Some Missouri GOP delegates praise Trump’s pick of Pence
Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for President of the United States.
Benton says he will attend the Convention as a liaison between the Trump campaign and the Washington Delegation.
Tebow is no stranger to public speaking and appeared on a list of speakers for the four-day event that was obtained by the New York Times.
Delegates: California will send nearly 350 delegates to the convention, the largest delegation of any state. After Bush dropped out following the SC primary, he vowed that he would not vote for Trump and does not plan to attend the Republican National Convention.
The RNC and Trump campaign did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s separate requests for comment.
“The future of our country will be impacted greatly by who is chosen as our Republican presidential nominee – and our vice presidential nominee, as well”, Anderson said, speaking earlier in the week before Trump announced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate.
All of a sudden, some delegates are heaving a sigh, wondering yet again – albeit privately – if they have candidate they can trust. National and state GOP officials, including Dashiell, aligned with Trump backers against the insurgents. Foes said they believed the movement was essentially finished.
In the end, only 21 committee members voted to keep debating the “unbinding” language, before it was defeated by a voice vote. I’m hoping we will see an economic boom from the tourism, but I’m also looking out for harsh critiques of potentially slow service or other aspects of Cleveland like the traffic or infrastructure.
His efforts ran counter to the message by Republican leaders who, during a week of pre-convention meetings here, called for party unity and the need to coalesce behind Trump, who won a majority of convention delegates in primaries and caucuses. “It was never in doubt”.
“Yeah, we’re absolutely rock solid”, said Terry Lathan, chairman of the Alabama Republican Party. While “Never Trump” activists have long faced seemingly insurmountable hurdles, the Republican National Committee was anxious enough about these efforts to launch a whip team to lobby members of the Rules Committee, helping ensure this outcome. “When we don’t have closed primaries, when we don’t have some system – whether it’s a closed primary or a convention or something that draws a distinction between us and the other people, those who are Republicans and those who are not – we lose”, said U.S. Sen. “It’s one of those things where people who haven’t been traditionally involved are going to be interested”.
“I don’t think anything in this convention will be boring from the time we get off the plane to the time we pack up and leave”, Peña said. “Now the delegates themselves will have to take the baton”.