RNC Chairman Reince Priebus says
GOP is preparing for possible brokered convention
RNC chair says GOP prepping for possible brokered convention
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus admitted Sunday that his party could be headed toward a contested or brokered convention and wouldn’t commit to Donald Trump being the nominee even if he entered the July event with the most delegates.
“I think it’s possible,” the GOP boss said on ABC’s “This Week” when asked if he felt a brokered convention could happen.
“We’re preparing for the possibility.”
“History would show ... when someone’s a little bit short, you let the process play out,” he said during a separate appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” suggesting that it could mean nothing for Trump to enter the convention the delegate leader but
short of the 1,237 necessary to secure the nomination.
Priebus also wouldn’t shut the door on
the possibility that the Republican Party could ultimately rally around a candidate who is not currently on the ballot.
UNPRECENDENTED 2016 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY COULD CONCLUDE WITH HISTORIC, CHAOTIC BROKERED CONVENTION
“I think it would be somewhat, very unusual,” he said on ABC when asked if the nominee would be one of the three remaining candidates in the race. “But I can’t 100% guarantee that.”
Under GOP rules, the party, in the event of a brokered convention, could feasibly end up choosing a nominee who wasn’t a formal candidate.
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