The Republican National Convention being held July 18-21 in Cleveland and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia from July 25-28 follow a string of high-profile shootings.
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Republicans setting the GOP’s presidential nomination rules abruptly recessed for more than three hours on Thursday as top party leaders seek to thwart a revolt among delegates eager to revamp the GOP’s command structure and the process of nominating Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s campaign and party leaders seem poised to defeat GOP renegades trying to derail the billionaire’s presidential nomination.
Though some members of the U.S. House of Representatives will speak this year in Cleveland, the pool of Minnesotans from which to choose was slim.
Kimball and Newton are representing Utah at convention. There are members of the rules committee who want to see that happen, including Kendal Unruh of Colorado. She believes that this will let delegates vote with their “conscience”.
Unruh said they have the right to vote “freely and openly without retribution”. They were also pushing a series of populist changes aimed at appealing to grassroots conservatives that would take power from the Republican National Committee – consisting of 168 party leaders from around the country – and its chairman, who is now Reince Priebus. Former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, author of the book, “Lone Survivor”, about a 2005 firefight in Afghanistan, will make an appearance, along with a Wisconsin sheriff, David Clarke, who is a vocal critic of the Black Lives Matter movement.
She says Trump isn’t her first choice either, but the ultimate goal is a victory in November.
Hillary Clinton is assuring Senate Democrats that she will pick a “very qualified” vice presidential candidate during their weekly luncheon on Capitol Hill.
In Washington’s May 24 primary election, Trump won 76 percent of the Republican vote, giving him claim to almost all of the state’s 44 delegates to the Republican National Convention, according to a traditional interpretation of party rules.
Ken Cuccinelli is also an important player today.
Trump’s wife will indeed be speaking on Monday, the opening night of the convention.
The Rules Committee had planned two marathon sessions for Thursday and Friday. Gingrich told the AP earlier in the day that he had expected to receive word from Trump sometime after 1 p.m.
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Simmons says if there are changes from the rules or platform committees, then each delegate will have to vote by paper ballot. However, Rules Committee member Carly Haugland of North Dakota told NPR in April that delegates aren’t bound by the primaries and can already vote with their conscious.
