The faction of the GOP that is unhappy with Donald Trump as the party's presumptive nominee has one last plan to stop the mogul: staging an all-out delegate revolt at the Republican National Convention.
The
far-fetched idea is the latest reflection of a campaign cycle that has
been anything but ordinary, and stems from a continuing dissatisfaction
among some conservative stalwarts with how Trump is behaving and running
his campaign.
The effort comes at a
rough time for the GOP. As the Democratic Party's heaviest hitters,
including President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, line up behind Hillary Clinton and
against Trump, Republicans have been forced to criticize their own
nominee. Recent comments from Trump about a federal judge's Mexican
heritage have drawn widespread rebuke and put GOP leaders in a corner as
they defend their endorsement of Trump while disavowing his comments.
One
of the vocal advocates for a delegate revolt is conservative
commentator and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, who has also been
actively seeking a candidate to mount an independent bid against Trump,
thus far to no avail.
Kristol
tweeted late Thursday that the idea of a "conscience convention," where
delegates are free to vote for whomever they want to, is also appealing.
"I've
been focused on independent candidacy, & still am. But struck by
sudden level of interest in possible delegate revolt at convention,"
Kristol tweeted. He added: "A Convention of Conscience in Cleveland
would be quite something. Made easier by fact Trump only won minority of
total primary votes anyway."
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