This is interesting.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) July 19, 2016
Now that Trump’s clinched the nomination, Alaska’s accusing the RNC secretary of incorrectly recording its delegates’ votes:
Alaska delegation raising a stink about the RNC's incorrect vote counting to prop up Trump. #RNCinCLE
— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 19, 2016
Alaska contests recording of votes during #RNCinCLE https://t.co/bZ4NM2RjQr https://t.co/AWGpngB00f
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 19, 2016
Alaska delegation declares from the floor its votes were counted improperly–more signs of the enthusiasm gap here
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 19, 2016
So Alaska just issued a thinly veiled accusation that the RNC of changing its results. So much for smooth tonight.
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) July 19, 2016
The Alaska delegation has taken issue w/ how it votes were recorded and is requesting a poll of individual delegates. #RNCinCLE
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) July 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/PolitiBunny/status/755550811875270656
Stay tuned …
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with video.
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Update:
https://twitter.com/toddzwillich/status/755550041679560706
We’re assuming he meant to write “throw” instead of “three.”
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Update:
Reince Priebus trotted out to explain what happened:
Recommended
. @reince is not very good at explaining stuff
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) July 20, 2016
No, he’s not.
RNC chief Reince Priebus comes out to squash the challenge from Alaska – so all 28 votes go to Trump
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) July 20, 2016
Alaska challenging apportioning of votes to Trump. State rules are that if candidates drop, votes get reapportioned to the remaining nominee
— Adam Levine (@cnnadam) July 20, 2016
OK.
Reince explaining why Alaska voters' votes don't count. #RNCinCLE
— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 20, 2016
You see, because there's a very simple explanation, which is because shut up https://t.co/FbeHFTMLRs
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) July 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/755554838679781376
Worth noting:
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/755546468157648896
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