Trumpapalooza Should Be One Hot Mess of a Convention

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Source: The American Prospect

The other problem with the Republican complaint is that the party really is divided. We still don't know how many Republican voters will defect come November, but at the elite level—and the convention is when a bunch of elites get together, even if most of them claim to be anything but—there's enough dissatisfaction to feed four days of coverage. As John Ward wrote on Saturday, "A few thousand members of the Republican Party will gather over the next few days for an event ostensibly devoted to celebrating a man whom large numbers of them don't like and didn't support for most of the primary process."
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Which is why so many Republican officeholders are refusing to show up at the convention. None of the party's rising minority stars—like Nikki Haley, Brian Sandoval, Tim Scott, and Susana Martinez—will be speaking at the convention. They'll have plenty of company from other Republican officeholders and candidates who found urgent appointments elsewhere this week. The Republican governor of the state where it's being held isn't even going to show.

http://prospect.org/article/trumpapalooza-should-be-one-hot-mess-convention

[JHB]

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