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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUh oh. They're Talking about Rule 9
Not good for the Donald. He's going down bigly.
That is?.......
Rule 9 is an official rule of the Republican Party that lays out the procedures the party must follow to replace a presidential nominee who drops out of the race after the national convention.Aug 29, 2016
LisaL
(44,972 posts)So he isn't going anywhere.
Texasgal
(17,037 posts)I simply answered the posters question about what Rule 9 was.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,563 posts)If he loses the election, he can claim he actually won it except the results were rigged. Same thing he did after the first debate.
He won't drop out.
SharonAnn
(13,771 posts)sofa king
(10,857 posts)Never forget that Republicans are criminals at heart, and they make their rules to enable whatever they wish to do.
Here are the rules:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-static-ngop-pbl/docs/Rules_of_the_Republican+Party_FINAL_S14090314.pdf
And note the giant loophole they left for themselves here:
RULE NO. 9
Filling Vacancies in Nominations
(a) The Republican National Committee is
hereby authorized and empowered to fill any and all
vacancies which may occur by reason of death,
declination, or otherwise of the Republican candidate
for President....
Also note that Rule No. 8 permits them to convene an emergency renomination meeting within five days without holding another convention, and most importantly, they reserve the right to suspend the rules as soon as they convene. Only sixteen people from as many states are needed to petition for a meeting. Previous court cases, including that of Frank Lautenberg, show that state ballot laws can be easily circumvented.
Once convened, they can do whatever they wish to do, which should surprise none of us.
It can happen, though I find it exceedingly unlikely. I'm really only pointing it out because I know the Republican Party doesn't have any competent legislative analysts of their own, so I'm doing their work for them in hopes that they see this, and that they're dumb enough to actually try it.
Edit: And I need to point out another very important thing, which is that Mike Pence can initiate this procedure by declining the nomination as Vice President, which would necessarily force such a meeting....
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)When dozens of prominent Republicans are already calling for him to drop out after just the first day, the rest of the rats jumping ship can't be too far behind.
I give Trump a 50/50 chance of voluntarily dropping out at this point, regardless of what he is saying now.
But voting has started. Could get very complicated
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)On orangeboy.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)Won't allow that, for sure.
The possibility of criminal prosecution, however, might. (Depending on what comes out.)
Brother Buzz
(36,364 posts)lame54
(35,259 posts)Beat me to it!
randome
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avebury
(10,951 posts)At this point he really doesn't have anything else to loose. His ego will cause him to ride the election out.
safeinOhio
(32,632 posts)Now, how would that work?
I think they should just forfeit.
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)"...a transformed race of walking dead - zombies guided by a Master Plan for complete domination of the Earth!"
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)"I'M AVAILABLE. I'M AVAILABLE."
Solomon
(12,310 posts)Iggo
(47,534 posts)randome
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jpak
(41,756 posts)randome
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)tv?
radio?
( I have neither of those)
Solomon
(12,310 posts)"rule 9". Meanwhile Trump is holed up in Trump Tower doing everything BUT getting ready for the debate.
What a glorious spectacle!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)as much as I avoid blabbermouths, thus tv and radio, THIS is indeed a glorious spectacle!!!!
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,570 posts)But the rnc is not respectable.
Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)(Gratuitous NCIS reference )
SharonAnn
(13,771 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Ryan and Preibus are ready to shred Don.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Wait, wrong rules.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)mucifer
(23,470 posts)trumps worshipers will not vote for another candidate. So there is gonna be the pro trump repubs and the anti trump repubs.
It's a huge nasty mess for them.
So sad I really feel for them.
jpak
(41,756 posts)whatthehey
(3,660 posts)The deplorables are loyal to the man not the party. Any hint of him being forced out and they lose millions of their votes.
IF, and this is a nigh-impossibly improbable if, they do it together with him spewing some bullshit like "Out of context comments a decade ago have made me a distraction. For the good of the party and the nation I am stepping aside and urge all my supporters to fully support Mike Pence like I will." and the RNC types saying "We welcome Donald's energizing and bold input, but we know politics is a field where professional experience and acumen are vital for success, so we unite with him behind Mike Pence" THEN they are left with numerous legal and bureaucratic hurdles about early ballots, faithless electors, "will of the voter" lawsuits and co-ordinatinng an unplanned ad-hoc campaign in the last 4 weeks with an easy apricot albatross for Dems to hang around their necks. They'd almost certainly lose, but they are going to do that anyway.
It all depends, and I type this with a smirk, how co-operative and altruistic both sides of the GOP can be.
awake
(3,226 posts)Rule 9 is only a internal rule of the Republican Party oversea and military ballots have already gone out as well as early voting in some states, it is too late to remove Trump from the ballot. The GOP is stuck with him.