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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPress corps criticizes GOP plan to bar journalists and re-nominate Trump behind closed doors
On Saturday, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporter Frank Lockwood broke the news that the Republican National Committee intends to re-nominate President Donald Trump behind closed doors.Zeke Miller, the Associated Press reporter who is president of the White House Correspondents Association, urged Republicans to reconsider. The nomination of a major party presidential candidate is very much the business of the American people, Miller explained.
The spokesperson could not say whether the event would even be televised by C-SPAN.
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SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)the nomination process will likely involve a glowing gold orb and tables stacked to the rafters with McDonalds take out.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)acceptance speech so does it really matter that its held behind closed doors?
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)I cant figure this one out yet.
What would they want to hide?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)If it's a secret, some could lie that they even voted for him.
Imagine a political party having to hide their vote for an already known Presidential candidate.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)What a world!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)What if all the secrecy is because they are looking at NOT endorsing trump?
That's not as farfetched of an idea as it might have been in Jan.
I actually hope they put Pence up..Pence and Nikki Haley...there have been rumors.
Pence/Haley ticket and trump going bonkers on twitter till the election. Would his slavishly loyal base switch, or would they write in trump, I wonder.
More I think of it, the better I like the idea.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)That would be a big ol surprise.
But I think theyre stuck with him. Probably has dirt on everyone and godnoze hes not the self-sacrificing type.
unblock
(52,421 posts)So they'll just announce that he won overwhelmingly instead.
Zoonart
(11,891 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)keep out of view. Understanding how much of a camera hound he is, it doesn't make sense to me.
lpbk2713
(42,770 posts)Emissaries of Trump's good bud Vlad.
MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)Just dont cover any of it. Zero.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,690 posts)Some people are saying the lame stream medias sharp pens will pop our balloons and spoil our fun! GO POP DEM BALLOOONS!
jmowreader
(50,571 posts)Would it be possible to hire Samuel L. Jackson to sit in a beautiful antique chair in a plush living room and read Mary L. Trump's "Too Much and Never Enough" to the camera? They can play it on all the networks (except Trump News Network aka OANN) that aren't allowed to carry Donny's convention.
captain queeg
(10,274 posts)On one I guess we should be grateful to not have to watch grown men debase themselves for Il Dunce. But I guess for those who could stomach watching it, youd see how very low theyve sunk.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Trump doesn't want images of the paltry, desultory crowd broadcast across the nation. The stink of loserdom would waft in waves from the screen.
Boomerproud
(7,975 posts)and whatever else goes on party and the networks lose $$$$$. Was anyone here really going to watch that pornshow?