Trump: If I win, I might oust RNC chairman
By Daniella Diaz
CNN
Updated 11:54 AM ET, Mon April 18, 2016
(CNN) If Donald Trump clinches the 1,237 delegates required to win the Republican nomination, he said he's not sure he'll keep Reince Priebus as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
"I don't know. I haven't made the determination," the Republican front-runner told The Washington Post in an interview posted Sunday.
The comments come as Trump spent the last few days attacking the Republican Party's nominating rules -- calling the process "rigged" against him -- which has caused top members to fight before their meeting in Florida later this week.
Priebus defended the rules on Sunday, dismissing Trump's comments as "rhetoric" and "hyperbole."
"Since I know what the truth is, I don't really worry about it because I know what is right and I know what is wrong," he told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."
Priebus said the delegate rules are up to each state, and there's nothing the RNC can do to change them at this point of the election.
"Everyone knows what the rules are," he said. "Everyone knows that the RNC can't change the rules between now and the convention."
And RNC communications director Sean Spicer dismissed Trump's comments about Priebus Monday, calling the GOP under Priebus "the gold standard of political parties."
"Any candidate who got the nomination would beg Reince Priebus to stay as chairman because he's been so successful. Under this chairman we've put together the most resources political party in the history of the United States" Spicer told CNN's John Berman and Kate Bolduan on "At This Hour with Berman and Bolduan."
"When you look at our field operation and our data and digital operation, and our opposition research on Hillary Clinton and potentially Bernie Sanders, it's amazing. We are the gold standard of political parties. I think any candidate would be lucky to have Reince Priebus as a chairman and they should be begging him to continue the successes he's had," Spicer said.
CNN's Julia Manchester contributed to this report.
#1: sneakypete To: nolu chan (#0)
The more I know about Trump,the more I wonder how much Wharton charged his father for his degree. Or maybe they had a lookalike take his classes for him?
sneakypete posted on 2016-04-18 17:04:37 Reply Private Reply
#2: misterwhite To: nolu chan (#0)
The successes? What were they?
We lost the 2012 election and, under his "leadership", we're poised to lose it again. He promised to repeal Obamacare if we gave him the majority. We did. He didn't. He promised to stop Obama's executive orders on immigration. He didn't.
We gave Republicans control of the House AND Senate and HE HASN'T DONE SHIT!
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-18 17:10:38 Reply Private Reply
#3: Hondo68 To: nolu chan, might keep Prebis Rebius (#0)
Proof that Trump is either a retard, or a NWO shill.
Absolute loyalty to Jeb!, or anything else with an R
Hondo68 posted on 2016-04-18 17:15:25 Reply Private Reply
#4: Fred Mertz To: misterwhite (#2)
Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
Fred Mertz posted on 2016-04-18 17:15:55 Reply Private Reply
#5: Stoner To: misterwhite (#2)
Another reason to vote for Trump
Stoner posted on 2016-04-18 17:35:14 Reply Private Reply
#6: misterwhite To: Stoner (#5)
Out with the old and in with the new. The guy is establishment all the way, good at one thing -- maintaining the status quo of the members of his little club.
misterwhite posted on 2016-04-18 18:09:19 Reply Private Reply
#7: rlk To: nolu chan (#0)
He knows that, that's why he's going to fight like hell to see that you don't get elected.
rlk posted on 2016-04-18 18:25:41 Reply Private Reply
#8: nolu chan To: sneakypete (#1)
The RNC has a tradition of handing the reins to the titular head of the party. Of course, they could choose to have a four year pissing contest with President Trump. If they can't handle candidate Trump, one can just imagine how they will do with President Trump, the FBI, the IRS, and the Justice Department.
In your mind, the RNC can tell the sitting president to go screw himself. The sitting president will always have more power to screw with them. The president has a mighty strong power of suggestion.
As for party deference, here some examples:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-09-13/news/8603080401_1_maureen-reagan-republican-national-committee-republican-chairman
http://millercenter.org/president/biography/bush-life-before-the-presidency
He replaced Bob Dole.
