RNC chairman: Candidates that don't back Trump may not be able to run again.

[Belsnickel]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/18/candidates-who-dont-back-trump-may-not-be-allowed-to-run-again-rnc-chairman-says.html

Quote:Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday suggested he could say “never mind” to the “Never Trump” candidates should they try to make another run for the presidency.

Priebus said the former primary challengers who’ve refused to support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump could face consequences if they fail to back Trump in the stretch-run to Election Day.

“Those people need to get on board,” Priebus told “Face the Nation.” “And if they’re thinking they’re going to run again some day, I think that we’re going to evaluate the process – of the nomination process and I don’t think it’s going to be that easy for them.”

Priebus didn’t specifically name the group, but Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush are the most prominent ex-GOP primary candidates to refuse to support Trump.

Cruz and Bush were locked in particularly nasty verbal spats during the campaign with Trump, who termed his opponents “Lyin’ Ted” and “Low-Energy Jeb.” Though Kasich and Trump rarely went toe-to-toe, Kasich was the last Trump challenger to drop out of the race, and despite the Republican National Convention being held in Cleveland, the Ohio governor didn’t set foot in Quicken Loans Arena. Cruz spoke at the convention, but he was booed off the stage when he told the assembled, largely pro-Trump crowd to “vote your conscience.”

Despite the intra-party squabbles, however, Priebus made his case by pointing to a pledge that each primary candidate signed vowing to support the eventual Republican nominee.

“People in our party are talking about what we’re going to do about this,” Priebus said. “I mean there’s a ballot access issue in South Carolina. In order to be on the ballot in South Carolina, you actually have to pledge your support to the nominee, no matter who that person is. So what’s the penalty for that? It’s not a threat, but that’s just the question that we have a process in place.

“And if a private entity puts forward a process and has agreement with the participants in that process, and those participants don’t follow through with the promises that they made in that process, what -- what should a private party do about that if those same people come around in four or eight years?”

Cruz addressed the issue of the pledge during a talk to members of the Texas Republican delegation on July 21, the day after he was booed off stage in Cleveland.

“That pledge was not a blanket commitment that if you go and slander and attack [my wife], that I'm going to nonetheless come like a servile puppy dog and say thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father,” Cruz said.

Kasich said in June on MSNBC that he was likely to break the pledge.

“You know, people even get divorces,” Kasich said.

So, I have to say I don't blame the RNC here. Pledges were signed. I can agree with people that feel like Trump is bad for the country and so refuse to back him, but I also agree that the RNC can take these actions.

[Rotobeast]

Perhaps the Libertarian Party will receive some new members ?



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[GMDino]

(09-19-2016, 12:11 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/18/candidates-who-dont-back-trump-may-not-be-allowed-to-run-again-rnc-chairman-says.html

So, I have to say I don't blame the RNC here. Pledges were signed. I can agree with people that feel like Trump is bad for the country and so refuse to back him, but I also agree that the RNC can take these actions.

So the head of the RNC says they'll rig the next set of nominations on national television unless people fall into line?

Seems like a good idea. 

Let me also say making people sign pledges sounds absolutely awful.

[Belsnickel]

(09-19-2016, 12:25 PM)GMDino Wrote: So the head of the RNC says they'll rig the next set of nominations on national television unless people fall into line?

Seems like a good idea. 

Let me also say making people sign pledges sounds absolutely awful.

I agree, but that is party politics. It wouldn't surprise me if the DNC did something similar.

I also know that a college Republican group got kicked out of, I think it was the NY, organization for college Republicans because they endorsed Johnson instead of Trump.

[GMDino]

(09-19-2016, 12:27 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I agree, but that is party politics. It wouldn't surprise me if the DNC did something similar.

I also know that a college Republican group got kicked out of, I think it was the NY, organization for college Republicans because they endorsed Johnson instead of Trump.

And I did mean for any party, not just the GOP.

But even more of a hint on how things really run.  Don't support who you want support our candidate because...party.

[BmorePat87]

They won't win a ton of elections if they don't distance themselves from Trump.

[BengalHawk62]

(09-19-2016, 12:35 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: They won't win a ton of elections if they don't distance themselves from Trump.

Trump is going to win this thing.......I don't know how, I don't know why......but Trump will win in November.  Mark it down, dude.  You heard it hear first.

[BmorePat87]

(09-19-2016, 12:53 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: Trump is going to win this thing.......I don't know how, I don't know why......but Trump will win in November.  Mark it down, dude.  You heard it hear first.

lol, I heard it a few places first, but I'll give you a shout out if it happens. 

[GMDino]

(09-19-2016, 12:53 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: Trump is going to win this thing.......I don't know how, I don't know why......but Trump will win in November.  Mark it down, dude.  You heard it hear first.

We were chatting during the game yesterday that it seems about 50-50 in our county right now.  Although not one person at our gathering said they were voting for him they all knew someone who said they would.

[*michaelsean*]

That's a way to ingratiate yourself.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

(09-19-2016, 01:00 PM)GMDino Wrote: We were chatting during the game yesterday that it seems about 50-50 in our county right now.  Although not one person at our gathering said they were voting for him they all knew someone who said they would.

I think there are many people who are going to vote for Trump but they aren't going to let anyone know it.

I also believe there are many people out there who will vote for Trump "Just To See What Happens", which is kind of scary.

[Belsnickel]

(09-19-2016, 02:28 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: I think there are many people who are going to vote for Trump but they aren't going to let anyone know it.

I also believe there are many people out there who will vote for Trump "Just To See What Happens", which is kind of scary.

This reminds me of what happened with the Brexit vote. There were people that voted to leave that had no understanding of what they were actually doing.

[Sociopathicsteelerfan]

Here's the thing about the pledge and why I called Ted Cruz a spineless loser for breaking his word on this issue.  They all signed it knowing who was running.  I don't care if they couldn't possibly foresee Trump's rise or his antics, they knew he was running.  Cruz flat out lied and said he decided he wasn't going to honor the pledge once Trump attacked his family.  Except Cruz didn't say a thing about backing out of the pledge when this happened.  Why, because he still hoped to win and he still wanted Trump to honor the pledge and bring his supporters under Cruz's tent.  This is why Cruz deserves nothing but contempt for his refusal to honor the pledge, no matter what you think of Trump.  He gave no real indication he wasn't going to honor it until the RNC.  Cruz is a spineless opportunist and the fact that anyone gives him kudos for lying, simply because they don't like Trump, quite honestly sickens me.


As for Priebus, I hope he follows through on this "threat".  Either you're a person of your word or you're not.  Either you obey the rules of the party you claim to be a member of or you find another party.  Cruz and Kasich want it both ways, they want the money, infrastructure and prestige of being part of the GOP while at the same time ignoring the party rules when it suits them.  It's called prevarication and it's a horrible quality to have.  Both men should be ashamed and castigated for their utter lack of honesty.  They sure as hell shouldn't be congratulated on it.

[Aquapod770]

At least they won't decide to kill themselves like those who don't support Hilldog

[Millhouse]

My thought is it shouldn't be up to a chairman or committee on who runs and doesnt run. It should be up to the candidates and the people that may or may not vote for them. Regardless of pledges or not, let the voters decide in the primaries.

[fredtoast]

Republican party is a private club and they can make their members do whatever they want.

Might not be a great idea for the future of the party, but the Republican Party is the only one who can say which candidates can run as representatives of the Republican Party.

[*wildcats forever*]

Well, from what I saw of the former primary contenders, over which Trump prevailed, this seems to be doing the Nation a favor.