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Election 2016: Top Republicans may skip GOP convention - CNNPolitics.com
Top Republicans may skip GOP convention
Washington (CNN)A number of high-profile Republicans, fearful of a potential melee in Cleveland this summer, are considering skipping the Republican National Convention and campaigning back home instead.
With the presidential campaign hitting a fever pitch and Donald Trump warning about riots if he's denied the nomination, some House and Senate Republicans tell CNN that it makes more sense to spend time with voters back home rather than be associated with the drama engulfing their party. ……….
………….But even some leading party stalwarts are planning to skip the convention.
Asked Tuesday if he'd attend the convention, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told CNN: "No."
"Unlikely," GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte said when asked if she'd be in Cleveland in the midst of her tough bid for a second term. "I've got a lot of work to do in New Hampshire, I have my own re-election and I'm going to be focusing on my voters in New Hampshire." ………………..
………Quietly, some officials in the highest rungs of Republican leadership are advising their rank-and-file members to stay away from Cleveland. One top GOP party leader, who asked not to be named so they could discuss internal thinking, told CNN privately that he has advised his colleagues to hold campaign rallies and town halls in their home states during the time of the July convention. A senior Senate GOP leadership aide echoed that sentiment……………
OMG………… Please tell me the threats of riots Trump keeps mentioning……… one of his “former” associates promising an armed march on the convention and the sure to be there various shades and flavors of nut-jobs………… all descending on not-too-large city of Cleveland……….is an accident waiting to happen………
It's no wonder that GOP officials and members of Congress will have scheduling problem........ and prior commitments...
Top Republicans may skip GOP convention
Washington (CNN)A number of high-profile Republicans, fearful of a potential melee in Cleveland this summer, are considering skipping the Republican National Convention and campaigning back home instead.
With the presidential campaign hitting a fever pitch and Donald Trump warning about riots if he's denied the nomination, some House and Senate Republicans tell CNN that it makes more sense to spend time with voters back home rather than be associated with the drama engulfing their party. ……….
………….But even some leading party stalwarts are planning to skip the convention.
Asked Tuesday if he'd attend the convention, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told CNN: "No."
"Unlikely," GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte said when asked if she'd be in Cleveland in the midst of her tough bid for a second term. "I've got a lot of work to do in New Hampshire, I have my own re-election and I'm going to be focusing on my voters in New Hampshire." ………………..
………Quietly, some officials in the highest rungs of Republican leadership are advising their rank-and-file members to stay away from Cleveland. One top GOP party leader, who asked not to be named so they could discuss internal thinking, told CNN privately that he has advised his colleagues to hold campaign rallies and town halls in their home states during the time of the July convention. A senior Senate GOP leadership aide echoed that sentiment……………
OMG………… Please tell me the threats of riots Trump keeps mentioning……… one of his “former” associates promising an armed march on the convention and the sure to be there various shades and flavors of nut-jobs………… all descending on not-too-large city of Cleveland……….is an accident waiting to happen………
It's no wonder that GOP officials and members of Congress will have scheduling problem........ and prior commitments...