2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNever Trump plans last stand tonight
"During the roll call of the states, the head of each delegation will declare his or her states' vote breakdown. But delegates who are bound under convention rules to vote for Trumpbut who personally oppose himplan to register their dissent at this time using a specific parliamentary procedure."
Apparently you must use a specific phrase or be ruled out of order.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/7/19/1549698/-Never-Trump-will-make-a-last-stand-using-secret-pass-phrase
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,173 posts)underpants
(182,763 posts)underpants
(182,763 posts)and anyone Republican who came from there.
Oh this is going to be fun to watch.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)underpants
(182,763 posts)Yes he probably will.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)deliberately delayed the vote yesterday, to the point that forcing a counting of the vote would have pushed it into prime time, disrupting the show, but their "very great plans" were of course just steamrolled by their more powerful opponents.
Any idea what could go wrong here? Is the rules committee perchance meeting right now to rewrite that procedure?
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)This will fit right in
underpants
(182,763 posts)I missed that story.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)underpants
(182,763 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 19, 2016, 04:38 PM - Edit history (1)
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,048 posts)This could get epic.