“There are a lot of delegates out there who are very concerned with Donald Trump’s conduct and statements”.
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FOX411 reached out to well-known Republican-leaning celebrities including Willie Robertson, Vince Vaughn, Tim Allen, Dean Cain, and Jon Voight, all of whose reps said they had no Cleveland flights booked. And if Dump Trump does succeed, the convention could turn into an uncontrollable free-for-all.
Correll will likely be among the eight delegates awarded proportionally to U.S. Sen.
And Caitlyn Jenner has her bags packed for Cleveland, but so far says she’ll just be attending the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to talk about the GOP opening up to the transgendered community, not the convention itself.
Numerous delegates to both conventions will arrive a few days early to plunge into the process. Speaking at a CNN town hall Tuesday night, Ryan said he was not going to put his thumb on the scale for either side in the delegate fight.
Nordstrom said he’ll see how he feels on Sunday – the day before the convention starts – while keeping his eye on rooms available on AirBnb.
Trump strongholds, like Diane Schindlbeck, a Trump delegate, said the real estate mogul’s decisive primary victories speak for themselves.
The Trump forces, though, reportedly avoided getting too involved in the social issues that dominated much of the platform deliberation.
Feaman, who is Palm Beach County’s Republican committeeman and Florida’s Republican National Committeeman, opposes efforts to dislodge Trump.
“There’s absolutely no room for me to change my mind for the simple fact I’ve thought long and hard”, he said.
“In a normal year, with a normal candidate, that would be a simple process”.
Trump has said his children, sons Eric and Donald Jr., daughter Ivanka and wife Melania, will speak as well.
Correll said the decision, which removes one tool that party leaders and the Trump campaign had to enforce primary results, will embolden anti-Trump delegates in the other states that have similar provisions. Arch-conservatives don’t want Ohio Governor John Kasich; moderates and people who work with him don’t want Senator Ted Cruz.
“Today’s decision should give comfort to all delegates that they can not be punished for voting their conscience at the Republican National Convention”. I think we need to leave it like it is and let the delegates vote as they were bound to do. He said, however, that he did not think additional lawsuits were planned in those states.
Fogarty said the party already knows at least five delegates who are not attending. Party leaders are trying to contact alternate delegates who won election in March. “Delegates are the authority of the Republican Party”. Steve House, the chairman of the Colorado GOP, is a Trump supporter who says the “conscience clause” will be unsuccessful.
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On the 16 floor of a century-old skyscraper, a handful of staff for Delegates Unbound sit at laptops, making phone calls and sending emails to the 2,472 GOP delegates.
