Post by Logan on Jun 21, 2016 3:43:45 GMT -6
Former Illinois GOP chairman part of group trying to stop Trump
Former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady of St. Charles is part of a small national group trying to lobby party officials in a last-ditch attempt to keep Donald Trump from securing the nomination for president next month.
Brady, a vocal Trump opponent, says he's assigned to lobby Republican leaders from a handful of Midwestern states who will set convention rules. The effort is aimed at changing party rules to let GOP convention delegates vote for a candidate of their choice, no matter who won their state's primary.
Trump won the Illinois primary and has won the pledges of enough delegates nationwide to secure the nomination in Cleveland next month. He has called the effort "illegal."
The national group of Republicans to which Brady belongs hopes recent controversies surrounding the presumptive nominee might convince some delegates to vote against him if the rules allow them to. Brady, an elected delegate for Ohio Gov. John Kasich, said the group doesn't have a replacement candidate in mind.
Read more: www.dailyherald.com/article/20160620/news/160629884/
Former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady of St. Charles is part of a small national group trying to lobby party officials in a last-ditch attempt to keep Donald Trump from securing the nomination for president next month.
Brady, a vocal Trump opponent, says he's assigned to lobby Republican leaders from a handful of Midwestern states who will set convention rules. The effort is aimed at changing party rules to let GOP convention delegates vote for a candidate of their choice, no matter who won their state's primary.
Trump won the Illinois primary and has won the pledges of enough delegates nationwide to secure the nomination in Cleveland next month. He has called the effort "illegal."
The national group of Republicans to which Brady belongs hopes recent controversies surrounding the presumptive nominee might convince some delegates to vote against him if the rules allow them to. Brady, an elected delegate for Ohio Gov. John Kasich, said the group doesn't have a replacement candidate in mind.
Read more: www.dailyherald.com/article/20160620/news/160629884/