention the importance of securing the borders, defeating ISIS, bringing jobs back to America and avoiding damaging free-trade deals.
After a frantic search on the crowded convention floor for the secretary, Susie Hudson, the rebellious delegates found a GOP official who said he would deliver the petitions.
But there are other requirements too – such as delivering proper documents to the secretary of the convention – that must be met to qualify for a roll call. “Roll Call.” Others walked out of the convention floor saying they had to assess their next steps.
David Chung, a delegate from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said the failure of the anti-Trump dissidents to force a vote was proof that “the house always wins”. The Republican Party was having none of it and shut down the protest vote with authority. A large group of anti-Trump so-called “establishment Republicans” have worked diligently through the primary season to do anything in their power to prevent the presumptive Republican nominee from becoming the party’s confirmed presidential nominee.
“It’s not a movement”, said Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Donald Trump’s wife Melania Trump is expected to speak later in the day, along with senators and representatives.
“I had a chance meeting with him in February in SC…”
The convention recently made news when the city of Cleveland announced a list of items that are banned from the he 1.7 square-mile “event zone” surrounding the arena.
Coattails and who gets them? Mike Lee, R-Utah, as he helped lead the anti-Trump effort by about a dozen states.
The impact may be crucial for the state Senate, where Republicans hold a tenuous majority.
But Trump and the Republican party were not about to let that happen.
Still, there’s a lot of important business to do in Cleveland – mainly nominating Donald Trump for President and kicking off the campaign against Hillary Clinton.
Manafort also claimed Kasich’s non-endorsement is hurting the campaign effort of U.S. Sen.
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Perry unsuccessfully ran twice for the Republican nomination.
