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2016 Postmortem

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts) Mon Jul 25, 2016, 08:07 AM Jul 2016

did the RNC vet Trump at all? [View all]

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.

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did the RNC vet Trump at all? [View all] Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 OP

Since a person doesn't have to ask permission of the party SheilaT Jul 2016 #1

Exactly. LisaL Jul 2016 #5

what? There must be some approval process required to get on the GOP ballot Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #9

The approval process is the primary process. SheilaT Jul 2016 #16

I'm beginning to think the extent of his 'vetting' Cirque du So-What Jul 2016 #2

LOL! Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #7

I don't even think he got his rabies shots, either meow2u3 Jul 2016 #10

No, but you better bet Cirque du So-What Jul 2016 #13

Maybe they found lots of other problems with all the candidates mdbl Jul 2016 #3

RNC...and mainline republicans saw trump running as a whim... beachbumbob Jul 2016 #4

No, for some reason?, all Republicans were afraid to ask questions.Even his 18 opponents quit early Sunlei Jul 2016 #6

very odd, isn't it? Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #8

Real question is whether anyone vetted Manafort and his "assistants" Justice Jul 2016 #11

good point Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #15

The rnc lost control months ago RonniePudding Jul 2016 #12

Vetting is what you do with applicants and supplicants. Orsino Jul 2016 #14

he won because he got most votes . RNC would have had to go against them if they denied him JI7 Jul 2016 #17