Thread: Angry Donald Trump blasts Colorado GOP results as "totally unfair"

Angry Donald Trump blasts Colorado GOP results as "totally unfair"

Donald Trump says Colorado residents "had their vote taken away from them by the phony politicians" after Ted Cruz victory at state convention

By John Frank
The Denver Post
Posted: 04/10/2016 08:48:13 PM MDT422 Comments | Updated: about 2 hours ago

A day after being trounced by Sen. Ted Cruz in Colorado, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump blasted the state party's process for selecting national delegates and called into question the results.

"The people of Colorado had their vote taken away from them by the phony politicians. Biggest story in politics. This will not be allowed!" Trump posted on Twitter on Sunday evening.

Moments earlier, he posted a tweet that asked: "How is it possible that the people of the great State of Colorado never got to vote in the Republican Primary? Great anger — totally unfair!"

The Cruz campaign ran the table in Colorado, capturing all 34 delegates at a series of seven congressional district meetings this month and the state party convention Saturday in Colorado Springs.

Colorado GOP leaders canceled the party's presidential straw poll in August to avoid binding its delegates to a candidate who may not survive until the Republican National Convention in July.

Instead, Republicans selected national delegates through the caucus process, a move that put the election of national delegates in the hands of party insiders and activists — leaving roughly 90 percent of the more than 1 million Republican voters on the sidelines.

The decision sparked significant controversy at the time and removed Colorado from the Republican primary map in the early stages of the campaign. But Cruz supporters worked quietly behind the scenes to build an organization to get like-minded Republicans to the March 1 precinct caucuses and capitalized on the Trump campaign's failure to adapt to the system.

Trump's campaign didn't put a visible paid staffer on the ground in Colorado until last week, when it hired Patrick Davis, a Colorado Springs political consultant, to organize national delegate candidates at the 7th Congressional District convention in Arvada. By then, Cruz had won the first six delegates.

Even then, the energy behind Trump's campaign didn't materialize in support. He managed to win only seven alternate delegates.

The Trump campaign's list of preferred national delegates distributed at the state convention on Saturday was riddled with errors and misspellings that only further hurt its chances.

The problems with Trump's ballots — and the candidate's comments — raise questions about whether Colorado will figure prominently into a challenge at the national convention about the state's delegates.

Ahead of the state convention, a Trump campaign strategist said it made the strategic decision not to compete in Colorado because the caucus system favored party insiders.

Trump skipped the state party convention, where Cruz gave a rousing speech that galvanized his supporters.

In an interview at the event, Cruz said Trump was "scared" to attend because he "doesn't handle losing well."

Powered at first by volunteer organizers, the Cruz campaign began working to win delegates months ago and amplified the efforts in January when it brought U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, on board as state chairman. The campaign also teamed with controversial conservative organizations, such as the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, Gun Owners of America and religious liberty groups, to rally support.

The Colorado Republican Party only exacerbated the fears of the Trump camp on Saturday when it tweeted after Cruz claimed victory at the convention: "We did it. #NeverTrump."

A second after the tweet, a state party spokesman came running into the press box at the convention and shouted "it wasn't us!"

The party quickly deleted the tweet and posted: "The last tweet was the result of unauthorized access to our account and in no way represents the opinion of the party. We are investigating."

The party's spokesman, Kyle Kohli, said Sunday evening the investigation is ongoing and the party is examining its IP login history.

The party declined to comment on Trump's tweets about the process.

John Frank: 303-954-2409, jfrank@denverpost.com or @ByJohnFrank

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29...esults-totally

Colorado GOP leaders canceled the party's presidential straw poll in August to avoid binding its delegates to a candidate who may not survive until the Republican National Convention in July.

Instead, Republicans selected national delegates through the caucus process, a move that put the election of national delegates in the hands of party insiders and activists — leaving roughly 90 percent of the more than 1 million Republican voters on the sidelines.

That's a lot of Republicans who didn't get a chance to express their preference for a candidate.

That's bad no matter who they might prefer. They should have a chance to vote in a primary.

Looks like the State Party got caught red-handed with that "NEVER TRUMP" tweet. Funny, pretending some unauthorized person hacked into their tweeter. Sorry, not buying that one.

The solution is simple. American Republicans need to unite from here on out and cast their votes in remaining primaries for Trump so he can win them by large margins in every Congressional District and win this nomination on the first ballot at the convention. Nothing else will do. Insiders, Establishment, NEVER TRUMPERS, DC Wannabes, Sore Losers, abd Has Beens, all of whom have put US in this mess to begin with should not prevail over the voters.