Lee Atwater was the campaign manager for G.H.W. Bush who was elected in 1988, inaugurated in 1989. And Atwater was named chairman of the Republican National Committee.
nolu chan posted on 2016-04-18 19:03:54 Reply Private Reply
#9: SOSO To: nolu chan, All (#0)
And exactly how will this moron do that? The same way as he would order the military to start waterboarding again?
SOSO posted on 2016-04-18 19:05:09 Reply Private Reply
#10: nolu chan To: misterwhite (#2)
You might have to ask Michael Steele. You might not want to ask him too much about Rinse Penis.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/14/michael-steele-former-rnc-chairman-blasts-gop-enemies-after-being-booted.html
Michael Steele Blasts GOP Enemies
Lloyd Grove
10.14.11 8:24 AM ET
The Daily Beast
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nolu chan posted on 2016-04-18 19:14:37 Reply Private Reply
#11: nolu chan To: SOSO (#9)
See #8.
He would not have to order it. It was done before without a presidential order. Torture has never required presidential orders. It just happens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cure_%28torture%29
nolu chan posted on 2016-04-18 19:26:44 Reply Private Reply
#12: ConservingFreedom To: hondo68 (#3)
Or both.
ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-04-18 21:27:41 Reply Private Reply
#13: SOSO To: nolu chan (#11)
The moron stupidly said he would order it. Just one of his many gaffs. The guy doesn't know when to shut his mouth. That is why he keeps sticking his feet in it and then having to back track and do damage control.
Post #8 is a bit lame as it is oblivious to political realities.
"In your mind, the RNC can tell the sitting president to go screw himself. The sitting president will always have more power to screw with them. The president has a mighty strong power of suggestion."
First, I never said anything of the sort. But you seem to think that a sitting POTUS can tell the RNC to go screw themselves. It doesn't work that way. Second, if Trump has any chance of winning in Nov. he is going to need the RNC big time. If Dollar Donald really is in it to win (which he is not) he will make nice to get that support and then he owes those folks - he'll go along to get along. If he doesn't and turns around and f*cks them then he will not have the support of the party for what will be his one and only ineffectual term.
But as I keep telling you the only reason con man Trump is running is to assure Hillary wins in Nov.
SOSO posted on 2016-04-18 22:37:32 Reply Private Reply
#14: sneakypete To: nolu chan (#8)
They can,and they will. They got Reagan to take Poppy as his running mate by threatening to withhold all support for him if he didn't.
The sitting president will always have more power to screw with them.
The exact opposite is the truth. Presidents can't do squat without the backing of their party. Why do you think the big money guys that run the country would rather work behind the scenes to pull their strings rather than try that while in the WH? It ain't because any of them are shy,modest,or lacking in confidence. It's because the real power is at the top of the party leadership.
sneakypete posted on 2016-04-18 22:51:53 Reply Private Reply
#15: sneakypete To: ConservingFreedom, hondo68 (#12)
My vote is for "both". If he hadn't been lucky enough to be born into a family with hired financial advisors and lawyers well-versed in the real estate business,he would be trying to sell pencils on the street. The man doesn't have enough good sense to pour piss out of a boot,and if he did manage,it would be purely accidental. I have no idea how much it cost his father to buy him a degree from Wharton,but there is no way he was smart enough to have earned one.
sneakypete posted on 2016-04-18 22:55:45 Reply Private Reply
#16: paraclete To: nolu chan (#0)
The seeds of doubt. Dump actually admitting the possibility that he might lose
paraclete posted on 2016-04-19 02:31:17 Reply Private Reply
#17: A K A Stone To: paraclete (#16)
When Trump takes a dump. You're there like a fly.
Your country is a bunch of pussies who let the government take your guns.
Wusss.
