And they're going to hang themselves.The Hawaii Republican party announced Wednesday that it cancelled its statewide Republican presidential preference poll and committed all 19 of its national convention delegates to back Trump’s reelection next year, the Star Advertiser reports.
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Hawaii follows Kansas, Alaska, South Carolina, Arizona and Nevada in canceling a nominating contest. The state parties have cited unnecessary costs in holding such contests when they say an overwhelming number of GOP voters in their states back Trump.
In Minnesota and Georgia, state Republican parties announced that Trump will be the only candidate on the ticket.
Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld (R) have mounted challenges against Trump. The long-shot candidates have criticized state parties in the past for blocking primary elections.
“For a President who claims to be beloved, Donald Trump and his operatives are going to extraordinary lengths to eliminate competition and avoid actually facing voters,” said Joe Hunter, a spokesperson for the Weld campaign. “Republicans everywhere, including Hawaii, deserve real choices, not the coronation of a deeply flawed incumbent who is intent on taking the Party down with him.”
Walsh called the decision a “violation of the principles of the party” and said “today’s GOP is more like a dictatorship than an organization committed to individual liberty.”
The Hill
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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