State party chairman Tuckerman Babcock had expected the delegates to be divvied up according to the results of the Alaska GOP’s presidential preference poll in March, barring any letters from Sens.
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Cruz, from Texas, withdrew from the race in the spring, but multiple other states that had cast at least some delegates for Cruz were allowed to cast votes for him.
Cruz captured 12 votes, Trump 11 and Rubio five.
Cruz’s campaign did not answer a question as to what Cruz would do in that situation.
Nebraska delegate J.L. Spray, a member of the Republican National Committee, said the part of the speech that matched Mrs. Obama’s “was such non-substantive stuff”.
Alaska party rules state that if a candidate drops out after the state convention but before the national convention, the allocation of delegates will be recalculated. But after the delegates made their statement, the secretary reiterated that all 40 of the state’s votes would go to Trump. In reality, he said he believes the Republican Party is much more unified than it appears on the surface.
Trump’s transition advisers fear that Obama may convert these appointees to civil servants, who have more job security than officials who have been politically appointed. “We feel an eerie unease”, McMaster said, describing the state of the nation under President Obama.
Former state Rep. Peggy Wilson, a Trump delegate from Wrangell, said Trump isn’t trying to become president for fame or glory because he’s already rich and famous.
Speaking to reporters on the convention floor, Trump Jr. said he was proud of Melania Trump’s speech, but said he imagined there were people “who should have cleaned it up better”.
It was unclear whether the controversy would have any bearing on how voters view Trump.
Trump has previously vowed to eliminate the EPA and roll back some of America’s most ambitious environmental policies, actions that he says would revive the US oil and coal industries and bolster national security.
Media attention Monday was on a failed attempt by Republicans opposed to the nomination of Donald Trump to get the rules changed, and to the accusation that Trump’s wife, Melania, plagiarized a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama in her Monday address.
Christie was referring to Trump’s starring role in the long-running television show “The Apprentice”, where his catch-phrase was “You’re fired!” Wilson called her classy and intelligent and said she spoke from her heart.
“I’m pretty upset with John Kasich”, said Gene DiFabio.
This was to have been Melania Trump’s moment, her first real introduction to American voters who’d seen her by her husband’s side for months but had barely heard her speak. Nancy Reagan, of course, was one.
Both talked about being raised with the same values: “that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say”, they each said.
“I think that was really rather ridiculous”.
“Melania Trump said the strength of your dreams is in your willingness to work for them”, Spicer said.
Journalist Jarrett Hill noticed a particular paragraph in the speech which seems to have been copied verbatim from Michelle Obama’s speech.
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Babcock suggested that if a speechwriter knew about the similarities that person should accept responsibility.
