Trump Threatens Riots if He's Not the Nominee

[CPUd]

Following primary victories in Florida, North Carolina and Illinois on Tuesday, Donald Trump appeared on CNN this morning to explain what his plan is to get 1,237 delegates, and if not, how would he win at the convention. Trump also tells CNN's Chris Cuomo what he thinks would happen if he is close to clinching the nomination but loses at the convention.

"I think we'll win before getting to the convention, but I can tell you, if we didn't and if we're 20 votes short or if we're, you know, 100 short and we're at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400, because we're way ahead of everybody. I don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically. I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. You know, I'm representing a tremendous -- many, many millions of people, in many cases first time voters," Trump said Wednesday morning.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...ing_in_delegates_and_dont_win_nomination.html

 

[Jan2017]

100 short and we're at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400 . . .
I don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically.

What an idiot.
It is called a simple majority, as many ballots as it takes to get a majority of delegates to vote for one candidate.

Hillary is gonna be running against a retard.

 

[euphemia]

People have been lulled to sleep by Barak Obama. He's the one who makes threats. He's the community agitator.

Trump isn't threatening anyone. He is simply pointing out that he is doing everything according to the rules of the RNC. If he has won the most primaries and has the most delegates, he should be treated fairly by the RNC. Read what he says. It's not a threat. More like a prediction.

This is an alarmist headline.

 

[CPUd]

He wants them to give him the nomination if he goes in there with a plurality.

 

[TheTexan]

"I think we'll win before getting to the convention, but I can tell you, if we didn't and if we're 20 votes short or if we're, you know, 100 short and we're at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400, because we're way ahead of everybody. I don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically. I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. You know, I'm representing a tremendous -- many, many millions of people, in many cases first time voters,"

 

[Jan2017]

He wants them to give him the nomination if he goes in there with a plurality.

What an ass. At least he could try to steal delegates to get a majority.
Eisenhower by the first count had a plurality of 95 votes over Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio - but was still 9 votes short of a majority.

 

[69360]

People have been lulled to sleep by Barak Obama. He's the one who makes threats. He's the community agitator.

Trump isn't threatening anyone. He is simply pointing out that he is doing everything according to the rules of the RNC. If he has won the most primaries and has the most delegates, he should be treated fairly by the RNC. Read what he says. It's not a threat. More like a prediction.

This is an alarmist headline.

No, he's not. He's asking for the nomination without a majority. He's inferring he somehow deserves it. Then he state riots will occur if they don't. He's already got crowds beating up protesters and giving him the Hitler salute. I'm sure they would riot for him.

 

[euphemia]

I think he is right. He has played by the rules up until now. If the RNC does not let the voting shake out in a fair way, people will be very angry. It's almost like the RNC is in collusion with the Dems to make sure Hillary is elected.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

"I think we'll win before getting to the convention, but I can tell you, if we didn't and if we're 20 votes short or if we're, you know, 100 short and we're at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400, because we're way ahead of everybody. I don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically. I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. You know, I'm representing a tremendous -- many, many millions of people, in many cases first time voters," Trump said Wednesday morning.

So ? There will be riots. Then what ?

Is he implying that because of those riots he then would get the nomination ?

Sounds like a threat to me. Of course 'He' isn't doing anything. He hasn't called on his supporters to rough op protestors before.. Has he ?


Sounds like a threat to me, albeit empty at the moment. It's a threat.

What he is saying is that he doesn't care about the party, representative democracy or the wishes of MORE THAN 50% of the voters in the circumstances he describes.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...ing_in_delegates_and_dont_win_nomination.html

false headline.. trump never threatened riots in your quote.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

false headline.. trump never threatened riots in your quote.

You know as well as I do that there is a certain contingent of Trump supporters that will take the phrase; " I don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically. I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. You know, I'm representing a tremendous -- many, many millions of people, in many cases first time voters," to mean "We have to start riots if Trump isn't the nominee".

I know these people exist. You know these people exist. Trump knows it too. Therefore I consider it a threat.

 

[LibertyEagle]

No, he's not. He's asking for the nomination without a majority. He's inferring he somehow deserves it. Then he state riots will occur if they don't. He's already got crowds beating up protesters and giving him the Hitler salute. I'm sure they would riot for him.

Actually, he does have the majority, of those candidates still in the race.

 

[CPUd]

It's no different than his threats to run independent and attack the party if he isn't "treated fairly", just like he did in 2000. This man has a known history, and this is how he would attempt to govern. It is very similar to what the Kims do in North Korea.

 

[CPUd]

You know as well as I do that there is a certain contingent of Trump supporters that will take the phrase; " I don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically. I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. You know, I'm representing a tremendous -- many, many millions of people, in many cases first time voters," to mean "We have to start riots if Trump isn't the nominee".

I know these people exist. You know these people exist. Trump knows it too. Therefore I consider it a threat.

Yes, Trump is very aware of what he says and what effect his words will have. He even admitted this in a previous debate. If this were some random candidate, I would be inclined to give the benefit of the doubt. But not Trump.

 

[69360]

Actually, he does have the majority, of those candidates still in the race.

No, Trump is stating if he comes up 20 short of 1237 there will be riots if he isn't given the nomination. If Trump says there will be riots, you can be sure the mouth breathing morons who voted for him will riot.

 

[Jan2017]

Actually, he does have the majority, of those candidates still in the race.

1237 delegates are the majority needed of the total delegates at the convention -

So far, Trump has 48% of the delegates allotted - not even a majority of the delegates already bound for the first ballot in Cleveland.

 

[thoughtomator]

false headline.. trump never threatened riots in your quote.

It's typical of the wholesale swallowing of propaganda by the rabid anti-Trumpers here. Suddenly, all the usual skepticism about these corporate media outlets disappears when the prejudices they cater to flatter one's opinions.

 

[hankrichter12]

What an idiot.
It is called a simple majority, as many ballots as it takes to get a majority of delegates to vote for one candidate.

Hillary is gonna be running against a retard.

I'm sure you'd say the same if it happened to that guy in your avatar right?

BTW OP, he didn't "threaten riots", nice misleading title you should become a journalist.

So ? There will be riots. Then what ?

Is he implying that because of those riots he then would get the nomination ?

Sounds like a threat to me. Of course 'He' isn't doing anything. He hasn't called on his supporters to rough op protestors before.. Has he ?


Sounds like a threat to me, albeit empty at the moment. It's a threat.

What he is saying is that he doesn't care about the party, representative democracy or the wishes of MORE THAN 50% of the voters in the circumstances he describes.

Hey genius, they are not protestors, they are well funded, well organized mobs who purposely go there and threaten people, assault them, slash tires, bust windows. You don't even know what you're talking about. NONE of you would be saying any of this if it was happening to Rand, you are all a joke. "libertarians" my ass.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

You know as well as I do that there is a certain contingent of Trump supporters that will take the phrase; " I don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically. I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. You know, I'm representing a tremendous -- many, many millions of people, in many cases first time voters," to mean "We have to start riots if Trump isn't the nominee".

I know these people exist. You know these people exist. Trump knows it too. Therefore I consider it a threat.

Thats very similar logic that the establishment used to throw epithets at Ron paul back in the day... racist, 9/11 truther, whatever..... cmon man stick to the issues and not this bullshit..

its okay to not like trump.. theres plenty I dont like about him... but hes the only guy I know with a chance to do some real change.. it may not all be what i like but just the fact that he gets audited every year by the IRS means he cant have any love for them

 

[Smitty]

Trump will be the nominee. He'll pummel Hillary until she's reduced to a sobbing mass on the floor.

Have fun with it.