Minnesota Republicans headed to this week’s national party convention in Cleveland are feeling a mixture of excitement and anxiety. After that, the only two events firmly scheduled for the Minnesotans each day are a 9 a.m. delegation breakfast featuring a speaker, usually a governor, member of Congress or prominent conservative pundit, and a standing invitation to their hotel bar, which “will remain open till 2:30 a.m.”, according to the schedule. “So, that’s a huge opportunity for him to introduce himself nationally, help him begin to build a national platform, begin to establish national credibility on national security and foreign policy issues which I’m sure he’ll focus on”.
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Bill Reilich, town of Greece supervisor and head of the Monroe County GOP, has been going to Republican conventions since 1992.
“Well, the dynamic changed (Wednesday) when the Trump people threw in with Reince, they flat-out said we’re going to follow Reince’s lead, so, so much for being anti-establishment”, Cuccinelli told CNN.
“It’s a toxic world we’re living, politically particularly”, said state Rep. Ron Amstutz (R-Wooster), who is serving as an alternate delegate for Ohio’s 16th Congressional District. “We ought to find ways to solve people’s problems”.
But Little stood up and put his thumb on the scale of keeping delegates bound, proposing an amendment meant to close off any alternate interpretation of party rules. California’s delegation might represent the Republican party’s best access to biggest electoral prize in November (55 Electoral College votes), but it’s a bit player in the national GOP. He said he’s ready for a festive affair. Ted Cruz but are now free to support whomever they want because Cruz is no longer running.
Still, Diehl said he’s beginning to see some traditional political actors behind the scenes coming to grips with Trump as the nominee. You might have a hard time convincing some of LeBron James’ and Kyrie Irving’s fans that the stakes are higher now.
“The great thing about it is, if it’s someone who we don’t feel is particularly interesting we’ll go with the stars who got us here”, Wallace said. Throngs of protestors were already expected in Cleveland, and security was beefed up following the shootings in Dallas that killed five police officers, as well as the slayings of two black men by police earlier this month.
Trump is expected to deliver his acceptance speech before the closing ceremony.
But there’s another reason this has become a major story: It accentuates the divide that exists between Kasich, who was unsuccessful in his bid for the Republican nomination for president, and New York City business tycoon Donald Trump, who will receive the GOP’s nomination Thursday.
But for Morey, who supported Carly Fiorina’s presidential bid, it’s likely that Trump celebrates the victory with no nomination issues. Cleveland’s mayor and police chief have repeatedly said the city is prepared for all kinds of situations, but as other cities in the US and overseas have tragically experienced in recent days and weeks, it’s impossible to foresee everything. Only if Trump does not reach the minimum number of 1,237 delegates, a second vote would happen. This would guarantee the election for Hillary Clinton. “We’ve got a good group of people in our police department”.
He is prepared for a scenario of unrest among attendees.
Several prominent national Republicans have also made a decision to sit out the convention, including the party’s only two living presidents and its past two nominees.
The mood for this week’s convention is trickier to gauge.
“This time will be different. There could be all sorts of things happening at this convention”, said Knowles, who voted for Marco Rubio in Georgia’s primary. “There could be walkouts if Trump is nominated, and if he’s not nominated, there certainly will be walkouts”.
Thousands of police from OH and dozens of other jurisdictions across the country, including federal officers and agents, will be in place for the July 18-21 convention.
“People are kind of holding their breath to see what he says because there certainly is no love lost between them”, Knowles said.
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Who will go to the GOP convention? And one I’m not looking forward to. Clinton would double down on President Obama’s failures, further degrading our military and dutifully serving the Democratic coalition, a collection of big-government elitists, labor unions and legions of those dependent on an endless flow of handouts and subsidies that are spiraling the national debt out of control, hobbling the economy and driving the country toward insolvency. One candidate will win by a few percentage points thanks to base turnout, and we’ll have another blurry result that answers no essential questions in American politics.
