RNC Rules Fight Begins With Plan to Lock In Donald Trump

[brooklynite]

Source: NBC News

The fight over rules that could upend the Republican National Convention officially began in earnest Thursday, as delegates began circulating the first proposed rule for this year's convention in Cleveland.

A draft rule, obtained by MSNBC, would effectively lock-in Donald Trump as the GOP nominee and kill the "Stop Trump" movement once and for all.

Anti-Trump forces have talked up rules that could let delegates vote against Trump, regardless of the primary results. But the new rule would stop any and all of those efforts with a silver bullet — freezing the 2012 rules so that no alternatives go into effect this year.

The proposal states "any amendments" to the party rules will not "take effect" until after this year's convention ends.



Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/rnc-rules-fight-begins-plan-lock-donald-trump-n601801

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Swinging the sword so as to cut off your own neck is always tricky.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Dictatorship rules fit for a Dictator

If nothing else, the Republicans have rigid minds

[Andy823]

2. Taking it away from Trump

Would be a big mistake, and a very dangerous one. There will be a lot of his moron followers there with guns. The KKK gang, skinheads, nazis, NRA nuts, and some fundies who plan on bring their guns to help push in "Armageddon" I guess. Taking it all away form him with so many idiots and with guns in town, would be pure insanity. There will be enough problems if others come to protest the convention. It is going to be one crazy mess, and I would never be within a hundred miles of that place.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. WRONG. Mistake would be to acquiesce to armed extortion. Big mistake. Very bad precedent. . nt