This is a real education for me. I am constantly ranting against the primary election system. I think it should be a crime to collect voter affiliation for purposes of voter registration. This would completely destroy the primary election system, there would be no more state run primary elections and the parties would nominate their candidates any way they wanted to.

We see the beginnings of such a process here, and the Republicans are betting on a future that is not on its way. Remember that the only reason Trump is signing on with the Republicans at all is because of the primary elections. If there were no primaries, Trump would most certainly have run as an independent and Cruz would have had to proven himself in the general election. And if it were to come to an actual nation wide vote, he would most certainly lose.

Here is another article from Russian Times about the situation in Colorado:

https://www.rt.com/usa/339234-trump-...m_campaign=RSS

Fury at GOP after Cruz handed ‘voterless victory’ in Colorado

Published time: 11 Apr, 2016 16:46

Colorado’s process of electing GOP delegates drew condemnation from front-runner Donald Trump and voters alike, with some Republicans torching their registration cards after Ted Cruz received all the state delegates without a popular vote.

Instead of a statewide primary, Colorado Republicans elected their delegates at a state convention on Saturday, following the precinct caucuses on March 1. The change, adopted last August by the state’s party leadership, put the selection process in the hands of “party insiders and activists” while leaving some 90 percent of Colorado’s million-plus Republicans on the sidelines, the Denver Post noted.

“What kind of a system is this?” Trump told Fox News on Monday. “Now, I’m an outsider, and I came into the system and I’m winning the votes by millions of votes. But the system is rigged. It’s crooked.”

Trump accused “phony politicians” of stealing the vote from the people of Colorado and called the process “totally unfair.”

Larry Lindsey, one Trump supporter who was turned back from the state convention, got so angry he posted a video on YouTube in which he set his Republican registration on fire.

“You’ve had it. You’re done. You’re toast. Because I quit the party,” Lindsey said. “I’m voting for Trump, and to hell with the Republican Party.”

“In the State of Colorado, you and I actually have no say at all, and no vote that counts, in any election, so long as this caucus system exists,” Lindsey explained on Facebook.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s campaign worked behind the scenes in Colorado precincts to elect its supporters to the state convention, securing 17 delegates ahead of time, and getting the remaining 17 at the convention. The state’s remaining three delegates are unpledged party leaders. This has led the Drudge Report to declare Colorado a “voterless victory” for Cruz.

Paul Manafort, a Republican strategist recently hired by the Trump campaign as convention manager, admitted that the billionaire businessman neglected Colorado, writing it off as Cruz country.

“I acknowledge that we weren't playing in Colorado," Manafort told The Hill. However, he criticized Cruz for buying and bullying voters at county conventions, in what he termed “gestapo tactics.”

Cruz and his backers in the Republican establishment have shrugged off the criticism as Trump’s sour grapes. Their arguments were undermined by a tweet posted from the Colorado GOP account seconds after Cruz was announced the convention winner: “We did it. #NeverTrump”

Colorado GOP chairman Steve House reportedly burst into the press booth a minute later and claimed their Twitter account had been hacked. The tweet was immediately deleted, but not before the media and many angry Trump backers had saved a screenshot.

“There's no way we tweeted that," House told Politico, while admitting that the party was responsible for removing the tweet.

It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican presidential nomination. As of Monday, Cruz has 545 delegates to Trump’s 743. GOP insiders have already called for a “brokered convention” in July, where delegates pledged to candidates through primaries and caucuses would be free to switch their vote if no one gets the majority in the first round.

There are a lot of questions that self identifying Republicans need to have answered. What is a "delegate"? Even with the state run primary elections all you are winning is "delegates". Why don't the Republicans set up their own election system and allow self identifying Republicans to cast ballots directly to the Republican Party? Why do they need delegates?

Notice the item about the Republican burning his registration card. So what? What good are the primary elections anyway? Notice the Democrats, they love the primary elections. Good Democrats are mindless, soulless sheep. They Trust the Process. Get rid of the primaries and they would be wandering aimless and the Democratic Party would have to issue orders directly to them. They would have to wake up.

http://conservativetribune.com/paper...o-vote-rigged/

Colorado GOP member wrote resolution in MARCH to forbid delegates from voting for Donald Trump

April 13, 2016 | Carmine Sabia

To understand why Donald Trump keeps calling the Colorado Republican primary “rigged,” you have to follow complicated delegate rules that are subject to change on a vote. Here’s an uncomplicated reason why people are so angry.

