Donald Trump’s campaign still lacks a sufficient number of supportive delegates to guarantee that any revolt at the Republican National Convention could be put down, a key committee delegate says.
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Moody said that some members of the “free the delegates” group are afraid to come out against Trump before the convention since they fear retaliation from Trump supporters and an all-out civil war within the GOP.
The Wall Street Journal has taken this possibility seriously. That leaves 903 potential swing votes. He doesn’t need to get these guys that are from the Republican establishment near his ticket.
Though a majority of the convention delegates are bound to support Trump, one count shows just about 890 delegates are personally loyal to the New Yorker. Doing so would allow delegates to vote their “conscience”, many in the movement say. “The time is upon us once again to showcase Cleveland and what we, as a community, are all about”. His priority is a “smooth convention”, Evans added.
Art Wittich, who is a Montana state legislator and a member of the rule’s committee, is among those with that concern.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Brentwood also has been invited to speak and will serve throughout the week as a Trump “surrogate”, speaking on behalf of the campaign in interviews and at events.
“We’re the ones who are paying attention”. Ted Cruz, who finished second in the North Carolina Republican primary in March. “Think of the opposite extreme, the contrast of some delegate’s chairman standing up and casting some vote, while all the delegation is there saying, ‘No, I don’t want to do that.’ That’s why I think there could and should be floor challenges if it comes to that”.
“I think it’s a similar climate to 1968, when people were beating each other up over the Vietnam War”, said Penley, 64, who wants to hold a peaceful demonstration in a Cleveland park.
Any effort to replace Trump as the nominee still is a long shot. “If someone breaks the law, we’re going to take swift, appropriate and constitutional action to mitigate that”.
“I look at him and his family and I think they’re the Kardashians”. But by then, Scott said he had already chose to back out.
Still, the unbinding effort faces hurdles.
The groups “Free the Delegates” and “Delegates Unbound” organized the call. She very, very concerned about it. She says if Trump goes out and picks an elected Republican to be his VP, that the thing that’s gonna happen is he’s gonna be impeached in six months. And leaderless means candidate-less.
Civic leaders have said Cleveland is experiencing a renaissance following decades of decline, and that reputation will be on the line during the convention. “Maybe it’s not that they are not organized”.
Klein, the Pennsylvania delegate, says if he is in a threatening situation the police can’t control, he’ll do what he has to. Trump has promised to liven up the 2016 Republican National Convention.
“Having grown up here it’s rewarding to work on a cause that’s bigger than myself”, she said.
ABC News has identified all 112 members of the rules committee, and is working to get in touch with all of them.
Live Stream – There will be gavel to gavel live streaming of the Convention’s proceedings, and anyone with the app will have every moment in the palm of their hand.
Matt Jansen, a delegate from York, Pa., said he plans to bring his Glock 9mm.
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Rogue GOP delegates, including Grant Moody of San Antonio, are calling for a rule change before the convention delegates start voting.
