The Truth About The Colorado Delegate Controversy | Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz

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Is Donald Trump being cheated out of the Republican Presidential nomination? Without a single vote being cast by Republican voters in Colorado, Ted Cruz won 21 delegates from the state’s seven 

congressional assemblies and 13 delegates at the state convention on Saturday April 9th, 2016. While the Colorado GOP establishment changed the primary process in August 2015 – the opposition to Trump delegates has supporters of the businessman up in arms. What is the Truth About The Colorado Delegate Controversy?

Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton Wants to Run Against Me, ‘Jimmy Carter Wanted to Run Against Ronald Reagan’

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by ALEX SWOYER12 Apr 2016Washington, DC294

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump blasted the Republican Party leaders and Hillary Clinton during his campaign rally before roughly 5,000 supporters in Rome, New York, on Tuesday afternoon, where he also compared himself to President Ronald Reagan.

“He was behind Jimmy Carter by so much. Everybody said this is going to be a disaster. The last person Hillary wants to run against is me. But Jimmy Carter wanted to run against Ronald Reagan. By the time the election took place, it was an easy victory for Reagan,” Trump said, alluding to the fact that he can defeat Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton like Reagan defeated Carter.

“These are dirty tricksters,” Trump said about GOP officials and primary rules. “The Republican National Committee should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this kind of crap to happen … it has nothing to do with democracy.”

“The economy is rigged. The banking system is rigged. There’s a lot of things that are rigged in this world of ours,” the real estate mogul said. “We’re going to change it fast.”

“The party is playing dirty,” he charged. “They can’t get away with the stuff any longer.”

He said the Republican Party has had enough of the Mitt Romney types, calling them “stiffs that can’t get elected.”

“In Florida, it was set so I wouldn’t get it,” Trump said about the winner-take-all delegate rule in Florida, suggesting the Republican Party had that rule in place to benefit either former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush or 

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)

78%

 with all 99 Florida delegates.

“I want to be nice … only Marco,” Trump added, refraining from calling Rubio by his coined nickname “Little Marco.”

“Marco is actually a really nice guy,” Trump added, just a day after aninterview published in whivh he said he would consider Rubio as his vice president.

“I want to be nice,” Trump stated. “I want to be presidential.”

Trump made a notable mistake during his speech when he was referencing his endorsements and meant to mention Jerry Falwell Jr. of Liberty University but instead referenced “Bob Vander Plaats from Liberty University.”

Bob Vander Plaats is CEO of The Family Leader and endorsed 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

97%

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EXCLUSIVE – Source: Iran Resumes Funding of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Terror Group

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by AARON KLEIN AND ALI WAKED12 Apr 201612

Iran has resumed financial support for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, months after it withdrew support in retaliation for the group’s reluctance to openly back the Islamic Republic, an Islamic Jihad official toldBreitbart Jerusalem.

The official said that the support is much lower than before. At its zenith, Iran gave Islamic Jihad tens of millions of dollars a year, but now will only allow the cash-strapped movement to balance its books for the foreseeable future.

The official would not disclose whether the resumed support is dependent on turning up the heat on Israel, only saying that the aid was renewed unconditionally. He also said that Iran remains a staunch supporter of another radical faction in Gaza, Al Sabireen.

“Iran made it clear that the smaller sums are a function of the fact that armed resistance against Israel is taking place on a smaller scale, and that much of the country’s outreach resources are invested in Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon,” he said. “There’s no doubt that the lifting of the sanctions is behind all this, but it’s nowhere near the sums we were used to.”

He also said that if Egypt and Saudi Arabia move even closer to each other, and Egypt openly backs Saudi regional strategies, Iran will increase its support for Palestinian militias in Gaza as leverage against Egypt.

“We will not be part of this game,” he said, “but Iran is setting up infrastructure in Gaza that would defend their interests by creating an escalation vis-à-vis Israel and the newly minted Saudi-Egyptian axis.”

The official said the Iranian money has yet to be transferred and the reason for the delay is unknown. Islamic Jihad’s headquarters in Beirut, which was supposed to channel the funds to the Gaza branch, said that its numerous queries remained unanswered.

For years, Iran channeled up to hundreds of millions of dollars per year to the organization, but recently, due to disagreements over the Syrian crisis and the insurgency in Yemen, support was suspended.

In January, Breitbart Jerusalemreported that Islamic Jihad has been seeking alternative funding. The organisation has made headway in fundraising in Algeria and Turkey, sources in the group told Breitbart Jerusalem.

Top Islamic Jihad official Mohammed al-Hindi met with pro-Palestinian members of Algerian civil society and the private sector, and was allegedly able to raise significant funds, although still short of the original target, the sources said at the time.

“The sums at hand are rather limited and not big,” an Islamic Jihad source admitted, explaining that similar funds were raised in Turkey.

Islamic Jihad leaders have had to deal with growing disquiet among members, who bear the brunt of the movement’s financial distress.

Aaron Klein is Breitbart’s Jerusalem bureau chief and senior investigative reporter. He is a New York Times bestselling author and hosts the popular weekend talk radio program, “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio.” Follow him onTwitter @AaronKleinShow. Follow him on Facebook.

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Trump erupts as Cruz sweeps Colorado without votes

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Republican presidential front-runner Donald.com Trump erupted on Twitter Sunday night, after a weekend which saw Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sweep all of Colorado’s 37 delegates without any votes being cast by citizens in a traditional primary process.

“How is it possible that the people of the great State of Colorado never got to vote in the Republican Primary? Great anger – totally unfair!” wrote Trump.