A K A Stone posted on 2016-04-19 07:57:47 Reply Private Reply
#18: Vicomte13 To: nolu chan (#0)
Reince & Co.: I'm closing in on the nomination and may very well become President. Your future depends upon what you say and do regarding me now. You should be supporting me, but you're not. You're not being neutral either. You're actively trying to defeat me.
And when you fail and I win anyway, you're going to want to make nice, but at that point I will have no use for you. So you had best look to your own futures now and stop fucking with me during the remainder of the campaign, because I'm going to win anyway, and when I do, I'm going to fuck you over for the next eight years and beyond.
The Party has already shown me that a housecleaning is needed. The only question in my mind is: who is going to do it? And by the way you're acting, Reince, I'm thinking that there will be no role for you in the new regime.
You could change my opinion by not being a putz.
Vicomte13 posted on 2016-04-19 08:21:27 Reply Private Reply
#19: nolu chan To: paraclete (#16)
Ted Cruz mathematically eliminated
from any chance to secure 1,237 bound delegates before the convention.
In New York, the presumptive candidate Donald Trump opened such a can of whupass, the now mathematically eliminated Ted Cruz was ignominiously relegated to third place, 45 points behind Trump and ten points behind John Kasich.
R.I.P. Cruz campaign, April 19, 2016
nolu chan posted on 2016-04-20 10:24:40 Reply Private Reply
#20: Willie Green To: sneakypete (#1)
Willie Green posted on 2016-04-20 10:48:46 Reply Private Reply
#21: sneakypete To: Willie Green (#20)
That seems to be the most basic requirement to get the job,but most of these guys are looking for payback once they have the power they have lusted after their whole lives,and really,what is the purpose of having power if you can't abuse it?
sneakypete posted on 2016-04-20 11:03:28 Reply Private Reply
#22: sneakypete To: Stoner (#5)
So,who do you think he will replace him with,Bill Clinton? Bloomberg? Rudy? All of whom are Trump goombas.
Or maybe he will suck up to people much more successful than him,and give the spot to Soros,Gates,or the PayPal guy in hopes they give him some stock and maybe invite HIM to one of THEIR parties?
sneakypete posted on 2016-04-20 11:08:04 Reply Private Reply
#23: Stoner To: sneakypete (#22)
I have no idea.
That said, it is quite obvious that Reince Priebus is a toady for the Establishment, and has done nothing positive for the Republican Party, or for the nation!
He needs to be replaced! Then let him sell bags of cow shit for gardens.
Stoner posted on 2016-04-20 11:21:51 Reply Private Reply
#24: sneakypete To: Stoner (#23)
The one thing I am sure of is that the same can and will be said about whoever replaces him. It is a closed circle at the top,and they are not about to allow anyone within the circle that might disturb their deals and grip on power.
sneakypete posted on 2016-04-20 11:50:49 Reply Private Reply
#25: Stoner To: sneakypete (#24)
For the most part, I agree. However, if Tump wins the nomination, then wins the election, they will not be able to stop him without a 168 gr HPBT
Stoner posted on 2016-04-20 12:05:15 Reply Private Reply
#26: sneakypete To: Stoner (#25)
Not going to happen. He would have already dropped out if it hadn't been for the NE voters coming along at this time to bail him out of oblivion.
He's looking good right now,but all the advisors in the world can't keep this buffoon from running his mouth and broadcasting his insanity.
If he gets the alleged Republican nod,Bubbette! will be our next president.
sneakypete posted on 2016-04-20 12:11:57 Reply Private Reply
#27: Stoner To: sneakypete (#26)
" it is quite obvious that Reince Priebus is a toady for the Establishment, and has done nothing positive for the Republican Party, or for the nation! "
Are you saying that statement is wrong? If so, why?
Stoner posted on 2016-04-20 12:21:33 Reply Private Reply
#28: sneakypete To: Stoner (#27)
Of course not. I'm saying the creature that replaces him will be just like him. It's a requirement for getting the job.
How could I make it any clearer?
sneakypete posted on 2016-04-20 12:56:23 Reply Private Reply