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Title: Cory Gardner (piece of shit) on Colorado: ‘Cruz had it. Trump didn’t. End of story.’
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Breitbart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern ... es-cruz-trump-didnt-end-story/
Published: Apr 12, 2016
Author: Alex Swoyer
Post Date: 2016-04-13 08:39:11 by cranky
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Views: 16391
Comments: 62
“How on earth are you going to defeat ISIS if you can’t figure out the @cologop convention?” the Colorado senator tweeted.
Gardner took to Twitter unleashing a series of tweets blasting Trump for claiming that the Colorado delegate selection was a fix after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) swept nearly all the delegates at the state GOP convention: I've attended CO GOP conventions for years. It requires organization & attn to grassroots to win. Cruz had it. Trump didn't. End of story.
— Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
Darryl Glenn came out of nowhere to win @cologop convention for US Senate. That should be the story. Not @realDonaldTrump's temper tantrum.
— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
.@tedcruz showed up to the @cologop convention. @realDonaldTrump only sent a surrogate. Cruz swept. Elections are won by those who show up.
— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
Spoke to dozens of Trump supporters this weekend, listened to his surrogate speak twice, not 1 person complained abt process until he lost.
— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
How on earth are you going to defeat ISIS if you can't figure out the @cologop convention? -CG #copolitics
— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
How can you protect Israel at the UN when you're completely baffled by the @cologop convention process? -CG #copolitics
— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
If you cannot navigate the @cologop convention what is your plan for Putin? #copolitics
— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
If you can't figure out the Colorado GOP delegate process how can you figure out how to balance the national budget?
— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
I'm proud of the @cologop and Chairman Steve House for a fair and well run convention. Onward to victory. #copolitics
— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
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Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) is questioning how GOP frontrunner Donald Trump could defeat the Islamic State (ISIS) after he seemed unable to figure out the Colorado delegate process.
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
— Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016 Well, he would know since Gardner and every elected Republican in Colorado has been nominated and elected by the Colorado GOP via its caucus system which has been in place since 2004. When Trump attacks the CO caucus system, he is attacking the legitimacy of every elected Republican in the state. And every delegate from the state. The only thing that actually changed last year was they cancelled the non-binding caucus straw poll for president. Colorado has preferred unbound delegates and the RNC made a new rule last year that if you held any sort of vote for prez, you had to bind your delegates to them. So Colorado GOP just cancelled their "beauty pageant" straw poll since they wanted their delegates to remain unbound. Cruz did "win" Colorado by a certain measure but, technically, those are still unbound delegates on the first ballot. Good luck to Trump trying to pick up a single one of them. I've wondered if Trump might decide to challenge the outcome. I actually hope he does because it would open a huge can of worms that would backfire on his victories in other caucus states.
Then why not have a primary where the voters know that the delegates are unbound? We know why. Because the Colorado GOP is corrupt.
The rules are published and well-known to all. This has been in place since 2004. I'm not sure whether they bound their delegates in 2000 and in previous elections or not. I know that the CO GOP and Dims decided it cost too much to hold statewide primary votes for the public since it never resulted in them getting any attention from the candidates. CO has been frustrated for decades in its efforts to become a battleground state. So they just gave up on it and went to the caucus system. It is much cheaper.
CO has been frustrated for decades in its efforts to become a battleground state. So they just gave up on it and went to the caucus system. It is much cheaper. to add an exclamation point to their point. Only Cruz bothered to show up in the state . Trump apparently was unaware that there were delegates to pick up . Kaisich sent John Sununnu as his representative . Then Trump belly aches that he did not even make a speech there . Well what stopped him ? When Trump goes to Cleveland with less than a majority of delegates ,he can look back at Colorado ,Wyoming ,and probably other states ,like Iowa (where he skipped a debate in a snit) where he could've gathered enough delegates to put him over the top .I have no sympathy for him. He is just another Dem who thinks he's entitled .
#9. To: tomder55 (#8)
Trump criticized the process where delegates are chosen with zero input from the voters. Now, if you didn't have this blind hatred of Trump, you'd agree that this process disenfranchises the citizens and looks more like the Soviet Union than the United States.
The Colorado GOP chair said they made efforts to accommodate him, offering different dates, etc. Trump refused to come. So he lost. Now he's trying to delegitimize the CO GOP and the entire Republican party. It is a bit odd for a candidate to attack the entire party as a thoroughly corrupt system (except those states where he won of course).
It's not ultimately about him, or the Republican Party. It's about us, we the people, and more directly, you. Trump started this whole thing on a shoestring just a few months ago. He has not spent years inside politics. You may like a deeply professionalized political class with arcane rules, but that favors that political class. But this nation has become more democratic over time. Now, with Hispanic immigration and natality, Republicans cannot win long term unless they can bring people into their party: you need more men. Cruz has not brought anybody new into the party. He has merely mobilized purists of a certain stripe, while alienating everybody else. Trump has come on like a hurricane, with a ton of new voters, voters who bring a different ideological angle to the party - nationalist, and populist. You can win with this larger party. Trouble is, you hate them ideologically, and you are very pleased to see Trump defeated. The problem with THAT is that if you just get the purists who think like Cruz and you, you cannot win. As you will dscover.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest I've attended CO GOP conventions for years. It requires organization & attn to grassroots to win. Cruz had it. Trump didn't. End of story.
#2. To: tooconservative (#1)
"Cruz did "win" Colorado by a certain measure but, technically, those are still unbound delegates on the first ballot."
#4. To: misterwhite (#2)
Then why not have a primary where the voters know that the delegates are unbound?
#8. To: tooconservative, misterwhite (#4)
I know that the CO GOP and Dims decided it cost too much to hold statewide primary votes for the public since it never resulted in them getting any attention from the candidates.
Replies to Comment # 8. "Then Trump belly aches that he did not even make a speech there."
#11. To: tomder55 (#8)
Then Trump belly aches that he did not even make a speech there . Well what stopped him ?
#46. To: tomder55 (#8)
I have no sympathy for him. He is just another Dem who thinks he's entitled.
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