“If Donald Trump exceeds 1,100 votes, he will become the nominee even though he may not have 1,237,” RNC rules committee member, Randy Evans, postulated MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
This speculation that Trump would win even without the simple majority will create an enormous frenzy among the “Not Trump” people.
The RNC stressed Wednesday morning that under the rules, 1,237 delegates are still needed to officially clinch the nomination, and said Evans’ comments are more of a comment on what might happen in the hypothetical situation in which Trump falls just short.
Evans’ comment could be good news for Trump if it’s a sentiment shared by other RNC members, since Trump is at risk of falling short of a majority of delegates by the time of the convention in July. But Evans also warned that if Trump slips much more, the nomination would likely fall to someone else.
With all the talk of the contested convention, this is just another narrative that will drive the story as well as drive Cruz supporters crazy. Evans may be predicting that Trump could convince enough of the unbound delegates to cast their vote for him and thus, with only 1,100, he somehow could sway those “undecided” to join him.
This kinda of speculation most likely will only fuel the grassroots fire on the Cruz side, motivating them into a more zealous campaign as the convention draws near.
According to this calculation, Trump is all but guaranteed to get to 1,100:
Source: Washington Examiner
Now we will see how down and dirty Cruz will go to win. I was ok with himnm until I found he is just another politician who sides with the politicians not the people.
Nina Long …not everyone but…the majority.
Either way it won’t matter, as people like myself will still vote for trump either as a Republican or independent. A vote for any of the other candidates would be a waste of votes. Go Trump.