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Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:26 PM Jul 2016

Guns galore outside,chaos on the floor inside,uproars at the republican national convention as anti

Source: Daily Mail

The Republican National Convention descended into chaos on Monday hours after it opened as an ugly rift over Donald Trump erupted in public.

Republican Party leaders and forces trying to secure a smooth nomination for Trump jammed through a package of rules for the convention Monday, dodging a contentious roll call vote on the floor with arm-twisting and heavy use of the gavel - but prompting fury from anti-Trump activists.

The so-called '#NeverTrump' forces sought to insert a measure in the rules allowing individual delegates to vote 'their conscience' instead of supporting the candidate their states' voters preferred. But a last-gasp maneuver failed, leaving his intra-party enemies with no other procedural options to oppose him.

Outside open-carry activists paraded assault rifles and handguns while one wore a t-shirt comparing the Muslim God to Satan, a provocation which came as 5,000 police officers flooded Cleveland in the hope of keeping order.



The scenes did little to reassure party managers that the convention will promote a unified party ready for victory in the November elections, and came amid mounting recriminations over the decision by many senior party figures – including both its living former presidents – to snub Trump's coronation.

In the brightest flash of discontent on the convention floor so far, party leaders called for approval of a rules package – a normally routine procedure, which this year became a flashpoint as anti-Trump forces worked to force a 'roll call' that would allow them to show their disapproval on the floor.

When the package came up for a vote, Rep. Steve Womack, who was in the chair, asked the convention whether the package was approved – a question that resulted in a mix of cheers and boos.

'In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the resolution is agreed to,' Womack declared with a swift boom of his gavel that reverberated throughout the Quicken Loans Arena where the convention opened Monday.


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Guns galore outside,chaos on the floor inside,uproars at the republican national convention as anti (Original Post) Wash. state Desk Jet Jul 2016 OP
The woman holding the doll is downright creepy. onecaliberal Jul 2016 #1
I can't decide if she's pro or anti-Trump. She's not bad looking, truthisfreedom Jul 2016 #8
You can tell she was in her younger days. forest444 Jul 2016 #30
I have one. tavernier Jul 2016 #33
Gun humpers to the left of me, demagogues to my right, here I am Rex Jul 2016 #2
Steve Womack is a total bully. He's WhiteTara Jul 2016 #3
OMG Koinos Jul 2016 #4
DECADES OF FLUORIDATED WATER! cynzke Jul 2016 #22
Could be. Koinos Jul 2016 #25
Schaaaaaaaadenfreude! Daemonaquila Jul 2016 #5
Reminds me a bit of a bunch of howler monkeys I saw once at a zoo. Homer Wells Jul 2016 #6
I was thinking "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" myself ... Nihil Jul 2016 #21
This one is exactly how I imagine someone about to commit a mass shooting looks like progree Jul 2016 #7
He just looks too "ready" for being in public with children nearby. truthisfreedom Jul 2016 #9
THERE IS A SHORT FUSE...... cynzke Jul 2016 #23
I have compiled a list of states I will NEVER live in. Koinos Jul 2016 #10
Had to check michreject Jul 2016 #16
And that leaves the state I live in and a very few others. Koinos Jul 2016 #17
Halloween came early in Ohio Marthe48 Jul 2016 #13
It's pathetic and sad Ahpook Jul 2016 #15
See his gun, it aint teeny Mendocino Jul 2016 #18
Nice pipes!! LakeVermilion Jul 2016 #26
He's a redneck veteran of the USS NeverServed I'll bet. GOLGO 13 Jul 2016 #29
SMH Libby2 Jul 2016 #11
we must be scaring the shit... dhill926 Jul 2016 #12
I've never seen so many angry white people in one place before!! adigal Jul 2016 #14
Trump's Wall Brigade looks a little undermaned... -nt Bradical79 Jul 2016 #19
Couldn't have happened to a better mob of people. sofa king Jul 2016 #20
Those white Trumpies outside the hall are losers with a capital L. maryellen99 Jul 2016 #24
some of the delegates threw down their credentials and walked out before the second voice vote scam Sunlei Jul 2016 #27
Omg... It's like scenes straight out of Deliverance Ms.Lib Jul 2016 #28
again... i see white people 0rganism Jul 2016 #31
Yet one more reason to get up in the morning christx30 Jul 2016 #32

forest444

(5,902 posts)
30. You can tell she was in her younger days.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:27 PM
Jul 2016

Any more plastic surgery though, and she'll end up looking like Donatella Versace.

Same goes for Melania.

tavernier

(12,383 posts)
33. I have one.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 05:16 PM
Jul 2016

At one time I was collecting celebrity dolls like that. While I was at Macy's NYC years ago, they had a huge pile in the bargain basement practically giving them away. I think I paid two bucks.

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
4. OMG
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:52 PM
Jul 2016

There is nothing I can say at this point. What planet are these beings from?

Maybe global warming changes brain chemistry in ways we have yet to recognize.

progree

(10,904 posts)
7. This one is exactly how I imagine someone about to commit a mass shooting looks like
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 08:14 PM
Jul 2016


He sure looks a lot more like a mass shooter than one of the "good guys"

truthisfreedom

(23,146 posts)
9. He just looks too "ready" for being in public with children nearby.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 08:20 PM
Jul 2016

It's irresponsible. I hope that thing isn't loaded.

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
10. I have compiled a list of states I will NEVER live in.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 08:25 PM
Jul 2016

That list, for starters, includes all open carry states.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
14. I've never seen so many angry white people in one place before!!
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 09:32 PM
Jul 2016

Well-off, privileged, clueless. It's like playing Where's Waldo trying to find anyone NOT white.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
20. Couldn't have happened to a better mob of people.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:35 AM
Jul 2016

And yes, I must confess that I reveled in every incompetent minute of it.

0rganism

(23,945 posts)
31. again... i see white people
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:49 PM
Jul 2016

with the exception of one policeman in the background of the last pic

so... many... white people...

christx30

(6,241 posts)
32. Yet one more reason to get up in the morning
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:24 PM
Jul 2016

and thank whatever is out there that I'm not a republican. This guy wants to lead the US, and he can't even lead a bunch of like minded people that agree with him 99% of the time. I'm embarrassed for them.
The world is looking at the chaos of the republican convention, and are going to look at our convention and see calm, united support. Undecided voters are looking at the same thing. That there is not anyone running around with their ass literally on fire is the only surprise so far. Trump needs to be billing Hillary for doing her campaigning for her.
Keep up the good work, GOP.

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