Despite the attempted delegate revolt, which was quashed by the RNC on the first day of the convention, last night’s delegate vote ensured that Donald Trump officially became the GOP’s nominee for president come Election Day this November.
Well, he shoudn’t give up, considering how he can push Hillary Clinton further to the left at the convention. For the first time, Bernie Sanders acknowledged he is unlikely to win the Democratic presidential nomination. “It doesn’t appear that I’m going to be the nominee so I’m not going to be determining the scope of […]
Shouldn’t this worry Trump supporters? Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has tapped Los Angeles-based corporate lawyer William Johnson, a white nationalist leader, as a delegate for the forthcoming Republican primary in California. Johnson chairs the American Freedom Party, which the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as a political party “initially established by racist Southern California skinheads that aims […]
Donald Trump won both primaries in West Virginia and Nebraska because he is the lone candidate left standing, but Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in West Virginia in the Democratic Party primary.
Donald Trump will be the last man standing among GOP candidates and will face Hillary Clinton, the presumed Democratic Party nominee, in November. John Kasich finished fourth among candidates in the delegate count and was behind Marco Rubio, who had withdrawn from the race months ago. Photo by Gage Skidmore
Bernie won’t win the nomination, but the resistance among his supporters to back Hillary Clinton is another important narrative to keep track of heading into November.
Ted Cruz supporter Erick Erickson did not mince words about Marco Rubio’s statement about Donald Trump: I’m a big fan of Marco Rubio’s, but I’m also disappointed by his conduct off the trail. He seems far more worried about his own political future than the future of the country. Given Rubio’s statements on the campaign […]
Erick Erickson, a vocal supporter of Ted Cruz, wrote a piece on how Cruz should remain in the GOP presidential race until the convention in July due to the fact that Cruz’s ground games involve true conservatives. Photo by Nathan Congleton