[Magdalen] Trump to back out?

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, I had hoped that, when the RNC was setting the rules for the convention, they would have included a requirement that, in order to become a candidate, the person would first have to disclose his tax records. Since Trump would probably have refused, the whole circus could have come to an end right there.

> On Aug 4, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com> wrote:
> 
> I was reading speculation this morning that the RNC was looking at the
> possibility that they COULD get rid of him. The wording of the rule
> allow them to fill " all vacancies which may occur by reason of death,
> declination, or otherwise" and the article was suggesting that the "or
> otherwise" might be the wiggle room that could allow it. But, given the
> timelines, and the fact that Trump would be sure to have his lawyers
> after the RNC if they removed him involuntarily (especially if the basis
> for that is as flimsy as "or otherwise"), I suspect there is no
> realistic chance of it happening. (Though much of this campaign so far,
> I would have suspected no realistic chance of, if asked 18 months ago.)
> 
> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/03/the-rnc-can-legally-dump-donald-trump-but-it-has-to-act-fast.html
> or http://goo.gl/z01vA8
> 
> Kristin
> 
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>  Kristin Rollins
>  kristin at verumsolum.com
>  Portsmouth, VA
> 
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016, at 12:13 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>>>>> I don't think the RNC can depose him from the nomination.  He would need
>> to resign it, in which case he would probably say he had been forced to 
>> do so under pressure and tear the GOP even further apart.<<<
>> 
>> Indeed, they can't depose him.  Only if (as is being said) he dies, or
>> (my surmising here) becomes irreversably incapacitated.  As for tearing
>> the GOP even further apart, reliable leaks from the inside are clearly
>> saying that in order to save whatever of it survives, a single term (them
>> crossing their fingers) of Hillary is far more desirable to what
>> currently has Reince Priebus "apoplectic".  (I finally looked that word
>> up, and apoplexy is a rather appropriate description of what's happening
>> to the GOP right now.)