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Politics : A Hard Look At Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (3696)	7/18/2016 4:53:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46408

If I were happy about it, I'd be supporting the Orange Faced Clown who will lose to her. Then don't....instead support Mr. Trump.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (3696)	7/18/2016 5:11:08 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 46408

No votes to be allowed at convention .. just like I expected. Majority of enough states to require a roll call vote (which I recall being a feature of past conventions ... "the great state of blahblah casts X votes for Joe Blow") but the RNC just denied a voice vote. POLITICO – Republicans looking to unseat Donald Trump as their party’s presidential nominee appear to have the signatures they need to force a full vote on the national convention rules, a move that threatens to disrupt the party’s national convention and provide a platform for anti-Trump delegates to embarrass the billionaire on the eve of his official nomination. Forcing a vote on the rules would temporarily throw the convention into a lobbying frenzy, with delegates hoping to deny Trump the nomination work to convince a majority of the convention’s 2,472 delegates to reject the party’s rules and adopt new language that would help them sideline Trump. Though the effort is extremely unlikely, a vote will still display the lingering anti-Trump sentiment in the party — likely from hundreds of delegates — at a time GOP leaders and the Trump campaign are struggling to project unity. Forcing a roll call vote requires support from the majorities of seven delegations. According to documents provided to POLITICO, the anti-Trump delegates have a majority of signatures from at least 9: Colorado, Washington state, Utah, Minnesota, Wyoming, Maine, Iowa, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The also claimed that Alaska had provided signatures as well. Read more: http://therightscoop.com/politico-never-trump-delegates-have-the-support-needed-to-force-rules-vote/#ixzz4EnTAtoAX