RNC EXEC: TRUMP
DOESN'T NEED 1,237 DELEGATES TO WIN If billionaire 'exceeds 1,100 votes, he will become the nominee'
One of the Republican National Committee’s key members, a rules committee official, said on national television Wednesday that Donald Trump doesn’t need to reach 1,237 delegates to win the nomination – he only needs about 1,100.
The RNC’s Randy Evans said on “Morning Joe” on
MSNBC: “If Donald Trump exceeds 1,100 votes, he will become the nominee even
though he may not have 1,237.”
The remarks come as Trump seems likely to fall
short of the full delegate count as time ticks and the convention beckons.
“If he gets less than 1,100 delegates,” Evans
said, “then I think we’re looking at a contested convention that could go on
for many, many days. And then in the middle, there’s that gray area between
1,000 and 1,100, and that’s where the unbound delegates or the delegates that
have been released by other candidates come into play to see if there are
enough of those to get either Cruz or Trump over the finish line.”
Trump currently leads in the delegate count, 743
to second-place Sen. Ted Cruz’s 545. But the billionaire businessman is
projected to win almost all of New York’s 95 delegates. California’s 172
delegates are also due to come into play on June 7, along with those up for
grabs in primary races in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota that
same day.
Comments
When I read that the Colorado GOP pulled out with their 37
votes, I thought, now the RNC can re-set the target to 1200. Randy Evans did
that and threw in 100 points more, so now Trump needs 1100 to win and has a
chance to grab another 100 unbound delegates. The RNC Chairman corrected Evans’
statement and restated the 1237 vote requirement.
This slip-up might have been planned to give Trump a
message that the RNC hears his complaints and will be reasonable during the
November convention.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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