States Cancelling GOP Primaries, Caucuses To Protect Trump

The South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas Republican parties are preparing to toss their 2020 primary or caucus processes, a sign of how thoroughly Trump loyalists have pervaded the system.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1246700

Step one: Cancel primaries.
Step two: Cancel election?

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We already know Step three: Profit!

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What a brilliant idea… cancel the primaries to ensure tRump gets the nomination. Obviously the source must have been a stable genius

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Step three: Riot in the streets. Many of us liberals are also handy with guns and bats.

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I can’t speak for the past, but this seems like is should be highly illegal. Is there no law mandating primaries in the state constitutions?

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Too busy with twitter and facebook too care.

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The idea is absurd! If it happens, how would it affect the primaries and caucuses for down ballot republican offices?

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Step Four: Depose Dear Leader
Step Five: He retires to Singapore for medical treatment

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I think they’d address that by only cancelling or not running a candidate for the slot of President.

Oh, hell no! Guantanamo.

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No one matters but Trump.

Nothing matters but protecting Trump and making him look infallible.

It’s like Invasion of the Body Snatchers has taken over the Republican party and they’ve all been programmed to serve only Trump.

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The need to cancel your parties primaries is one hell of a tell.

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those incremental steps eventually transform into goosesteps…

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Democracy? We don’t need no Stinkin democracy

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Jesus, the RNC doesn’t know how to throw a primary to their preferred candidate?

Amateurs.

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Step 3 has been underway since 2016 assuming Trump is capable of running a profitable business. (A pretty big assumption in it’s own right.)

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who cares, give it to him on a silver platter, his cultists have already imbibed the kool-ade. With his brain melting the debates will be poetry to watch as he just rattles off crazy non-sequiturs that are both thrilling and chilling.

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At one time I was a registered Democrat. That changed one primary season when I was a poll watcher. Once the primary was finished and counting had begun an “official” from each party came in and did not switch the numbers but switched the lines specific names appeared upon. The reasoning as I was told was because in that particular ward the winner was supposed to be xyz who was not the person selected by the actual voters. I was told not to worry as different people were selected in differing wards and the final outcome would reflect the actual choice by the people. Guess it was the parties method to control the wards. I continue to vote in every election I am eligible but since that time I have drawn a line as to party membership.

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