“There’s a lot of things that are not settled yet plus the platform and rules have to be voted on by the delegation at the convention and no one knows what’s going to transpire there”, said Harmon.
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John Kasich won’t speak at the Republican National Convention where Donald Trump is set to become his party’s presidential nominee, but he will speak to the NAACP national convention that Trump is bypassing.
In the end, she encountered overwhelming opposition from delegates arguing that it would be unthinkable for the party to abandon Trump after he overwhelmingly won GOP primaries and caucuses and garnered more than 13 million votes.
“I wake up this morning to find out that I’m speaking at the Republican National Convention”, the former NFL quarterback said.
Nevada GOP whip and delegate Jordan Ross said the whole idea that the RNC and Trump delegates were out of step with the grassroots was a misnomer.
The Republican National Convention runs July 18-21 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
The rules committee has been bombarded with emails from Americans who support the Stop Trump movement. “When we don’t have closed primaries, when we don’t have some system – whether it’s a closed primary or a convention or something that draws a distinction between us and the other people, those who are Republicans and those who are not – we lose”, said U.S. Sen. “But I think there’s the possibility that he could be a very good president if he’s elected”.
Donald Trump wasn’t their first choice for the Republican nominee for president.
Republican National Committee chief spokesman Sean Spicer said he would not reach that margin.
Saphir said Trump might not be able to bring his party back together.
“There is no other candidate”, Priebus told the AP in a Friday interview, after rebel delegates failed to change party rules the night before.
Cuccinelli said he would win enough support – 28 of the rules committee’s 112 members – to be allowed votes on several of his proposals by the full convention.
“Hopefully, there’s a unification so we can move forward”, he said.
“I think the chances numerically are just nonexistent”, Saphir said.
JS: Yes, but you know he (Trump) said we were going to hear voices from the “real world”.
“Here’s a guy who’s a ready-made Bond villain – he’s rich, he’s eccentric, he’s always got a attractive woman on his arm (whether it’s his wife or daughter)”, Shaffer says.
“If they think they’ve quelled a rebellion, all they did is kick them in the shins”, she said of the impact GOP leaders’ actions had on her supporters.
When the Rules Committee voted down the proposal by an overwhelming margin, it effectively ensured that Trump will be the Republican presidential nominee.
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“Like, if you’re sending your football team off to the state convention”, he says.
