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RNC delegates plan mutiny against Donald Trump
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Dozens
of Republican delegates are planning a mutiny this summer to stop the
presumptive GOP presidential nominee from representing the party in
November's race to win the White House.
Republican delegates who can’t stand Trump make last-ditch effort to block his nomination
Delegates Who Can’t Stand Trump Make Last-Ditch Effort To Block His Nomination
NY Daily News
Dozens of Republican delegates are planning a mutiny this summer to stop the presumptive GOP presidential nominee from representing the party in November's race to win the White House.
The RNC delegates — furious at Trump’s continued fumbling as a candidate and splits with conservatives — are currently trying to figure out a Plan B to deprive him of the nomination by changing party rules in meetings a week ahead of this July’s convention, The Washington Post reported Friday.
“This literally is an ‘Anybody but Trump’ movement,” Colorado delegate Kendal Unruh, who backed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the primaries and is leading the anti-Trump effort, told the newspaper.
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“Nobody has any idea who is going to step in and be the nominee, but we’re not worried about that. We’re just doing that job to make sure that he’s not the face of our party.”
One way to achieve that, the delegates said, would be to pass a “conscience clause” rule in pre-convention meetings that would unbind delegates and allow them to vote for whoever they want on the convention floor, rather than requiring them to vote for Trump.
The real estate mogul won a majority of delegates during the primaries.
It’s a long shot, but is the last — and best — chance for anti-Trump Republicans to keep him from winning the nomination.
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The efforts formally kicked off Thursday with a conference call of more than 30 delegates from 15 states, The Washington Post reported.
A few dozen elected RNC delegates, furious at Donald Trump's continued fumbling as a candidate, are trying to figure out a plan to deprive Trump of the nomination.
(Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)There are mounting fears, especially among Republicans in Washington, about the damage Trump’s doing to the party over the long term and whether he can defeat Hillary Clinton come November.
“I hear a lot of people saying, ‘Why doesn’t somebody do something about this?’ Well you know what, I’m one of the people who can. There’s only 2,400 of us,” said delegate Eric Minor.
“I’m going to reach out to us and see if there seems to be momentum for this. And if there is, we’ll see where it goes.”
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The Republican National Convention will take place July 18-21 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. That’s where 2,472 delegates will assemble to officially select their party’s nominee. The winner must win 1,237 delegates — half of the total, plus one — in order to get the nomination, according to the rules.
If no single candidate secures a majority of delegates after the first ballot, a brokered convention results.
But any effort to derail Trump could be problematic at the convention, warned Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has yet to endorse Trump.
“Donald Trump has been chosen by a majority of the delegates to be the Republican nominee, and I think any attempt at the convention to overturn the will of the delegates would result in a rebellion,” Collins told CNN.
On Friday, Trump dismissed the effort — even suggesting it could be “illegal” for delegates to thwart his White House effort.
“I have tremendous support and get the biggest crowds by far and any such move would not only be totally illegal but also a rebuke of the millions of people who feel so strongly about what I am saying,” Trump said in a statement.
“People that I defeated soundly in the primaries will do anything to get a second shot — but there is no mechanism for it to happen.”
The RNC also dismissed the stop-Trump movement.
“The extent of this effort is a bunch of random people tweeting about it, full stop,” Sean Spicer, RNC chief strategist, told CNN.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), one of Trump’s biggest supporters, said the entire party needs to unite.
“It would be just such a disaster,” Sessions said of any effort to oust Trump.
With News Wire Services
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