Numerous things that raised eyebrows could have come straight from a playbook written by Donald Trump supporters. Our country will stand united. Ben Carson, Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Chris Christie and Gov. Scott Walker.
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At a March rally for Trump in North Carolina, Burns spoke of Sanders – the first Jewish candidate to win major nominating contests – while warming up the crowd waiting for the candidate.
The GOP group’s rules committee ground to a halt for several hours today as the closed-door session was held in a facility near the convention center.
The Republican National Committee’s rules panel reconvened this afternoon without immediate word on whether a deal had been struck between GOP Chairman Reince Priebus after a private meeting that reportedly included leaders of a movement to dump Donald Trump as the party’s nominee.
Conservative convention delegates allied with Cuccinelli have proposed “unbinding” delegates so they would not have to back the candidates they were committed to by state primaries and caucuses.
Thiel will be speaking on the fourth night of the convention, along with Tim Tebow, a self-described heterosexual football player who also appeared in an ad for Focus on the Family. One leading plan by Kendal Unruh, a Colorado delegate, would let delegates abandon the candidate they’re supposed to support and instead vote their conscience.
At a convention where Trump – who has declared himself the Law and Order Candidate – will preside inside and competing demonstrators (Black Lives Matter, Bikers for Trump) might tangle outside, anything could happen.
Gov. John Kasich of OH plans to be in Cleveland most of next week, but has no plans to attend the convention.
No one expects Unruh’s proposal to win a majority on the convention rules committee, which is heavy with top party officials.
Federal authorities are deeply concerned about the possibility of domestic terrorism and other violence at this year’s political conventions. He’s also said he’s backing other lawsuits against Gawker.
Even if her team gets convention floor action, their bid would then have to survive a series of procedural steps.
Both sides agreed that the bargaining broke down over an effort by conservatives to provide extra convention delegates to states with primaries closed to independent and Democratic voters, many of whom flocked to Trump in this year’s voting.
It would take 1,237 convention delegate votes to approve a change.
“With Cruz, you were 99 percent sure where he was coming from”, said Saul Anuzis, a MI committeeman who ran Cruz’s campaign in his state. “With Trump, you don’t know. But he’s taking some steps”. Henry Barbour, a MS committeeman who has been a fierce Trump critic, was wearing a small Trump pin.
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Also, Newt Gingrich, the former U.S. House of Representatives speaker who is very close to Sheldon Adelson, the pro-Israel casino magnate who has pledged tens of millions of dollars to Trump’s campaign. “That’s my statement”, the usually talkative Barbour said.
