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In reply to the discussion: I do not know how long this post will last. It is intended not to advocate violence, but to [View all]Slammer
(714 posts)but Trump didn't actually win enough delegates to get the Republican presidential nomination.
Roger Stone threatened to give out convention delegate hotel room assignments to the Trump mob so that the non-Trump delegates would be roughed up and otherwise "encouraged" to abandon their commitments (many enforced by their state law) and vote for Trump instead.
I spoke to 5-6 of them who were getting emailed death threats and others who were worried about their physical safety at the convention.
I gave the ones who were getting death threats the proper link to the FBI division which covered those crimes and told them what evidence they'd need to preserve.
For the ones worried about their physical safety, I gave them a link to a website which sells stainless steel walking canes.
There's no federal or state regulations which makes anyone prove they need a cane to walk. And you can take those suckers right through airport security then right onto the convention floor with no problems.
It turned out to not be a problem at the convention because the RNC at the last moment secretly cut a deal with Trump to ignore their own rules and give him the nomination without him having to earn it. But the threat of widespread political violence in support of Trump was around at least as early as July 2016....