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Pelosi predicts GOP doom if Trump toppled
The Hill
By Mike Lillis
4/14/2016
Excerpt:
Democrats would reap huge benefits in November if Republicans reject their presidential front-runner in a contested convention this summer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted Thursday.
Pelosi, the Democratic leader, suggested an effort to topple Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, as some party leaders are considering, would tear the GOP apart and cede big wins to the Democrats.
“If they reject the public will, they will really hand us a bigger victory than I'm even anticipating now, because that will be an implosion of the Republican Party,” Pelosi said during her weekly press briefing in the Capitol.
Trump is far and away the leading contender in the GOP presidential field, tallying roughly 2 million more votes than his closest rival, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
But with many establishment Republicans rallying behind Cruz, and with Ohio Gov. John Kasich in a distant third and refusing to quit the race, a real chance remains that none of the candidates will have the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination before the party's July convention in Cleveland.
If that's the case, some Republican leaders — skeptical of Trump's devotion to conservative ideals and wary of his inflammatory statements on the campaign trail — are eying the possibility of a brokered convention, which could deny Trump the nomination even if he carries a commanding delegate lead to Cleveland.
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The Hill
By Mike Lillis
4/14/2016
Excerpt:
Democrats would reap huge benefits in November if Republicans reject their presidential front-runner in a contested convention this summer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted Thursday.
Pelosi, the Democratic leader, suggested an effort to topple Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, as some party leaders are considering, would tear the GOP apart and cede big wins to the Democrats.
“If they reject the public will, they will really hand us a bigger victory than I'm even anticipating now, because that will be an implosion of the Republican Party,” Pelosi said during her weekly press briefing in the Capitol.
Trump is far and away the leading contender in the GOP presidential field, tallying roughly 2 million more votes than his closest rival, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
But with many establishment Republicans rallying behind Cruz, and with Ohio Gov. John Kasich in a distant third and refusing to quit the race, a real chance remains that none of the candidates will have the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination before the party's July convention in Cleveland.
If that's the case, some Republican leaders — skeptical of Trump's devotion to conservative ideals and wary of his inflammatory statements on the campaign trail — are eying the possibility of a brokered convention, which could deny Trump the nomination even if he carries a commanding delegate lead to Cleveland.
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View the complete article, including image, at:
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/27...-trump-toppled