He followed it up with a second tweet: “The people of Colorado had their vote taken away from them by the phony politicians. Biggest story in politics. This will not be allowed!”

It was last August when officials with the Republican Party in Colorado decided it would not let voters take part in the early nomination process.

The Denver Post reported Aug. 25: “The GOP executive committee has voted to cancel the traditional presidential preference poll after the national party changed its rules to require a state’s delegates to support the candidate that wins the caucus vote.”

“It takes Colorado completely off the map” in the primary season, Ryan Call, a former state GOP chairman, told the paper.

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In late February, just before Super Tuesday, the Post published a scathing editorial, saying the party blundered on the 2016 presidential caucus:

“GOP leaders have never provided a satisfactory reason for forgoing a presidential preference poll, although party chairman Steve House suggested on radio at one point that too many Republicans would otherwise flock to their local caucus.

“Imagine that: party officials fearing that an interesting race might propel thousands of additional citizens to participate. But of course that might dilute the influence of elites and insiders. You can see why that could upset the faint-hearted.”

One self-avowed Trump supporter took to YouTube to express his displeasure at the process, and burned his Republican registration on camera.

“Republican Party, take note. I think you’re gonna see a whole lot more of these,” he said as he ignited his registration.

“I’ve been in the Republican Party all my life, but I will never be a Republican ever again. …You’ve had it. You’re done. You’re toast. Because I quit the party. I’m voting for Trump, and to hell with the Republican Party.”

The popular Drudge Report news site splashed a headline in red stating, “Cruz celebrates voterless victory.”

The delegate selection process in Colorado is complicated.

The Cortez Journal reported: “Cruz had 17 bound delegates ahead of the Republican state convention. Another four delegates are unpledged but publicly expressed support for the candidate, who hopes to curb momentum seen by front-runner Donald Trump.

“Cruz declared victory in Colorado, pointing out that he won all 21 delegates from the state’s seven congressional assemblies. Another 13 delegates were awarded at the state convention on Saturday. An additional three delegates in Colorado’s 37-member national delegation are unpledged party leaders.”

Cruz himself noted on Saturday, “This has been a remarkable year. I will say this, it hasn’t been boring.”

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Federal Court Bans Cross from Los Angeles Seal

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by JOEL B. POLLAK8 Apr 2016686

A federal court ruled Thursday that the Los Angeles County supervisors violated the Constitution in 2014 when they voted to restore a small cross to the county seal. The cross appeared on a depiction of a historic mission building.

The plaintiffs, who included a coalition of liberal religious leaders, sued the county on the grounds that the cross violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The court, agreed, and added that the seal violated the No Aid Clause of the California constitution, which prevents the government from conferring a “sectarian” benefit.

Judge Christina A. Snyder, a Bill Clinton appointee, presided.

 

The 2014 seal replaced one approved in 2004, which had dropped a cross from the seal after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) objected. After a contentious debate, the cross was added, as a supposedly historic symbol.

The U.S. District Court for the Western Division of the Central District of California granted a permanent injunction against the seal. The key was not just the presence of a cross on the seal — which might have been tolerable if it had been continued from an earlier use — but the fact that the Board specifically decided to add the cross. Though there was a secular reason for adding the cross, i.e. to show history, that did not blunt its sectarian meaning, the court said.

Judge Snyder rejected an argument by the plaintiffs that the Board had violated the No Preference Clause of the state constitution, but found that it did violate the federal Establishment Clause, noting that a “reasonable, objective observer” would see a sectarian purpose in the addition of the cross to the seal, regardless of the official explanation.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Board of Supervisors was divided in its reaction to the ruling, with retired Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky hailing the decision.

 

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Almost nobody lined up to attended Ted Cruz's victory party in Wisconsin

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The room was nearly empty before Senator Ted Cruz gave his primary night speech as polls closed in Wisconsin. Political reporter David Martosko took a snapshot of the party floor tweeting: "Ted Cruz's sparsely attended (so far) Wisconsin victory party has all the empty floor space of a sixth grade dance."

Trump adviser says Republicans won't have contested convention

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's new top political strategist predicted on Friday the Republican presidential front-runner would amass the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch his party's nomination well before the Republican National Convention in July.

Veteran campaign tactician Paul Manafort was chosen by Trump on Thursday to oversee a fractious nomination process that many Republicans expect may not yield a clear winner before the convention.

Manafort said on CNN's "New Day" program that rival Ted Cruz, the U.S. senator from Texas, will not be able to dent Trump's delegate lead before California's June 7 primary.

"The reality is: Ted Cruz has seen his best day," Manafort said. "The reality is: this convention process will be over with sometime in June, probably June 7, and it'll be apparent to the world that Trump is over that 1,237 number."

Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet on social media after his double-digit loss to Cruz in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday, which followed a series of missteps on the campaign trail including his statement, later recanted, advocating punishment for women who have illegal abortions.

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In elevating Manafort, Trump said he would add more staff before the convention in an expansion of his campaign team beyond the close-knit group of advisers who have been at his side since he jumped into the presidential race last June.

"People that I know that want to get involved and wanted to before but didn't have a way in," Manafort said.

The next presidential nominating contests before the Nov. 8 election include a number in East Coast states seen as more fertile ground for the real estate tycoon, including in his native New York on April 19.

Manafort cited Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland as states where Trump would do well.

"By the time we get to California the momentum is going be very clear and Ted Cruz' path to victory is going to be in shambles," he said.

Cruz, appearing on the CNN program earlier, said he had a clear path to 1,237 delegates.

"It's difficult. We've got to win and we've got to win consistently," Cruz said. "He's right. He has to win," Manafort said.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Bill Trott)