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RNC delegates launch 'Anybody but Trump' drive struggle4progress Jun 2016 #1

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1. RNC delegates launch 'Anybody but Trump' drive
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:27 AM
Jun 2016

By Tom LoBianco and Tal Kopan, CNN
Updated 8:05 PM ET, Fri June 17, 2016

Washington (CNN)

A coalition of Republican delegates is mounting a last-ditch effort to block Donald Trump from obtaining the GOP nomination by pushing for a "conscience clause" that would allow delegates to vote against the presumptive nominee.

Kendal Unruh, a Colorado delegate, organized a call with dozens of other delegates Thursday night to discuss ways to block Trump at the convention. The group, Unruh says, marks the coalescing of disparate "pockets of resistance" -- including backers of Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich -- which had been opposing Trump with little success.

"This is a coalition of Kasich, Cruz and Rubio (supporters) and we are all agreeing on one goal, which is: Anybody but Trump," Unruh said Friday ...


http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/17/politics/delegate-unbinding-effort-organized/

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