# Dopers.  Would you be willing to sacrifice the democratic process to deny Trump the nomination?

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They wouldn’t do it, but should the Rules Committee vote to unbind all the delegates I suppose they could. But that would require the majority of the delegates to agree to such a rule change and presumably if the Trumpians are in the majority they wouldn’t vote for such a rule change.

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