These Prominent Republicans Won’t Show Up At The RNC
Republicans will gather this week in Cleveland to officially choose Donald Trump as their nominee. But many of the party’s most prominent members will be missing.
Four of the last five men nominated for president by the Republican party ¯ George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney ¯ will skip the event. (Bob Dole, the party’s nominee in 1996, will attend.)
Traditionally, politicians scramble to earn speaking slots at their party’s convention, which puts them in front of a national audience and can introduce rising stars to the country. In 2004, Barack Obama’s keynote address at the Democratic National Convention catapulted the then-state senator into the national spotlight.
But this year, with a toxic nominee who seems more interested in himself than the GOP, many high-profile Republicans are running away from the convention and from Trump.
Romney has unequivocally spoken out against him, calling Trump “phony” and a “fraud.” And despite signing a pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee, several of Trump’s formal rivals ¯ Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) ¯ have refused to back Trump and won’t attend.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) on Monday criticized the Bushes for skipping the convention, saying they needed to “get over” the fact that Trump had beaten Jeb Bush.
“The reason people nominated Donald Trump is because they weren’t happy and, frankly, I think the Bushes are behaving childishly,” Gingrich said on Good Morning America. “Jeb lost. Get over it.”
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Four of the last five men nominated for president by the Republican party ¯ George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney ¯ will skip the event. (Bob Dole, the party’s nominee in 1996, will attend.)
Traditionally, politicians scramble to earn speaking slots at their party’s convention, which puts them in front of a national audience and can introduce rising stars to the country. In 2004, Barack Obama’s keynote address at the Democratic National Convention catapulted the then-state senator into the national spotlight.
But this year, with a toxic nominee who seems more interested in himself than the GOP, many high-profile Republicans are running away from the convention and from Trump.
Romney has unequivocally spoken out against him, calling Trump “phony” and a “fraud.” And despite signing a pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee, several of Trump’s formal rivals ¯ Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) ¯ have refused to back Trump and won’t attend.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) on Monday criticized the Bushes for skipping the convention, saying they needed to “get over” the fact that Trump had beaten Jeb Bush.
“The reason people nominated Donald Trump is because they weren’t happy and, frankly, I think the Bushes are behaving childishly,” Gingrich said on Good Morning America. “Jeb lost. Get over it.”
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George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney ¯ will skip the event. WHAT!!! GOP CIVIL WAR IS ON...
THE GOP CONVENTION FIRST STEPS OFF WITH A CRACK IN IT'S UNITY... WOW!!!