The faction of the GOP that is unhappy with Donald Trump as the party’s presumptive nominee has one last plan to stop the mogul: staging an all-out delegate revolt at the Republican National Convention.
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Dumping Trump at next month’s Republican national convention? But with party leaders already flashing mixed messages about the billionaire’s candidacy – House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., belatedly endorsed him but labeled his comments “racist” – any more rhetorical bombs that Trump tosses could cause opposition to him to snowball. He donated repeatedly to Hillary Clinton for her Senate run and first presidential campaign – and also holds business ties to some of Clinton’s mega donors. “And I will never ever let you down”.
Her total is comprised of pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses, as well as superdelegates – the party officials and officeholders who can back a candidate of their choosing.
Trump’s remarks Tuesday night came hours after he released a statement aiming to put his controversial comments about the judge to rest, in which he claimed he had been “misconstrued” and vowed not to comment on the issue again. The nomination does not belong to Trump, no matter how many times he and others in the media say it does.
The far-fetched idea is the latest reflection of a campaign cycle that has been anything but ordinary, and stems from a continuing dissatisfaction among some conservative stalwarts with how Trump is behaving and running his campaign.
“It’s just not going to happen”, said Randy Evans, a GOP national committeeman from Georgia.
To try to keep Trump, who is notoriously resistant to advice, on track, some on his team are turning more to his grown children Eric, Don Jr. and Ivanka, as well as Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner in the hope that they can exert influence. Scott, who previously supported Marco Rubio, has called Trump’s comments “racially toxic”, yet said he’ll still support the party’s nominee.
“There are so many ad hoc groups of women who back Trump, and what we want to do is harness their energy and give them a home”, Serkes said. Trump said last week that a federal judge might not be capable of imparting a fair judgment because he is of Mexican descent.
With Johnson dropped from consideration, Clinton’s lead remains three percentage points – 42% to Trump’s 39% – the poll found.
Trump’s harshest attacks against Clinton were on foreign policy, blaming her for empowering Iran and making the Middle East more unsafe.
The Trump finance machine kick-off took place at New York City’s Four Seasons Hotel amid growing concerns about the Republican presidential candidate’s lack of a campaign infrastructure heading into a November 8 election battle against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
One senior Republican donor, who has been a leading fundraiser for the party for decades, said there is a palpable reluctance among some traditionally “rock-solid” GOP donors to associate themselves with Trump. If no candidate wins the nomination by then, most delegates are free to vote for anyone in the second and succeeding rounds of voting.
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According to Politico, the former Secretary of State’s campaign has started to purchase advertisements promoting the new website and has even created a “Republicans Against Trump” Facebook page, which has about 800 likes as of this writing.
