Republican Official Tells CNBC: We Choose the Nominee, Not the People (Video)

[Stephanie]

Is it time yet to get out the Pitchforks against BOTH (Demorat, Repubelitist ) OF these slimy parties?

SNIP:
And there you have it–
The pride and smugness of the Republican Party elites in full display.

Republican convention rules member Curly Haugland told CNBC today that the delegates choose the GOP nominee, not the people.


CNBC reported:

Political parties, not voters, choose their presidential nominees, a Republican convention rules member told CNBC, a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump rolled up more big primary victories.

“The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination. That’s the conflict here,” Curly Haugland, an unbound GOP delegate from North Dakota, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday. He even questioned why primaries and caucuses are held.

Haugland is one of 112 Republican delegates who are not required to cast their support for any one candidate because their states and territories don’t hold primaries or caucuses.

all of it here:
Republican Official Tells CNBC: We Choose the Nominee, Not the People (Video) - The Gateway Pundit

 

[Mac1958]

Oopsie!

Walk it back, Curly, walk it back!


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[MarathonMike]

I don't know how much an unbound delegate gets paid, but whatever it is, it is too much. What an egotistical douche bag.

 

[Iceweasel]

The gig is up. Many already knew it but now everyone does.

 

[Dr.Traveler]

There was a thread about this yesterday, but again, he is correct. The Primary process isn't all that different from the Electoral college. Voters do not directly select the President in the general, nor do they directly select the nominee in the primaries. We have that system to protect from mob rule, at least in theory.

Now, if Trump goes to Cleveland with the majority of the delegates bound to him in the first round vote, he will be the nominee. There would be ways for the GOP to stop him, but it is highly unlikely they'd have the political will to stop him. If he goes with a plurality (which is different from a majority) then by the rules he has agreed to play by, he will likely lose the nomination.

That's an important point and deserves emphasis. Trump has agreed to play by the GOP's rules when he agreed to run for the GOP's nomination. If he and his supporters don't like those rules, then they'd best get working on that third party bid.