Trump ramps up Indiana campaign after missing key deadline

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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Trump-ramps-up-Indiana-campaign-after-missing-key-7245977.php

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Donald Trump is ramping up his presidential campaign in Indiana, but it's already running behind.

The Trump Indiana campaign is opening offices Wednesday in Carmel and Evansville and Thursday in Fort Wayne.

Indiana's primary election isn't until May 3, but 27 of the state's 57 delegates have already been selected at congressional district caucuses. The deadline to register as a candidate to become a delegate was March 15.

If Trump doesn't win on the first ballot at the national convention this summer in Cleveland, most delegates no longer are bound to support the winner of state party primaries or caucuses and can support the candidate of their choosing.

Tony Samuel, vice chairman of the Trump Indiana campaign, says it's "definitely" concerned about the delegate rules.

And ^this is why Donald Trump is not going to be the GOP nomination. No the nomination isn't going to be "stolen" from him. He's simply not going to earn it. Stefan Molyneaux wants to talk about all of the research Trump did to find out what republican voters want? What about all of the research he apparently didn't do to find out how to deliver on what they wanted? There's no excuse for Trump waiting until now to even open up campaign offices in Indiana. None whatsoever.

 

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Here is how Trumpanzees think they can win delegates to their cause:

Indiana delegates say they're getting hate mail from Trump supporters

After expressing reservations about Donald Trump, some of Indiana's delegates to the Republican national convention say they've received threatening messages from a few of the GOP front-runner's supporters.

The emails warn that the delegates are being watched and imply they could be targeted. Some send ominous wishes to delegates' families.

Trump's Indiana campaign called the threats "deplorable."

Craig Dunn, a delegate and Republican chairman of Indiana's 4th Congressional District, was among the Trump critics who received the threatening messages.

"You sorry (expletive)!" one email said. "I hope the worst for you and yours!"

Dunn was stunned by the response.

"Little did I know that in expressing your 1st Amendment rights, that they’d come after you so hard," he said. "It's very disappointing. I probably received 25 to 30 hate emails, phone calls and voice mails, posts on Facebook that I deleted. Now they're hunting down friends of mine and posting that kind of stuff on their Facebook pages."

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/...-getting-hate-mail-trump-supporters/82911068/

 

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State police reviewing alleged threats against Indiana delegates critical of Trump
Tony Cook
5:44 p.m. EDT April 12, 2016


State police are reviewing alleged threats against Indiana delegates who were critical of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.

"What I can share with you at this time is information has been referred to the Indiana State Police that alleges threatening emails have been sent to some Indiana delegates that will be participating in the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH," said Capt. David Bursten, a state police spokesman. "Presently the Indiana State Police is reviewing the information to determine if it may cross the line of free speech and could be considered criminal in nature."

Several of Indiana's delegates to the 2016 Republican national convention said they received a barrage of hate mail from Trump supporters after they expressed reservations about the billionaire real estate developer and reality TV star in a Politico story published online Saturday.

The emails warn the delegates are being watched and imply they could be targeted.

"You sorry (expletive)!" one email said. "I hope the worst for you and yours!"


"Think before you take a step down the wrong path," another said, "the American people want to have faith in your but it looks like a future in hiding is more appealing."

"Good luck becoming a delegate," a third said, "we are watching you."

Two of the recipients are among the 27 delegates selected Saturday from Indiana's nine congressional districts to represent the state at the Republican national convention July 18-21. A third recipient is among those seeking one of 27 at-large delegate spots that state party leaders are expected to fill on Wednesday.

"I'm appreciative that the authorities are looking into this," said Tom John, Republican chairman of Indiana's 7th Congressional District and an at-large delegate candidate who told Politico that Trump "doesn’t represent what I want my party to represent."

"We all have a right and a duty to engage in free and public discourse in our political process," John said, "but that right stops at the intimidation or menacing of others."

The delegates to the national convention could play a key role in selecting the party's nominee.

Indiana's at-large delegates are obligated to vote for the winner of Indiana's May 3 primary during the first round of voting at the national convention . District delegates must vote for the top vote-getter in their district.

But if no candidate has a majority of delegates on the first ballot at the convention, then the delegates are free to cast their votes for anyone they choose.

A candidate needs 1,237 delegate votes to win the GOP nomination outright.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/...st-indiana-delegates-critical-trump/82947728/