GOP Close To Dumping Trump As Coup Plotters Near Votes Needed To Cause Nomination Chaos

[babylonsister]

GOP Close To Dumping Trump As Coup Plotters Near Votes Needed To Cause Nomination Chaos
By Jason Easley on Wed, Jul 6th, 2016 at 6:01 pm

Republicans are coming close to the number of votes that they need to dump Donald Trump at their convention in Cleveland.


The anti-Trump camp needs the backing of 28, or one-quarter, of the 112 Convention Rules Committee members, in order to place the issue before the full convention. A Wall Street Journal survey suggests it could be close.

In interviews, 20 members said they are willing to consider allowing delegates to be unbound, while 59 support Mr. Trump. The other 33 panelists couldn’t be reached or did not respond to repeated messages.

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Though a majority of the convention delegates are bound to support Mr. Trump, Mr. Evans’s count shows just about 890 delegates are personally loyal to the New Yorker. Another 680 oppose Mr. Trump. That leaves 900 delegates who are presumed to be “in play,” he said. The stop-Trump forces would have to take nearly two-thirds of them to block his nomination.

In other words, if the vote gets to the convention floor on whether or not to unbound the delegates, all hell could break loose. Trump has shown himself to be an incredibly poor organizer, so if a fight for the nomination breaks out, the anti-Trump forces could find themselves with a chance to rid their party of Donald Trump.

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[tonyt53]

1. They won't do it, especially with Newt being with him.

[brush]

32. Maybe this explains why Comey went rogue against DOJ protocol and slimed Hillary . . .

even though there was no recommendation for indictment.

He may have been alerted something was in the works so he did his part to keep the email non-scandal going.

Paul Ryan then took the baton and scheduled a hearing with Comey testifying to keep it going, all to continue to damage Hillary of course.

Could be they plan to keep this up until the repug convention, all the time trying to convert 8 more members of the rules committee to their side.

Once that's done they'll spring their plan at the convention to get rid of Drumpf, but even if they do, it won't work.

Trump's supporters will go bat shit crazy at the convention — and I will be watching, with popcorn and Hillary will still win. No candidate from a splintered party has a chance.

[AgingAmerican]

2. Of course they will try

And there will be much violence at their convention, both inside and outside the venue.

[SCantiGOP]

13. If there were violence inside

I think everybody outside would be too busy high-fiving each other to cause trouble.

[RoverSuswade]

3. But who would be the 'lucky' replacement?

Newt?
Ryan?
Dr. Carson?
Ted Nugent?
Tom Brady?
Shrek?

[Renew Deal]

5. Romney

[PJMcK]

8. That worked so well for them last time! (n/t)

[SCantiGOP]

11. I hope it's Zombie Nixon

"I am not a ghoul."

[lapfog_1]

26. Zombie Raygun

I am not a, uh, I forget... Nancy... get the Ouji board!

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

25. Better to lose with the facade of crass corporate grace

then to lose in complete humiliation.

[babylonsister]

7. Shrek would be more popular, but good point. He's

tarnished everyone's image. Good job, trump!

[Xipe Totec]

9. Clint Eastwood. And his VP candidate will be a chair. nt

[pamela]

23. Kasich

I think they've already talked to him about that and he'll be waiting in the wings.

[tblue37]

33. Romney or Ryan. But Trump's fans would punish the GOP either by

staying home or by skipping the presidential vote and maybe leaving blank their votes on the other races or voting D downticket--even if they can't bring themselves to vote for Hillary because she has been demonized by effective propaganda for decades.

[LiberalFighter]

21. No... THEY are stuck with him.

[chillfactor]

6. pipe dream....

me thinks.

[unblock]

10. overturning an entire primary season would do untold damage to their party

having a horrible nominee at least shows people the importance of voting.

overturning an entire primary season shows people that their votes don't matter.

how's that gonna play for republicans in future elections?


having trump as their candidate will hurt, but likely only this one election cycle. in fact, the next whackadoodle republican would like positively normal after trump.

but if they turn the whole process into a circus, they might as well pack up the tent and go home. at that point they'd be better off just forming a new party.

[tymorial]

12. They might as well

It's only a matter of time until Texas turns blue. Once that happens, a Valkyrie caricature will have sung.

[DLCWIdem]

17. these are Republicans

They try to lower the voters all the time

[SaschaHM]

22. Trump gained enough votes and delegates to be their nominee.s

That probably is one of the most compelling reasons to blow up the party and start over.

[unblock]

24. well you and i might agree, but would *they*?

[FSogol]

14. Trump can't be removed since it would create a vacuum in the GOP.

There is no one acceptable to their party to step in. They are stuck with the buffoon.

[deepcover]

15. The question is..

Who have they already put in place for their assault?
Who decided to speak at the CON, seemingly out of the blue?
Who was their chosen one long before the primary?
Who you say



Scott Walker

think about it for a minute....

[bklyncowgirl]

31. The Koch brothers pet governor--perfect.

[OhZone]

16. hahaha

[NastyRiffraff]

18. Hope springs eternal

The GOP is in panic mode, flailing around helplessly. I highly doubt they can or will dump Trump; they're afraid of what he'd do (and they should be).

They've been building up to a Donald Trump as nominee for 40 years with their Southern Strategies and racist and misogynist dog whistles. Thanks to Trump, they're no longer whistling; they're screaming. They own him. And he owns them, now.

[BlueNoMatterWho]

19. Just as Lynch indicting Clinton was never going to happen, this will never happen.

[GusBob]

20. Heart says please! Head says fat chance!

[tblue37]

34. +1. nt

[kimbutgar]

27. They will not do it

Don the con's gun humper racist supporters will lose their minds,

[Hekate]

28. The Schadenfreude Orchestra is tuning up....

[stopbush]

29. The RNC knows that they will be getting major help from the MSM

portraying Trump as a viable candidate for president.

Sure, the Rs and the MSM were counting on a Hillary indictment to reset to zero, but it didn't happen. Their hope was to portray the Ds as being in chaos, rather than the Rs. Now, they need to make the best of it after the convention. They will tear down Hillary as much as possible, blow up the slightest fault in her VP selection to monumental proportions, and hope that their investment in voter suppression pays out.

There's nothing to be gained by dumping Trump at this point. R candidates never win office based on their vision or qualifications, but in spite of the same. They depend on media spin and lies to win. Trump is just a larger challenge than normal. I'm sure Rove et al feel they're up to the challenge.

[Vattel]

30. politicususa

[CobaltBlue]

35. I don’t take Jason Easley seriously

And the Republicans are stuck with Donald Trump.