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RandySF

(58,935 posts) Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:07 PM Mar 2016

Trump Predicts Riots If He’s Denied Nomination

Donald Trump warned of “riots” around the Republican National Convention should he fall slightly short of the 1,237 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination and the party moves to select another candidate, the New York Times reports.

Said Trump: “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 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 it would be — I think you’d have riots. I think you’d have riots. I’m representing a tremendous, many, many millions of people.”

https://politicalwire.com/2016/03/16/trump-predicts-riots-if-hes-denied-nomination/

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Trump Predicts Riots If He’s Denied Nomination (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2016 OP

That's not a prediction. That's him passing the word along. (You better riot!) Solly Mack Mar 2016 #1

What Trump is saying is riot if they do not nominate me. He is controlling his voters. bkkyosemite Mar 2016 #2

Is that a threat or a promise? KamaAina Mar 2016 #3

riots tend to happen when the people are screwed out of democracy restorefreedom Mar 2016 #4

I don't know if you understand how political conventions work. They're not pure democracy. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2016 #5

i understand the legality of it restorefreedom Mar 2016 #6

He's moved from threatening a benign third party run to violence. no_hypocrisy Mar 2016 #7

predict or suggest lame54 Mar 2016 #8

no surprise napkinz Mar 2016 #9

and what if he loses the general election? napkinz Mar 2016 #10

Well if there is I am sure yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #11

Cleveland wanted to host the RNC Convention. lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #12

Solly Mack

(90,773 posts)

1. That's not a prediction. That's him passing the word along. (You better riot!)

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:08 PM

Mar 2016

bkkyosemite

(5,792 posts)

2. What Trump is saying is riot if they do not nominate me. He is controlling his voters.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:08 PM

Mar 2016

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

3. Is that a threat or a promise?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:08 PM

Mar 2016

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

4. riots tend to happen when the people are screwed out of democracy

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:11 PM

Mar 2016

like it or not, if he wins and they take it from him, the party deserves to go down in abject humiliation.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,184 posts)

5. I don't know if you understand how political conventions work. They're not pure democracy.

Reply to restorefreedom (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:17 PM

Mar 2016

There's a threshold number of delegates one must clinch in order to secure the nomination on the first vote.

If one doesn't reach that threshold by the time of the convention and the first vote doesn't reflect it, then any vote after that is completely up in the air.

So if Trump gets a plurality of the delegates pre-convention but doesn't reach the threshold, he hasn't won anything yet.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

6. i understand the legality of it

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:20 PM

Mar 2016

technically, the parties can nominate whover they want.

doesn't make it right in a so called democracy in 2016

if votes dont matter, then lets just drop the pretense