2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWaPo - "There’s no longer any way for Republicans to boot Donald Trump from the ballot"
I guess Trump could tell everyone that he decided not to be President and promise to resign upon being elected, so that Pence becomes President. Of course, if he decides to change his mind...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/07/theres-no-longer-any-way-for-republicans-to-boot-donald-trump-from-the-ballot/
More than 34,000 Republican voters have already cast their ballots for the 2016 general election according to the U.S. Election Project, 8,000 of them in the battleground state of North Carolina and another 5,000 in Florida. Not all of those ballots were cast for Donald Trump, it's safe to assume, but it's more than likely that most of them were. And that, in a nutshell, is why it's far too late for the Republican Party to dump Donald Trump from their ticket.
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Josh Putnam, University of Georgia lecturer and expert on the machinations of the parties, told me at the time that the rule at issue was Rule 9. Rule 9 reads:The Republican National Committee is hereby authorized and empowered to fill any and all vacancies which may occur by reason of death, declination, or otherwise of the Republican candidate for President of the United States or the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States, as nominated by the national convention, or the Republican National Committee may reconvene the national convention for the purpose of filling any such vacancies.
Death, declination or otherwise. No "because we want to" clause.
"Lets be clear here: The rule is intended to fill vacancies, not to lay the groundwork for a replacement," Putnam said. "Some have speculated that otherwise is ambiguous. Taken out of context it is. However, under the provisions for filling vacancies, it clearly fills in any gap between death and declination (i.e.: an incapacitating illness, but one that leaves the nominee neither dead nor able to decline to run further). And that was the intention."
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)relayerbob
(6,561 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)And about to start in a number of other states, like OH. So I don't see how they could replace him.
still_one
(92,482 posts)still_one
(92,482 posts)saltpoint
(50,986 posts)dialing Trump to ask him to quit. Something tells me Trump is disinclined to walk away from his greatest feat of notoriety.
And if they could somehow convince him to step aside, and they drag in someone to replace him, the Trump supporters who were only in it for Trump would likely bail in droves.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)Republicans are in.
zenabby
(364 posts)if they promise him immunity on his fraud and violations.
tinrobot
(10,927 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)on my desk right now. I'm voting for Hillary, just haven't done so yet.
As I understand the rules, the PARTY cannot dump him, but HE could resign is he decided to do that. THAT'S what they're now meeting about. What do they do if he quits?
I personally don't think he will step down no matter what.
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Croney
(4,674 posts)Um, OK...
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)spinbaby
(15,092 posts)Wouldn't put it past them