Republicans Changing Delegate Rules to Prevent Discord at Convention

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: New York Times

President Trump’s political advisers have concluded a monthslong effort to tighten the rules for choosing delegates to the Republican National Convention, all but ensuring there are no dissenting speeches at the gathering of party officials in Charlotte next year. On Tuesday, state Republican parties submitted to the national committee their delegate allocation plans, the methods by which they will choose and bind delegates who attend the convention as their representatives.

In 37 states and territories, there have been changes to the rules that will all but stamp out the possibility of any raucous divide on the convention floor. Those kinds of schisms have plagued party conventions in years when a Republican incumbent went on to lose his re-election bid, Republican officials said. Mr. Trump himself confronted an effort to strip him of delegates in 2016.

The new delegate guidelines are the culmination of a 10-month effort by Trump advisers to strengthen the president’s grip on the Republican Party ahead of the general election. It means that even if the three candidates challenging Mr. Trump in the Republican primary gain vote shares, they almost certainly won’t translate into speeches or jeers from supporters of these candidates when the convention is taking place.

The plans also serve as a reminder that even as Mr. Trump faces the prospect of an impeachment vote, his campaign is making every effort to assure a smooth path to the nomination and a convention that resembles something of a coronation for the president.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/us/politics/trump-republicans-delegates-convention.html

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Good luck with that!

[Dopers_Greed]

1. Now this is a rigged primary

[BumRushDaShow]

2. They basically came out and said in public

that they were planning on rigging it.

This is where the rubber meets the road for those who have declared they plan to run in their primary.

[Bayard]

3. This is actually a good thing

We want tRump to lock up this nomination. The baggage is tremendous, and cannot be overcome. Especially in the throes of impeachment, if he's not already gone by then. Next best candidate--Pence! Think about those debates!

[ancianita]

4. When it's one man running a party, and that party's in power, we're in a dictatorship.

Hollowed out government,
no cabinet heads,
no public recourse to any but the dictator's judicial appointees, solidifies his one-man power.

Retiring and convicted congressional representatives, and now hand-picked delegates, set up the fake monolithic presentation of fake representation of all Republicans.

Republicans should oppose the last three years of these activities on principle.

It all mirrors how Putin fakes wins and runs things.

Sorry, I can't find this funny, BRDS.

[Rainbow Droid]

7. Yeah. Agreed.

[Javaman]

5. aka nazi bund rally

[BlueIdaho]

6. I wonder if they will salute

As they go down with the ship.

[Nitram]

8. Good news!! Autocracy in action! What an excellent way to choose a candidate in a democracy.

[SergeStorms]

9. Trump is killing the GOP.

"The new delegate guidelines are the culmination of a 10-month effort by Trump advisers to strengthen the president’s grip on the Republican Party ahead of the general election."

You own it, Donnie! It's yours, and I want you to be sure to take the entire mischief* of rats along with you. Drown the lot!

And yes, the proper name for a group of rats is called a 'mischief'.

[bluestarone]

10. I do worry about this though.

I'm Just thinking they are going BIG TIME rigging here in 2020. They want tRUMP only because they are going to STEAL it! ( I don't know how but) We gotta stop them!

[BumRushDaShow]

11. I think it comes down to winning with enough of a margin

where it would be obvious if they try to steal it.

[bluestarone]

12. Oh yea for sure!

We not only have to win, we have to win BIG! Big numbers!!!