Curry is a former Republican Party of Florida chairman, and Jacksonville is just north of the congressional district that Gov. Trump endorsed DeSantis in his gubernatorial bid and the pair talk frequently. He noted the health risks associated with cramming an arena full of people who fly in from all over the country, and who will all fly home.
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Investigations Narratives Pulitzer Winners. Connect with us. About us. At every convention, the rules are set and finalized by the two rules committees , and rules used in past conventions are typically amended.
Sean Spicer, the RNC Communications Director, says the party leadership has no position on who should be on the ballot in a contested convention. This insider, who backs Cruz, argued that only he and Trump should be on the convention ballot, since that is the basic choice facing the party.
Another member of the committee, Dr. Ada Fisher, disagrees. Randy Evans, a Georgia Rules Committee member, is skeptical about establishing any rules that would be seen as last-minute changes. Apart from the current candidates, some RNC members have a bitter aftertaste from an obscure skirmish over rules at the convention. Romney backers raised the bar for how candidates could qualify on the convention ballot, in order to avoid any symbolic floor votes for Ron Paul.
Speaker Boehner deemed the voice vote a yes, though, and the rules were adopted. Feaman, a rules committee member from Florida, argued it is especially important for the convention to advance a fair and transparent process this year, when there could be intense wrangling by the campaigns.
Asked if any presidential campaigns have already contacted him about the rules process, Feaman paused for a long time, and then declined to comment. Dianna Orrock, the Nevada committee member backing Trump, predicts that rule raising the bar for getting on a convention ballot — Rule 40 — will now be a point of contention if there is a contested convention. If Rule 40 were applied, Trump is the only candidate who would currently qualify for a convention ballot right now — candidates need to have a majority of delegates in eight states.
Current and former RNC officials stress, however, that Rule 40 was drafted only for the convention — when the nominee was known — while this year, a fair rule for getting on the ballot would be written differently. While the rules are made for each convention, some Rules Committee members say changing the ballot threshold now could look like a bid to shape who wins. It is now unlikely, he argued, that the party can advance a process where rules are established "dispassionately based on what is fair and best for our party.
Another Rules Committee member, speaking anonymously, alluded to that emerging political reality. This insider imagined the pressure on the final rules package that will emerge from the Convention Rules Committee, comprised of delegates from every state.
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