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Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #21)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 08:43 PM

Mar 2016

I should have explained better.

The scenario I have been focused on is the opposite of this: steal the nomination from Trump and then quietly support him as a third party candidate so that he can take EVs from Mrs. Clinton, the object being to toss the election to the House. Then, to protect themselves, the House won't vote, and the Speaker of the House (presumably Paul Ryan) assumes the office in January, 2016.

But if Trump wins the nomination and they can't or won't steal it from him, then the object is to help Trump win in places like NJ, PA, NY, CT, but to use the 3rd party conservative to snap up the flyover states so that Trump can't win, either.

The end result is functionally the same: Paul Ryan becomes the default, unelected President, and no Republican in Congress is to blame.

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