Weeks before delegates met, a resolution was created and subsequently passed around to delegates on April 9 when they met to select their candidate. The resolution forbid the state’s GOP delegates from voting for Trump on any ballot for president or vice president.

Robert Zubrin, who was elected as an alternate delegate, submitted on March 22 to American Thinker that he had written the resolution.

Resolution to Forbid Colorado Delegates from Voting for Donald Trump
Whereas Donald Trump is not a Republican; and
Whereas Donald Trump is a demagogue who is using fear, hate, and lies to assemble a mob in support of an agenda of socialist policy, unlimited government, and strongman rule; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the Western alliance which is the basis of American security; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the system of international trade which is the basis of American prosperity; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the freedom of the press that is the basis of American liberty; and
Whereas Donald Trump would destroy the rule of law which is the basis of American civil society; and
Whereas Donald Trump has mocked those who risked their lives to fight for America when he avoided doing so; and
Whereas Donald Trump has acted as an apologist for America’s enemy Vladimir Putin and other brutal anti-American foreign tyrants; and
Whereas Donald Trump has set himself forth as an open exponent of lust, greed, and other vices antithetical to Judeo-Christian ethics and the moral fiber necessary to sustain a republic; and
Whereas Donald Trump has demonstrated that he has no respect for the truth, and
Whereas Donald Trump has defrauded thousands of ordinary Americans of their life savings; and
Whereas Donald Trump has, in the course of the present campaign, committed acts potential prosecutable as incitement to riot, a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison; and
Whereas Donald Trump has knowingly acted to degrade the Republican presidential nominating process to a vile level that can only serve to drive people of talent and integrity out of the party and assist in the election of the party’s opponents; and
Whereas the nomination of Donald Trump for president would insure a landslide defeat for the Republican Party nationwide in the fall, and deeply damage the Republican Party and the conservative movement for years, and possibly decades to come; and
Whereas a vote for Donald Trump by any member of the Colorado delegation to the Republican National Convention would dishonor and disgrace the Colorado Republican Party;
Therefore, be it resolved that:
The Colorado Republican Party forbids any of its delegates to the Republican National Convention to vote for Donald Trump for president or vice president on the first ballot or any other ballot, and
The Colorado Republican Party asks its delegates to national convention to pledge on their honor to do everything in their power to help secure the presidential nomination for someone other than Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has threatened the Republican Party with mob violence. Let’s tell him where to go!

The Colorado GOP sent out a tweet celebrating its “victory” with the hashtag #NeverTrump after the sham of an election, though it claims it was hacked and is investigating.

Meanwhile, a group of Colorado Republicans have planned a march against the state’s GOP for April 15.

Social media users were fit to be tied over news of the anti-Trump resolution.

Donald Trump responded to the allegations on Twitter, stating that the Republican Party in that state was just threatened by Trump.

The rules DID CHANGE in Colorado shortly after I entered the race in June because the pols and their bosses knew I would win with the voters
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 14, 2016

@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/kvezvpTpkc
— Gayle Hall05 (@GayleHall05) April 10, 2016

@GayleHall05 @realDonaldTrump The GOP needs to be prosecuted to the max!!!
— Maureen (@MccurleyMaureen) April 10, 2016

@GayleHall05 @realDonaldTrump has to be unconstitutional b.s.! this is getting past ridiculous to keep d.c. corruption going!
— Lana Lindsey (@lndsyland) April 10, 2016

@GayleHall05 @realDonaldTrump The whole thing is null and void> Illegal!
CO has not voted! Period. No CO entry shall be made.
— Janice R Williamson (@JanofBuckShadow) April 10, 2016

@GayleHall05 @xsevenx @realDonaldTrump this is nothing short of Fascism at the hands of @GOP and #LyingTed @tedcruz .
— Ida Whanna (@idawhannadoyou) April 11, 2016

@GayleHall05 this not heard of in a democracy but in communist nation all is fair but I would not live in that world I am a patriot
— Jim (@marineshamus) April 11, 2016

@GayleHall05 @realDonaldTrump this is complete bullshit. I hope Donald Trump sues Colorado.
— michael lee (@mwl2505) April 12, 2016

@GayleHall05 @realDonaldTrump Delegates “FORBIDDEN” to vote for Trump?! That’s not even a vote! R we still in America? #crookedCruz#fixedGOP
— Jennifer Woolard (@JennyJW13) April 12, 2016

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CAUGHT!! Wow .... that's just unbelievable