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pnwmom

(108,973 posts)
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:57 PM Jul 2016

Kasich delegate: I opposed Trump at the RNC convention. It was scary.

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/23/12258018/republican-convention-delegate-nevertrump

Once it became very clear that Cruz wasn’t going to endorse Trump, the hall exploded. They tried to shout him down to "Trump! Trump! Trump!" "Honor your pledge!!!"

It was, to my ear, the loudest the hall got during the entire event — even louder than the welcome Trump would get the next night when he walked on stage to formally accept the nomination. It was a white hot, visceral anger. And the hall was soaked in it.

I never thought I could love Ted Cruz. But in that moment, I did.

How I became @UnknownDelegate

Let me start at the beginning. Several months ago, I ran for and was elected as a Kasich delegate from my state. . . .
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Kasich delegate: I opposed Trump at the RNC convention. It was scary. (Original Post) pnwmom Jul 2016 OP
Trump has brought the GOP to Nazism. Dawson Leery Jul 2016 #1
Great read--some of the comments on his feed were funny as hell. MADem Jul 2016 #2

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Great read--some of the comments on his feed were funny as hell.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 12:46 AM
Jul 2016

This one on his twitter account had me in stitches....

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