Republican front-runner Donald Trump is still in pursuit of his party’s nomination, but he has some thoughts about how the GOP convention should go, saying in an interview he wants to “put some showbiz” into the proceedings.
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A member of the Republican National Committee trying to revamp GOP rules for nominating a presidential candidate says without the change, party leaders could exert “almost dictatorial power” at this July’s nominating convention.
Steve Duprey of Concord, former four-time New Hampshire Republican State Committee chairman, was present at the convention when Mickelsen withdrew her motion.
Republican voters overwhelmingly reject the idea of GOP convention delegates’ choosing a presidential nominee who hasn’t run in the 2016 primaries, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found.
Trump’s complaints come as his rival, Ted Cruz, has managed to engineer a highly successful delegate operation, in some cases netting him additional delegates or getting friendly ones elected who could switch their support to him in the event of a contested convention.
As a result, a panel that oversees party rules voted Thursday to punt on any talk of rules changes until July, when a panel of delegates – made up of representatives from every state and territory – will be formed a week prior to the convention to adopt rules for the proceedings. The perception of the RNC would have been bad if there were any changes”, explained Emineth, “I love the rule as a delegate.
The world was watching Thursday to see if the rules committee for the Republican National Committee would change any of their rules, or recommend anything that they’d like to see happen at this summer’s convention. “But we all need to get behind the nominee”, he added. Ryder said existing rules already require the presiding officer to get a two-thirds majority vote to permit new nominations. No one is forcing them to wear our jersey. They will also be free to vote against Trump’s wishes on other matters, for instance, on decisions about the rules under which the convention will operate. Trump has spent weeks railing against the GOP, laying the groundwork for a possible contested convention if he fails to obtain a majority of delegates once the last primaries take place June 7.
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“I think there’s just a lot of questions out there about, ‘How does this thing work?'” Walden said, noting that he has been asked by people from his district about the convention.
The Trump campaign suggested that the rules were rigged to deny the NY businessman the nomination.
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“If we had gone to Roberts Rules of Order, each of the 2,472 delegates could raise an order”, Evans told Hannity.
