“Nobody should be coerced to vote for a candidate as unsafe and unprincipled as Donald Trump”, said a statement from the #NeverTrump Team, a coalition of anti-Trump forces.
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The 34-year-old also said she is not hurt that major figures in the Republican Party – George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Sen.
But the governor and former presidential contender – who has not endorsed presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump – didn’t mention the NY real estate mogul at Hyde Park Steakhouse, and didn’t answer any questions on his way out. “But this really is about a forward-looking moment”.
Trump did not immediately acknowledge the chaos, but did tweet criticism of CNN’s coverage in the minutes following the floor fight and say a vast majority of those present supported him. Pro- and anti-Trump demonstrators clashed at various Trump events during the campaign.
“My father is an outsider, and we went through a very tough primary”, Trump said.
New Mexico’s delegation held firm in support of Trump.
Numerous party’s top elected officials and donors will also be missing, as will the last two Republican presidents and last two Republican presidential nominees. Three police officers were killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the eve of the convention’s opening day.
In a matter of weeks, Americans have seen deadly police shootings, a shocking ambush of police in Texas and escalating racial tensions, not to mention a failed coup in Turkey and the Bastille Day attack in Nice, France.
He said Trump was failing to accomplish the GOP’s goal of unifying the party, adding he is sure he will acknowledge the “mistake” in the future.
What you missed today: #NeverTrump met its end, as the Republican Party approved its rules, which leave in place binding provisions that make Tuesday’s nomination vote nothing but a formality.
In a brief interview with The Associated Press, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich – who Trump considered as a running mate – said of the insurrection, “It’s silly”.
Following the adopting of the rules vote and the denial of the roll call vote, some Colorado delegates walked out of the convention amid the yelling and protests.
Manafort, in remarks to reporters at a Bloomberg breakfast, called Kasich “petulant” and said the governor was “embarrassing” his party in his home state.
“You don’t do this in America”, he said. The combined effort was enough to prevent a roll call vote.
At the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, the Minnesota delegates’ hotel is 25 miles from the convention hall, and no Minnesotan has nabbed a key speaking slot. Cuccinelli angrily threw his delegate card to the floor.
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With the defeat of the roll-call effort, the free-the-delegates advocates seem to have exhausted their last avenue to unseat Trump as the Republican nominee.
