Trump gets obliterated by Cruz forces in Georgia's District Conventions

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[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Wow.... is there any place where Trump doesn't get obliterated by Cruz forces? lol

Well, in this case it seems evidence Rubio supporters teamed up with Cruz supporters to lock out many Trump delegates, so it's somewhat interesting lol.

[Doimper]

Wow.... is there any place where Trump doesn't get obliterated by Cruz forces? lol

Cruz has a ridiculously competent campaign, whereas I don't think Trump was seriously expecting to win the nomination until relatively recently.

I'm becoming increasingly convinced that Cruz is going to pull off the nomination despite Trump's advantage in pledged delegates, and if he does say hello to DNC '68 on steroids.

[Ljube]

The system is rigged. This will cause a popular outrage among the Trump supporters and only help Trump win the required 1237 delegates the regular way and win on the first ballot.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

The system is rigged. This will cause a popular outrage among the Trump supporters and only help Trump win the required 1237 delegates the regular way and win on the first ballot.

If Trump would've had his people stay to vote for delegates this wouldn't be happening.

[Classic Conservative]

The system is rigged. This will cause a popular outrage among the Trump supporters and only help Trump win the required 1237 delegates the regular way and win on the first ballot.

Maybe if they had better organization for these delegate caucuses they would do better. Later this month in MA, we have Congressional District Caucuses and Trump won over 49% of the vote here and they haven't even started organizing for the caucuses.

[Phony Moderate]

Cruz's supporters are more likely to be ideologues than TRUMP's, so not surprising.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

The system is rigged. This will cause a popular outrage among the Trump supporters and only help Trump win the required 1237 delegates the regular way and win on the first ballot.

The system is rigged against Trump, so he'll win? I think there's something wrong with part of that reasoning.

[Volrath50]

So to be clear, in Georgia, Cruz is basically electing ninja delegates, right? Delegates who are bound to vote for Trump on the first ballot, but will switch to Cruz on the second ballot?

If Cruz wins this way, basically by overturning the actual election results through sneaky backroom dealings, there will be riots in Cleveland and his GE election campaign will have serious legitimacy concerns - not to mention the paranoia around Democrats who remember 2000 and will try to portray Cruz as planning to steal the election, like he did the nomination.

[Torie]

The system is rigged. This will cause a popular outrage among the Trump supporters and only help Trump win the required 1237 delegates the regular way and win on the first ballot.

The system is rigged against Trump, so he'll win? I think there's something wrong with part of that reasoning.

Isn't it more, just the gang bang? Trump's problem is that all the others with delegates want to stop him. That is less true of Cruz, at least with the Rubio faction. If team Rubio had Trump as the consolation prize, then it would have been Cruz that was burned.

[Figueira]

The system is rigged. This will cause a popular outrage among the Trump supporters and only help Trump win the required 1237 delegates the regular way and win on the first ballot.

The system is rigged against Trump, so he'll win? I think there's something wrong with part of that reasoning.

It's the best of both worlds: Ljube gets to be optimistic about his candidate, AND cry about how everyone is biased against him!

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

As much as I dislike Trump, this is truly disguisting.

[Figueira]

As much as I dislike Trump, this is truly disguisting.

I have to agree. The voters are choosing Trump; they should let him have the nomination.

[The Free North]

The system is rigged. This will cause a popular outrage among the Trump supporters and only help Trump win the required 1237 delegates the regular way and win on the first ballot.

The system is not 'rigged' at all. The nomination process for delegates is has been known for years and Trump's failure to actually know the rules is his fault and no one else's. 

[yankeesfan]

Just like Trump exploited all of the rules of the Bankruptcy Court to their fullest advantage to win, Cruz is exploiting all the rules of the RNC nomination process.  Trump should understand that.

[Sbane]

As much as I dislike Trump, this is truly disguisting.

Bullsh**t. Trump needs to be stopped and any means to do so is acceptable. Of course they are merely using the existing rules here so I don't see what the problem is.

[Torie]

As much as I dislike Trump, this is truly disguisting.

Bullsh**t. Trump needs to be stopped and any means to do so is acceptable. Of course they are merely using the existing rules here so I don't see what the problem is.

I can't quite decide which one of us hates Trump more. What do you think?  

Oh, hi friend by the way. How's it going?

[Donnie]

This is getting grotesque.

[Sbane]

As much as I dislike Trump, this is truly disguisting.

Bullsh**t. Trump needs to be stopped and any means to do so is acceptable. Of course they are merely using the existing rules here so I don't see what the problem is.

I can't quite decide which one of us hates Trump more. What do you think? 

Oh, hi friend by the way. How's it going?

Haha it has to be me. I can't imagine anyone hating him more.

I'm doing well and hope you are doing the same. Btw, I'm voting for Cruz. Who would have thought that would happen.

[Mr. Morden]

As much as I dislike Trump, this is truly disguisting.

I have to agree. The voters are choosing Trump; they should let him have the nomination.

"The voters are choosing Trump."  Except that not a single state that's voted so far has seen a majority of voters support him.

[Wisconsin+17]

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Last I checked a majority of Georgians voted against Trump.

Trump has won more delegates than voters, especially in places like Missouri where he won by fewer than a thousand votes, and took home 30+ delegates.

Did you see Cruz *****ing about that? Nope. He manned up and decided to pummel Trump in the upcoming states.

Since March 23rd, Cruz is 100+ delegates up. And that doesn't include Utah.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

As much as I dislike Trump, this is truly disguisting.

Bullsh**t. Trump needs to be stopped and any means to do so is acceptable. Of course they are merely using the existing rules here so I don't see what the problem is.

The problem is not whether we support Trump of Cruz, the problem is that primary votes should matter. I'm very much in favor of Sanders, but I dissaprove of him getting more delegates than Hillary in Nevada, despite losing the state.

[SATW]

Good. Party primaries aren't apart of the government. They don't have to play by the same rules.

[Sbane]

As much as I dislike Trump, this is truly disguisting.

Bullsh**t. Trump needs to be stopped and any means to do so is acceptable. Of course they are merely using the existing rules here so I don't see what the problem is.

The problem is not whether we support Trump of Cruz, the problem is that primary votes should matter. I'm very much in favor of Sanders, but I dissaprove of him getting more delegates than Hillary in Nevada, despite losing the state.

Again, as I mentioned, stopping Trump by any means is acceptable to me. A fascist should not be the nominee of one of the two major parties.

Also, trump hasn't got the majority of the votes in any state so why should he be entitled to the majority of delegates? And before you go on about rules, Cruz is also just using the existing rules in his favor. Additionally, if the Republicans had similar rules to the Democrats, Trump wouldn't have been able to get even close to a majority of the delegates because he only gets about 40% of the vote. If anything the rules are stacked in his favor, not against him.

[Lyin' Steve]

This is so frustrating to watch.  I'm not a Trump supporter by any means but what's happening is deeply unfair.  To those who say "it's part of the game", do you remember Romney or McCain or W having to go back to elections they had already won and re-fight them, not to win votes, but to outmanouver local party activists abusing the rulebook to put up delegates who support the guy who lost instead of the guy who won?  It's insane that this can happen.