Donald Trump appears at an NBC Town Hall in New York City. (Getty)
With about a month to go until the Republican National Convention, more delegates are getting behind the idea of not nominating Donald Trump, even though he is the candidate who received the majority of the votes.
The Washington Post reports that about 30 Republican delegates took part in an hour-long phone call this week dubbed “free the delegates.” It was lead by Kendal Unruh, a Ted Cruz backer and member of the RNC rules committee.
These delegates plan to introduce a “conscience clause” at the convention, which would allow delegates to not vote for Trump if they feel doing so would go against their conservative principles. This would essentially make the primary season completely pointless, as delegates would be ignoring the will of voters for the good of the party.
For this plan to be successful, the “conscience clause” must be approved by a majority of the RNC rules committee and then by a majority of the delegates, so it would require a tremendous amount of anti-Trump sentiment in order to go through. The convention’s rules chair, Enid Mickelsen, has gone on record as saying delegates can unbind themselves.
This week’s call evidently ended with the participants having a more concrete mission and making plans to organize and create a website about the movement. According to The Washington Post, this same group of delegates will hold another conference call on Sunday.