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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

RNC Rules Committee Strikes Down Anti-Trump Efforts to Unbind Convention Delegates From Trump

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A last-ditch effort to block Donald Trumps Republican presidential nomination soundly failed to gain traction late Thursday night as the RNC Rules Committee met ahead of the convention.

Thanks in part to back-room negotiations, the movement to free the delegates or rather, ensure that Republican convention delegates are not bound to any presidential candidate because of who their state voted for by enacting a so-called conscience clause was defeated by a voice vote of the 112-member committee.

Not only was the proposal defeated by an overwhelming margin, the Never Trump movement also lacked the 28 delegates needed to send a minority report to the convention floor, where it would be sure to be defeated but not without enormous attention.

The RNC Rules Committee convened early Thursday to begin a cumbersome review of the partys 42 rules on structure and the selection of a presidential candidate. (Getty Images/Andrew Harrer)

Backers of former Republican presidential contender Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) propelled much of the movement to free the delegates although many in the movement intensely bickered about who they wanted to replace Trump as the GOP nominee.

But despite the infighting, their efforts were taken seriously by the RNC and Trump campaign as Trump aides reportedly descended upon the convention hall when the delegates met. Trumps campaign lawyers also met with the RNCs attorneys as they created the language for consideration.

The Rules Committee didnt get to the issue of unbinding delegates until late Thursday, but a vigorous debate ensued.

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Kendal Unruh, a delegate on the 112-member rules committee and leader of the grassroots movement, at one point likened requiring delegates to vote for Trump to forcing a doctor to perform an abortion.

Members of the free-the-delegates movement blamed the RNC and argued that the party colluded with the Rules Committee to ensure Trump would not suffer an embarrassing defeat on the convention floor during the highly publicized event next week.

This just proves that Donald Trump did not have the support of enough delegates to be the nominee, Delegates Unbound co-founder Dave Waters said in a statement. This act by the Rules Committee just highlights the hypocrisy of the RNC.

If the delegates were unbound as the RNC claimed, why vote to bind them? Waters said.

The sentiment that delegates were never bound to state party rules was peddled by national committeeman Curly Haugland.

The delegates in 2016 are free birds. Whether they know it or not, theyve been lied to, Haugland told TheBlaze earlier this month. Ill confess to knowing that the staff of the Republican Party in Washington has lied repeatedly to the media and to the candidates themselves as well as to the delegates about the binding, and they continue to do it.

Longtime RNC Rules Committee member Morton Blackwell told TheBlaze that it was unlikely for the party to pass a national rule to unbind delegates this close to the actual convention prior to the vote.

It would be wrong to change the rules at the end of the process and know that if we did change the rules, it would split the party horribly, he said earlier this week.

Blackwell asserted that there would only be two ways to change the rules of the party: a consensus among Trump supporters, the Cruz faction and Reince Priebus establishment, or a bitter rules battle in Cleveland that would split the party. Blackwell likened a potential rules battle to that of the 1912 convention, when a fight between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft resulted in a Roosevelt walkout and ultimately the presidency of Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

I dont believe that Reince Priebus wants to be known as the national party chairman presiding over a party analogous to the split of 1912, Blackwell predicted earlier this week.

Following Thursdays meetings, Priebus praised the unity of the GOP as well as the Rules Committees transparency.

Our Rules Committee meeting made very clear the high level of unity within our party, he said. Grassroots voices from every state and territory have crafted a set of rules which will keep our party strong at the local, state and national level, and we honored the spirit of democracy by conducting our Rules Committee meeting in a completely open and transparent fashion.

Shortly after the Rules Committee convened Thursday morning, it recessed due to a printer jam. But under the window of time created by the technology glitch which supposedly occurred right after the arrival of Utah Sen. Mike Lee Priebus and his allies were able to meet behind closed doors with Lee and members of the free-the-delegates movement, including Unruh.

A Republican source told TheBlaze that they are running this like the Senate lots of pre-scripted stuff, but was unable to go into further detail regarding the meeting.

A leader of the free-the-delegates movement who spoke to TheBlaze under the condition of anonymity early Friday morning said the group is still working to drum up the 28 signatures needed for a minority report.

We havent given up hope quite yet, the activist said.

The deadline to present the required number of signatures is tough; minority reports issued by a committee are to be introduced Monday once the convention formally convenes.

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Source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/15/rnc-rules-committee-strikes-down-anti-trump-efforts-to-unbind-convention-delegates-from-trump/

Protesters Try Blocking Baton Rouge Interstate, but Police Aren"t Having It

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Story by the Associated Press; curated by Dave Urbanski

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Officers stared down hundreds of shouting protesters near a ramp onto Interstate 110 in Louisianas capital Sunday night before another squad in riot gear arrived to make arrests.

Earlier Sunday, some 2,000 people rallied outside the Capitol building to protest police killings of black people, State Police Maj. Doug Cain said.

