Remember, at the Republican National
Convention in July, how there was a movement to allow convention delegates to
vote their conscience and nominate someone other than Donald Trump for
President? Remember how proponents of the rule change warned that Trump was
unelectable, that his nomination would hand the Presidency to Hillary Clinton,
that more scandals were undoubtedly awaiting the light of day, and that he
could sink Republican majorities in Congress, along with public perception of
the GOP for years to come? How important it was to unite the party by having an
open process and giving the duly elected delegates a say in determining the
nominee?
And remember how the RNC, controlled by
the Trump campaign, shut down
that movement, denied even a simple request for a roll call vote on the rules,
and attempted to forcibly silence all those pushing to free the delegates?
Fast forward to today, when the ranks of
those calling on Trump to exit the race continue to swell, and now include
everyone from the staunchest conservatives to members of leadership, from Mike
Lee and Carly Fiorina to John Thune and Lisa Murkowski, and beyond. Dozens of
Republican members of Congress have announced they will not vote for Trump and
called on him to exit the race, in just the forty-eight hours following the
release of the latest Trump tape.
If only someone had warned the RNC
months ago that this would happen. If only there had been some way for the
party to drop Trump back in July, then there would be a new nominee firmly in
place by now, instead of dealing with this chaos a month before Election Day.
The RNC could have taken the pain and
intraparty chaos in July, or in October. By default, they chose the latter, and
now they are suffering the consequences.
Put simply: You were warned.
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