Republican National Convention **live commentary thread**

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It's becoming more likely that Trump gets a negative bounce from his convention at this rate

This happened in 2012 with Paul delegates storming out. It won't matter unless they throw someone else's name in for the VP nomination.

Nobody in the media cared about Paul in 2016.  This will be a big news story.  Every recap of the day's events will include the walk outs.

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Took a quick trip down South to Syracuse hoping I wouldn't miss much and. . .

You honestly didn't miss much.

#NeverTrump tried to get a roll call on the Rules Committee report and failed miserably. Lost the voice vote. Their attempt to force it via the majority of 8+ delegations fell flat when the vote was whipped and delegates from four of the nine delegations in favor of the coup withdrew their support so that it was no longer a majority....

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I was at swing dancing class and am just catching up. What'd Cruz say?

Refused to endorse Trump, told everyone to 'vote their conscience'.

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I'm sure if Trump delivers a coherent speech, Atlas will have one of its bipolar freak-outs about it.

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So Ivanka's a Democrat?