Why is Trump so furious with Virginia’s state Republican Party?

CNN’s Ana Navarro predicted this morning that if Donald Trump actually becomes the Republican nominee, there will be plenty of GOP candidates who won’t dare come anywhere near the 2016 convention. In fact, the Virginia primary is substantially more open than other states where Trump has not lodged a complaint which require voters to be registered as Republicans.

But Trump began a Twitter war Sunday with the Virginia GOP, accusing it of “working hard to disallow independent, unaffiliated and new voters”.

Virginia voters are not required to register with a particular party, but, the Republican Party will be able to ask primary voters to sign a party oath. The pledge reads: “My signature below indicates that I am a Republican”. Keeping those voters out could do the most damage to Trump, experts tell The Washington Post, because he enjoys wide appeal from non-party traditionalists.

The statement was primarily passed by the SCC with a simple goal: to ensure Republican voters select our Republican nominee in 2016. “R.P.Virginia has lost statewide 7 times in a row”. He views the move as a “suicidal mistake” since Virginia GOP is in a desperate need for fresh voters. He responded to Trump with an angry tweet of his own: “Our party, our rules; your $$s and your bullying do not work in the Commonwealth”.

Trump supporters said that the new requirement would affect their favorite candidate the most since his out-of-the-ordinary approach and anti-governmental attitude lured voters that are disappointed with the establishment’s candidates. Some, he said, attacked both his position and his heritage, using obscenity and insulting images. Voters requesting a Democrat ballot will not have to sign an oath, however. Earlier this year, the party had the idea of issuing a loyalty requirement for presidential candidates, as well, but the idea was later dropped.