Republicans Consider ‘Conscientious Objector’ Rule for Convention Delegates
Source: Yahoo.com
Members of the GOP Convention Rules committee are planning to consider an amendment to allow delegates a way out of voting for Trump on the first ballotan effort that in an extreme could be used to deny him the nomination.
Under the proposal, delegates could be granted conscientious objector status, thereby freeing them from their pledge to vote as they are bound as the result of primaries and caucuses. The measure, first put forward by Colorado delegate Kendal Unruh, would undo the strict faithless-delegate rule enacted at the GOP convention in 2012 and allow a vote of conscience, whether personal or religious by delegates.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-consider-conscientious-objector-rule-203718191.html
This has to be even more damaging to the GOP, then simply letting Trump flame out. Please proceed GOP'ers.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Mittens is coming
TipTok
(2,474 posts)... but not Romney I think.
I don't think anyone wants it and they are going to write this one off.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Mitt won't quit
And he's gotten smarter
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)Warpy
(111,339 posts)although for all the wrong reasons. He terrifies them because he's unlikely to take orders.
His hateful rhetoric and violent crowds are just peachy to the kingmakers, they've been working at whipping morons up to a froth for decades. If he'd been meeting with the power bosses and reassuring them, they'd be just fine with the whole spectacle.
denbot
(9,901 posts)Otherwise, it would be all lovey-dovey up in there..
nm
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)Although some of them cry in public that they oppose Trump's racism & xenophobia its all BS! Trump is just publicly voicing the same ole racist xenophobic religious bigotry the GOP has been pushing for a very long time but in a more sneaking politically savvy form.
Like you said, this all comes down to them not being able to control Trump & now they fear he could cost them far more than just the Executive Branch.
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Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)NT
underpants
(182,879 posts)Or as they'd call it - the Cassius Clay rule
bucolic_frolic
(43,287 posts)to further inhibit voting for HRC
This is their long game
tanyev
(42,613 posts)patricia92243
(12,601 posts)doesn't matter if they vote or not - the delegates will pick their nominee. Of course that will make it a lot cheaper and easier for them.
I've heard many people say that Trump would be the end of our democracy - I didn't figure it would be this way.
Orrex
(63,224 posts)And his crazed supporters become only more passionate as the days drag on.
Funny stuff, zealotry.
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)And YES...The worse Trump looks the more "passionate" his supporters become! "THIS IS ALL A YUGE MEDIA CONSPIRACY AGAINST TRUMP TO KEEP HIM FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT!!" Seriously!?!? If it were not for the media's love affair with Trump he would not be where he is now but these knuckle draggin TRUMP HUMPERS don't understand reality at all!!
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)Doesnt matter who it is now...$ will be the same
SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)And it will be TRUMP until the CA$H stops flowing in by not covering every ridiculous thing he says & does!
...But the CA$H would not flow in to those channels if so many people would not tune in to watch...It sucks but its the truth.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)BadGimp
(4,018 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Conservative columnist Tim Carney has compared the actual GOP convention rules to "Calvinball", in this regard. May chaos reign!
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Deny Trump the nomination and his voters go ballistic and he goes 3rd party and the GOP loses the House and Senate. They give him the nomination and he is forever engraved with the GOP stamp of approval and the GOP loses for a generation.
How any woman, black, Muslim, Hispanic, or other minority could vote for him is beyond me.
surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)... to voting for him? Surely those are not the people who would be motivated to stop him.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)I'm sorry, but most active Republicans are racist fascist jingoists, and this primary proved it. A vote of so-called conscience would still be a vote for Trump.