Anti-Trump Delegates Are Making A Plan To Pick Their Own Vice Presidential Nominee

[RandySF]

WASHINGTON — Anti-Trump delegates are preparing a rules change proposal that would chart a path for delegates to choose their own vice presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention, instead of voting for Donald Trump’s choice.

A draft proposal obtained by BuzzFeed News outlines several changes to Rule 40 that would make it easier for delegates to reject whomever Trump picks as his running mate and present their own alternative. BuzzFeed News has learned that it will be presented at the Rules Committee meeting next week in Cleveland ahead of the convention.

Already, delegates are technically not bound to vote for the nominee’s choice for vice president. But in the past, vice presidential picks have largely been automatically ratified by the convention after being chosen by the nominee.

This year is different, as a vocal contingent of anti-Trump delegates to the convention are searching for ways to stop Trump from being nominated — or, failing that, to at least assert control over the party’s vice presidential nominee.

The proposed rules change centers around Rule 40, which has already been a topic of much discussion this year. One of the rule’s clauses requires a candidate to win the support of the majority of delegates in eight states in order to be considered for the nomination. The rule was changed from five to eight states in 2012 to prevent Ron Paul’s name from being given as an option. Changing that rule would allow non-Trump candidates to be considered for the nomination on the floor.


https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/anti-trump-delegates-are-making-a-plan-to-pick-their-own-vic?utm_term=.beRgkQO3lN#.euBxgn1vRO

[Iliyah]

1. Oh for Pete's sake.

[Renew Deal]

2. That's dumb

That will prove nothing except that Republicans are just as bad as Trump says they are. And shoved they nominate will be punished having to campaign with Trump. This only makes sense if he picks his daughter.

[SharonClark]

3. Geez Louise. They are pathetic.

[Hortensis]

4. "delegates are technically not bound to vote for the nominee’s choice"

VERY interesting, RandySF. Thanks. Something else to watch for at the convention. Four days of stultifying inanity interspersed with high drama, or...?

[Trenzalore]

5. If he picked that pro-choice general I can easily seeing them revolting nt.

[CK_John]

6. Trump is going to pull an IKE and let the convention pick his VP.

Nixon was selected and IKE played golf.

[Hekate]

8. Was it Tricky Dick who sent troops to integrate segregated schools in the South?

I think you mistake their respective roles and characters.

[Hekate]

7. Plan A: Let him lose. Plan B: If he wins, impeach him and install the VP in his place.

Hubby's been saying this for months, and now it's almost in the open.

My take: Fear their VP choice. On the one hand, an awful lot of GOPers with a future don't want to squander it on a massive loss side by side with an idiot demagogue. On the other hand.... if he wins, the GOP will try to unload him when he starts demonstrating his utter lack of self-control and lack of knowledge about the operations of government -- and then, there will definitely be a future for his veep.