Police arrest protesters after dispersing crowds in a residential neighborhood in Baton Rouge, La. on Sunday, July 10, 2016. After an organized protest in downtown Baton Rouge protesters wondered into residential neighborhoods and toward a major highway that caused the police to respond by arresting protesters that refused to disperse. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

They didnt have any problems out there. They seemed to be very organized and peaceful, Cain said.

But as night began to fall, a few hundred people aimed for an on-ramp, trying a tactic protesters were using this weekend in multiple cities.

And after a lengthy standoff, more police in full riot gear moved in, pinning some of the protesters as others fled. Some 30 to 40 people were jailed for trying to block a highway, sheriffs spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks said.

That could push Baton Rouges weekend arrest total above 160, with just one reported injury to a police officer.

Gov. John Bel Edwards said hes very proud of the Louisiana law enforcement response to protests over the fatal shooting of a black man by white police officers in the city.

Flanked by law enforcement leaders, Edwards said he doesnt believe officers have been overly aggressive by using riot gear to push protesters off a highway.

The police tactics in response have been very moderate. Im very proud of that, said the Democratic governor, who comes from a family of sheriffs.

Tensions between black citizens and police have risen palpably over the past week or so amid police shootings of African-American men in Minnesota and Louisiana and the gunning down of five white police officers by a black suspect in Dallas in apparent retaliation.

I remain disappointed in the Baton Rouge police, who continue to provoke protesters for peacefully protesting. Theres a lot of work to be done, with this police department specifically, said DeRay Mckesson, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist who embraced supporters Sunday after spending the night in jail.

The Baton Rouge police spokesman, Sgt. Don Coppola, blamed some violence and the large number of arrests on outside agitators. One officer lost teeth to a projectile thrown outside police headquarters, and police also confiscated three rifles, three shotguns and two pistols during that protest, he wrote in an email.

It appears the protest at Baton Rouge Police Headquarters have become more violent as out of town protesters are arriving, he said.

But most of those detained live in Louisiana and faced a single charge of obstructing a highway, sheriffs spokeswoman Hicks told The Associated Press.

The tumult reached well beyond Louisiana. In Minnesota, authorities said 21 law enforcement officers were hurt and about 100 people were arrested late Saturday and early Sunday during clashes in the state capital over the police killing of Philando Castile.

There was very little violence by comparison in Baton Rouge.

I can assure everyone we are hearing the protesters, the governor said. We are listening to their voices. But Im especially gratified that our citizens here in Louisiana, to a very large degree, have decided to protest in a constructive and peaceful manner.

Edwards said hundreds have marched around the city, with only one injury to an officer and mostly misdemeanor arrests. Protesting peacefully is the best way to honor those killed, he said, adding that authorities wont allow people to incite hate and violence.

I want to be clear that will not be tolerated. We dont operate like that in Louisiana, he said.

Police arrest protesters in a residential neighborhood in Baton Rouge, La. on Sunday, July 10, 2016. After an organized protest in downtown Baton Rouge protesters wondered into residential neighborhoods and toward a major highway that caused the police to respond by arresting protesters that refused to disperse. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

The list of those arrested released by the sheriffs office included two homeless people, and 18 are from out of state, including Mckesson. The vast majority of the Louisiana residents were from the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas.

Kira Marrero, 21, of New Orleans, also charged with obstructing a highway, said she did nothing of the sort. I have no doubt in my mind that I did nothing wrong, said Marrero, a 2015 graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts

A police affidavit of probable cause says Mckesson intentionally placed himself in the road after protesters were repeatedly warned by loudspeaker not to step off the curb.

During the protest, the defendant entered the roadway and was provided another verbal order to exit the lanes of travel. Moments later, the defendant entered the roadway again and was taken into custody by officers on scene without incident, the affidavit said.

Activist Brittany Packett, who was with Mckesson, wrote in an email that he was on the highway shoulder when multiple police crossed onto the shoulder, tackling Deray and arresting him.

Associated Press photos show police apprehending Mckesson and pulling him to his feet before leading him away with his hands secured behind his back.

Darren Bowers, 26, of Baton Rouge, said his girlfriend, 26-year-old Ariel Bates, called him from the jail early Sunday. She told me that they jumped all on her and her cousin on the grass. They werent on the street or anything, Bowers said.

He said he believes police are antagonizing protesters.

People are peacefully protesting. Why are (police) in riot gear? he said.

In Louisiana, Saturdays demonstration began at the convenience store where 37-year-old Alton Sterling was killed by police, then fanned out through the state Capitol.

Members of the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense called for the arrest and indictment of the officers involved in Sterlings death, shouting Black Power and raising their fists. The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation.

These are human rights violations, Krystal Muhammad shouted to the crowd at the convenience store before heading over to the police department. They are not operating as human beings. They are being predators on our communities across America.

Source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/07/11/protesters-try-blocking-baton-rouge-interstate-but-police-arent-having-it/