It’s coming down to the wire for the anti-Trump rebellion to run him out of the Republic before the convention. Reporter Rosie Gray posted tweets about the “Free the Delegates” conference call tonight:
on #freethedelegates conference call tonight, leader Regina Thomson says she's had foreign media outlets thanking her for what they're doing
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
.@BeauCorrell, VA delegate challenging state's binding law in court, says his case could have implications for 20 other states
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
on #freethedelegates call we're now hearing from a 17-y/o VT delegate who says the Trump campaign filed a credentials contest against him
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
but he says they filed it a day late
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
More brilliant organization from the world’s smartest man, right?
on #freethedelegates call Regina Thomson says the VP rules change proposal is part of "Conscience Agenda"
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
as well as Kendal Unruh's conscience clause, and "conscience voting" (i.e. secret ballot)
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
Earlier we posted on how Kendal Unruh said they had enough votes for her conscience vote rule change – you can read that here.
Dane Waters of Delegates Unbound says they've set up a texting system so people can get live updates
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
Dane Waters says "No doubt in my mind that there are enough delegate supporting this that Trump will not be the nominee on the first ballot"
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
#freethedelegates call has ended but some are still on the line to talk plans, but it's chaos now bc a lot of ppl haven't muted their phones
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
Democracy is messy.
so i'm still listening to the aftermath of the #freethedelegates conf call and those still on are arguing about which candidate they want
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
Just heard a guy say he would not support Rubio. several people want Cruz, have heard Walker mentioned
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 11, 2016
And this is the main problem – even if there’s enough people willing to defy Trump, they won’t be able to defeat him if they don’t coalesce behind one candidate, not three. And as it stands now, more Americans need to see the light before it’s politically feasible to dump el Trumpo and replace with someone else.
I’m open that weekend, if y’all want an unorthodox candidate!!