RNC: "Did Trump say there will be 'riots'? No he meant "Pilots"
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/rnc-spokesman-trump-riots-response-220858
If the Republican National Committee is worried about the possibility of a contentious contested convention, one of its top officials showed no signs of concern Wednesday, even after the party's front-runner warned of possible riots in Cleveland if he is denied the party's nomination.
Well first of all, I assume hes speaking figuratively," Sean Spicer, the RNC's chief strategist and spokesman, told CNN. "I think if we go into a convention, whoever gets 1,237 delegates becomes the nominee. Its plain and simple.
CNN host Carol Costello pushed back, remarking that she did not think Trump was speaking figuratively when he told the network's morning show that in the event he comes up short of the nomination, "I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots.
Spicer disputed the assessment, remarking, "Its the left, and the people on the left that have disrupted events are trying to go in and undermine peoples First Amendment rights," a possible allusion to protesters supporting Bernie Sanders who forced the cancellation of Trump's rally in Chicago last Friday.
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