House GOP Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, a member of House Republican leadership and the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress, will no longer be attending the convention in Cleveland, and will instead spend the week in Washington State to attend a memorial service for a friend, according to a spokesperson. They’re optimistic Republicans will be united by the time the convention ends.
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Trump Victory only transferred about $2.2 million to the campaign, which can only accept $2,700 per donor, highlighting just how dependent Trump will be on the RNC in this election cycle. “What does it say about our democracy that we have this process, and then not support the results because we don’t like the victor?” “This process is set up for that reason to include all sorts of Republicans – to come together, to work out differences”. Ted Cruz of Texas, but when Trump stepped into the race he found a kindred spirit.
But many presidents have overcome their limitations and become good leaders, he said, and Anderson said he fully believes that Trump – “if he wins” – has the possibility of being a good president.
So Anderson said that if Trump is chosen as the party’s candidate, “I will support him and do what I can to help ensure that he’s successful in November”.
“We were getting lots of pressure to pick a side, ” he said.
Much of his potential success – or failure – is on Trump’s own shoulders, Anderson said.
Hack called the Arizona law requiring delegates to back the candidate who won the most primary votes illegal, and she said Graham could not require delegates to pledge to back the victor.
Mick Kelly, co-organizer of a rally and march that could draw several thousand people to a downtown Cleveland park on Monday, said he is not “overly concerned” about a terrorist attack. “If there’s some organization out there, I haven’t heard about it and that means they’re not very organized. I think he will make the right moves”. Their hope was to get the rules committee to release delegates from having to vote for a candidate they oppose. The Texas convention is actually larger than the national convention, with three times as many delegates as the national level.
“He’s going to appoint people who know what they’re doing”.
It was unclear if those barriers were part of the security plan for the Republican National Convention even before a driver plowed through crowds of people in Nice, killing at least 84 of them.
The real estate mogul and reality TV star has largely received a tepid response from the Republican establishment in the Land of Lincoln, with elected officials from U.S. Sen.
Hope Sutterfield, 23, of Duncan, said unity is the key to stopping Clinton, especially after recent critical reports about the former Secretary of State’s email practices.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, the GOP’s 2008 presidential nominee, will be in Arizona campaigning for reelection against Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Arizona.
