# The Republican national Convention **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 18, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729 "2016-06-18T21:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/541 "2016-07-19T23:07:57Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Been listening to the Cleveland Police/Interop special event forces scanner for the past hour, as things are starting to heat up in Public Square with protesters. It’s an extremely tense thing to listen to (although they are doing a great job so far). > > [http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/23204/web](http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/23204/web) I’m seeing on other websites, and posts from someone who says they live in Cleveland, that these, ahem, rumbles are between the KKK, Westboro Baptist Church, Black Lives Matter, and Alex Jones. :eek: If you do a little Google-fu, you can see footage but the sites are extremely slow, probably because of all the traffic. I’ll watch them on You Tube later on. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/542 "2016-07-19T23:18:19Z")
New York makes it official. Trump is the republican nominee. The New York delegate anounced the votes and promised that New York would be in play in the general election. Well, they can dream… ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/543 "2016-07-19T23:19:45Z")
Who starts the first, “Will we have a contested convention in 2020?” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/544 "2016-07-19T23:23:09Z")
All you Republicans feel proud of your party now? When push came to shove he shoved…and y’all bent over and thanked him for it. I said when this all started that the hatred for anything Democratic was strong enough to allow _any_ tool to be used against them, and I was assured over and over and fucking over again on this board that it could never happen-that the _REAL_ Republicans would never stoop so low. We have been shown the face of the the _REAL_ Republican Party tonight. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/545 "2016-07-19T23:23:55Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yeah, I believe that’s traditional (for both parties–we’ll see it for Hillary, too). Illinois, Arkansas, or New York? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/546 "2016-07-19T23:24:16Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > New York makes it official. Trump is the republican nominee. > > The New York delegate anounced the votes and promised that New York would be in play in the general election. > > Well, they can dream… And thank you, Republicans, for accomplishing one of the stupidest things ever to occur in my lifetime. But on another note: It aint CRUZ!!! Wooo-hoooooo!! :):D:) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/547 "2016-07-19T23:24:24Z")
Who will be left to run? Tom Cotton and Jeff Sessions? ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/548 "2016-07-19T23:30:13Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I am convinced that the Trump team plagiarized Michele’s speech. > > However, I am leaning towards the Rickroll being a coincidence. The text is similar but not an exact copy. If this was deliberate sabotage, why wouldn’t the speech writer make it closer? > > **Astley** : Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. > > **Melania** : He will never, ever, give up. And, most importantly, he will never, ever, let you down. I think it’s a combination of Astley and Taylor Swift > [@](#): > > We are never, ever, ever getting back together ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/549 "2016-07-19T23:38:13Z")
Did Michigan ever vote? Edit: OOPS - I posted that when I thought they were about to announce the total, rather than WV voting ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/550 "2016-07-19T23:43:36Z")
It is, sadly, far likelier that the “rickroll” phrase would have been recognized than the Michelle excerpts. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/551 "2016-07-19T23:44:58Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Did Michigan ever vote? > > Edit: OOPS - I posted that when I thought they were about to announce the total, rather than WV voting Michigan is casting its votes now. 51 for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/552 "2016-07-19T23:48:00Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Michigan is casting its votes now. 51 for Trump. I haven’t been watching. Are the delegates actually happy and excited or is it more like a funeral in there? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/553 "2016-07-19T23:51:31Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > New York makes it official. Trump is the republican nominee. Just as I predicted this morning. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/554 "2016-07-19T23:51:43Z")
Alaska has requested a poll, based on misrecorded counts. I imagine DC will too. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/555 "2016-07-20T00:00:35Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I haven’t been watching. Are the delegates actually happy and excited or is it more like a funeral in there? Most seem excited and ready to unify behind the Trumpster. Of course the roll call is the most entertaining part of any convention what with the funny hats and the screaming of arcane state minutia. My state has volcanoes and wheat fields. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/556 "2016-07-20T00:04:33Z")
I think the rules say they have to get a request from 15 states before they have to poll. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/557 "2016-07-20T00:05:04Z")
> [@](#): > > …My state has volcanoes and wheat fields. Hawaiowa? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/558 "2016-07-20T00:07:55Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Most seem excited and ready to unify behind the Trumpster. Of course the roll call is the most entertaining part of any convention what with the funny hats and the screaming of arcane state minutia. My state has volcanoes and wheat fields. And I assume they’d try to send the most enthusiastic people possible (because you saw what happens when they don’t). ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/559 "2016-07-20T00:08:24Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Alaska has requested a poll, based on misrecorded counts. I imagine DC will too. Too bad, so sad, Alaska. Suck it up - official ruling - 28 votes to Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/560 "2016-07-20T00:10:32Z")
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