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progressive nobody

(816 posts)
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 07:12 PM Aug 2020

Serious Question: With all these Republicans pulling away and Supporting Biden can this Effect the

RNC convention?

Could they do a movement in which the RNC dumps Trump at the convention?


I only ask because I wonder how this would effect the election?

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Serious Question: With all these Republicans pulling away and Supporting Biden can this Effect the (Original Post) progressive nobody Aug 2020 OP
I doubt very much that there are enough RNC delegates The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #1
Sorta hope they try. Love to see whom they would select. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #2
Romney SheltieLover Aug 2020 #3
That would be interesting. But I think Romney wants to be part of a new Puke Party. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #4
He's an opportunistic pos repuke SheltieLover Aug 2020 #5
Maybe. Proving he isn't any different than Collins. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #7
Very improbable. Drunken Irishman Aug 2020 #6
Nominate Scott Baio. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #8
Don't pay attention to the anecdotal stuff Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #9
MOST Republicans are supporting Trump. The ones who aren't are mostly those who never JI7 Aug 2020 #10

The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,030 posts)
1. I doubt very much that there are enough RNC delegates
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 07:15 PM
Aug 2020

who would vote to dump Trump. He still has a lock on the powers that be in the party, who are too afraid of the nutball racist Q-Anon base to rock the boat. The most any GOP Senator will do is express Susan Collins-style "concern."

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
2. Sorta hope they try. Love to see whom they would select.
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 07:17 PM
Aug 2020

Mitch? Lindsay VP? They’d really have to do it soon. Nah, either way, the Pukes are going down.

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)
4. That would be interesting. But I think Romney wants to be part of a new Puke Party.
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 07:31 PM
Aug 2020

Not beholden the Establishment Repukes.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
6. Very improbable.
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 07:35 PM
Aug 2020

Not technically impossible - as the RNC could vote to release all the delegates and have them vote for whomever they want (but they would have to be released since Trump won those delegates in caucuses and primaries) - but very very improbable. It would not be good optics and Trump still has a significant amount of support among the GOP base. If they dumped him, and say nominated Pence, he would get blown out in November even worse than Trump.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
9. Don't pay attention to the anecdotal stuff
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 10:08 PM
Aug 2020

It literally means nothing. There is crossover hype every cycle. Meanwhile I can always write in the dependable percentage and it never fails.

Trump will likely receive a higher percentage of the Republican vote than he did last time. He lost 8% to Hillary in 2016. Most polls this time have him losing 7-8%. The new CNN poll has it down to 4%. That is too low. My estimate has always been 7%.

JI7

(93,812 posts)
10. MOST Republicans are supporting Trump. The ones who aren't are mostly those who never
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 10:10 PM
Aug 2020

supported him. We need them to vote for Biden .

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