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heresAthingdotcom

(160 posts)
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:09 AM Jul 2016

The haphazard way Trump picked his VP is a sure sign this convention will be a total circus

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Source: Salon

The Rules committee meetings were contentious, with accusations of the votes being “rigged” from the #NeverTrump forces. There were even reports of Trump associates strong-arming delegates who attempted to organize against their man, according to the Washington Post:

Kim Taylor Fralick, a delegate from Lousiana, said she received at least three emails from Carl Paladino, a New York delegate and close associate of Trump. He was responding to an email sent by Fralick encouraging convention delegates to join Unruh’s group.

“It’s like pissing up a drain pipe. You get wet. A revolt will never materialize,” Paladino wrote to Fralick.

He was downright threatening to a delegate from Utah.

“You should be hung for treason Stefani. There will not be a Republican Party if you attempt to replace Trump. I’ll be in your face in Cleveland.”

Lest you think Paladino is just some fringe right-wing functionary from an upstate dairy farm, he was the Republican nominee for Governor of New York in 2010.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2016/07/18/let_the_madness_begin_all_signs_point_to_four_days_of_complete_insanity/



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The haphazard way Trump picked his VP is a sure sign this convention will be a total circus (Original Post) heresAthingdotcom Jul 2016 OP
Not LBN but would be a riot in GD BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #1
What's most alarming bucolic_frolic Jul 2016 #2
Carl Paladino, former candidate for NY Gov. maxsolomon Jul 2016 #3
Locking - this is not "breaking news" OKNancy Jul 2016 #4

BumRushDaShow

(166,133 posts)
1. Not LBN but would be a riot in GD
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:25 AM
Jul 2016

bucolic_frolic

(54,145 posts)
2. What's most alarming
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:30 AM
Jul 2016

is he sees nothing wrong with doing business in this manner

It would be the subordinates around him that called the shots

He's a front man

"something's going on"

maxsolomon

(38,266 posts)
3. Carl Paladino, former candidate for NY Gov.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:39 AM
Jul 2016

Ahh, I remember NPR's Morning Edition giving him 5 minutes for unhinged ranting a couple months back.

Republicans are horrible people.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
4. Locking - this is not "breaking news"
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 11:53 AM
Jul 2016

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