did the RNC vet Trump at all?

[Fast Walker 52]

Obviously in general they are incompetent and horrible, but I'm just wondering if they did basic things like make sure he had paid his taxes, wasn't in legal trouble or have weird alliances with foreign leaders?

By all indications, they did none of that.

[SheilaT]

1. Since a person doesn't have to ask permission of the party

that's not a very meaningful question.

[LisaL]

5. Exactly.

He didn't ask them permission.

[Fast Walker 52]

9. what? There must be some approval process required to get on the GOP ballot

... of course there is.

[SheilaT]

16. The approval process is the primary process.

Anyone can declare he or she wants to run. Other than fulfilling the Constitutional requirement of citizenship, age, and length or residence in the country, there's nothing else a person needs to do. Other than run and win enough primaries and caucuses.

So how in the world was the Donald supposed to have been "vetted"? How would the Republicans have stopped him from running?

Similarly, there were many who thought Hillary should sail through the primary season completely unchallenged, and a lot of people were very unhappy when that didn't happen. Well, once again there's no a priori requirements to run.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. I'm beginning to think the extent of his 'vetting'

consisted of a shot for distemper. Clearly, it didn't take.

[Fast Walker 52]

7. LOL!

[meow2u3]

10. I don't even think he got his rabies shots, either

[Cirque du So-What]

13. No, but you better bet

that those closest to him are current on their rabies shots. If you ever see tRump carrying a sheet of paper to the podium, don't be tricked into believing it's notes for a speech; it's a list of people he's gonna bite.

[mdbl]

3. Maybe they found lots of other problems with all the candidates

and decided not to vet.

[beachbumbob]

4. RNC...and mainline republicans saw trump running as a whim...

Until it was too late...they understand the disaster they have...

[Sunlei]

6. No, for some reason?, all Republicans were afraid to ask questions.Even his 18 opponents quit early

[Fast Walker 52]

8. very odd, isn't it?

[Justice]

11. Real question is whether anyone vetted Manafort and his "assistants"

who were brought in at the 11th hour to displace Corey.

How was Manafort chosen? Hmmm.

[Fast Walker 52]

15. good point

there's some real weird politics here that make the DWS-DNC stuff seem like child's play.

[RonniePudding]

12. The rnc lost control months ago

The party has been taken over by the Trump mob now.

[Orsino]

14. Vetting is what you do with applicants and supplicants.

They don't dare make demands of Trump.

He vetted them, in his fourth-grade way, and found them wanting.

[JI7]

17. he won because he got most votes . RNC would have had to go against them if they denied him

The nomination.