GOP committee passes resolution to cancel Republican primary due to Trump's 'effective presidency'

[jodymarie aimee]

GOP committee passes resolution to cancel Republican primary due to Trump’s ‘effective presidency’

The Republican National Committee’s resolutions group passed a resolution effectively canceling the GOP primary in 2020.

“RNC Resolutions Committee just voted unanimously to “undivided support” for Trump and his “effective presidency,” clearing way for passage before full GOP governing body on Friday,” tweeted Associated Press reporter Zeke Miller.

RNC Resolutions Committee just voted unanimously to “undivided support” for Trump and his “effective presidency," clearing way for passage before full GOP governing body on Friday.


The Resolution Committee bill must pass through the full RNC to be adopted by the party. Presumably, the act would not stop any other Republicans from running, but the RNC would refuse to endorse the opponent.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. If this is an effective presidency I'd hate to see an ineffective one.

Actually, I'm hating seeing this one.

[beachbum bob]

2. great news as it saddles GOP with the trump anchor

[shanny]

4. yep. no lifeboats for this bunch. nt

[Wounded Bear]

3. I would love it if this resulted in a RW 3rd party challenge for a change...

3rd parties always seem to hurt the Dems.

[shanny]

8. Not always.

Gary Johnson pulled 3x the votes from the right as Stein did from the left in 2016. Didn't change the outcome but could have made the popular vote closer. And Ross Perot pulled in 19% of the vote in 1992, hard to say from where at this point although I'm sure the data is out there. Given the "balanced budget" policy he espoused--against those tax-and-spend liberals and no-new-taxes-right-before-he-raised-taxes Bush, I'm thinking most came from the right.

[former9thward]

5. This has nothing to do with cancelling primaries.

Of course the RNC would not endorse an opponent. Just as the DNC would never endorse an opponent of President Obama in 2012 or President Clinton in 1996. Party committees always endorse the incumbent president.

[htuttle]

6. Here's a link

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/republican-party-passes-resolution-cancel-gop-primary-due-trumps-effective-presidency/

If there isn't a revolt over this in the Republican party, I'm going to be surprised.

[Roland99]

10. Wow. It's not the onion either!

[regnaD kciN]

13. RawStory fucked up the reporting on this big time...

There’s NOTHING in that resolution canceling the 2020 primaries or committing their party to officially support Trump as the nominee if he fails to get the support of their convention. Absolutely nothing. This is the sort of clicky-baity story that fully deserves the moniker “fake news.”

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. They can't actually cancel primaries; states control those.

All they can do is refuse to allocate any funds to a Trump challenger.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Which means most donations to the repubs will go thru Trump's 2020 Campaign.

But...locking out other candidates is a bad sign of an eroded democracy. They are saying they will only allow the Trump Party to be in control,
AND saying that moderate Republicans don't count.

This is what history shows has happened in a lot of right wing countries, the consolidation of power, and shutting out those who would object.
More than one roman senator learned the hard way how objections were handled.

[mfcorey1]

9. They are trying to lock out Kasich.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. They are trying to lock out voting.

This is the first volley of a bad dangerous plan.