“Bottom line, there was a significant amount of delegates requesting a roll call,” Short says, “and it wasn’t just about Trump but folks who were interested in dealing with a lot of other issues; open versus closed primaries; the transparency of the RNC; issues about governance and rules. We want a bottom-up process not top-down one. These were all important issues that went ignored.”
Unruh says it isn’t over. That anti-Trump RNC delegates will regroup and probably challenge the delegate vote count on Wednesday, although she says anything after this will be an “organic effort.” As you can imagine, Paul Manafort, who has a keen understanding of how dictatorships function, will likely see to it that there’s unanimity. It seems unlikely pro-“conscience” delegates have any way to disrupt the convention other than walking.
“They have given full power and control to the RNC, not the delegates,” Unruh says. “This was a candidate who portrayed himself as an outsider but reveals himself to be the quintessential insider and power boss when it comes to making a choices for all Republicans.”
There are probably three basic types of Trump supporters: The majority are probably partisans who will vote for Trump because they routinely vote for their party’s nominee. Then there are those who believe voting against Hillary Clinton is a moral imperative, even if it means supporting someone as distasteful as Trump. And then there are those willing to drop any pretense of principle to do whatever it takes to facilitate Trump’s rise. These are people like Reince Priebus.
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