I don’t see how they can do this without a total bloodbath:
A lot would need to happen for Unruh’s efforts to prevent Trump from capturing the nomination. A majority of the 112-member Rules Committee would need to vote in favor of the change, and then enough of the convention’s 2,472 delegates would need to invoke the “conscience clause” to reject Trump. But the movement is significant in that it is the most organized plan yet for opposing the real estate mogul’s nomination.
Two sources involved in Unruh’s effort to change the committee’s rules say they’ve already secured ten Rules Committee delegates to vote for the resolution, including Unruh and her fellow Colorado Rules Committee member Guy Short. The other eight could not be independently confirmed. Unruh declined to release their names because she said she and others involved in the efforts had received threats from Trump supporters.
Even some in the Republican establishment in Colorado have warned Unruh her “future in politics is over.” But she has no plans to back down.
“I have been a good soldier for the last few nominees. Even though they have not been my first choice I have always fallen in line. I just can’t do it this time. They just don’t understand, it’s not just a vote — it’s the future of our party,” she said.
Unruh says she’s been hearing growing interest in her proposal since it began to draw media attention last week, and many of the delegates she hears from already believe they aren’t legally bound under Republican National Committee rules to back Donald Trump. It’s an obscure interpretation of the party rules that’s gained traction in recent months as dissatisfaction with the presumptive GOP nominee has grown.
The resolution, then, is meant to give delegates “cover.”
“I call it the permissions slip from mom. It gets to the nitty gritty of the fact that Republicans tend to be rule followers. They don’t like distraction or disunity or being labeled a troublemaker or a rabblerouser and they love decorum,” Unruh said.
I don’t give a shit about the future of her garbage party. For decades, the GOP cultivated the kind of assholes who vote for Trump, and now they apparently are the majority in the party. You don’t get to foment hate, stoke people’s fears, and divide the country for personal gain and then invoke a “conscience clause.” Fuck you, Dr. Frankenstein. This is your monster. So follow through and nominate him, party of personal responsibility.
As ye sow, so shall ye reap, or words to that effect. Couldn’t happen to a more appropriate bunch of America-hating, hive-minded, rat-fucking jerk wads.
Part of me is with Dr. S. Let the Repubs deal with the undigested version of the crap they’ve been supporting for decades.
But the practical pessimistic part says, “If they manage to squeeze in a good ole boy with the right sort of hair, misogyny will take right over and they might win.”
Admittedly, the followers of the blob of baloney with the orange weave will go ape, and they have a lot of ape to go, so a Repub win is not guaranteed. But then again, the blob of self-tanned baloney has actual people voting for him (something I still can’t wrap my mind around) so Godonlyknows.
What’s that Chinese curse? Something about interesting times.
“As you sow, so shall be your reaping” was my high school’s motto!