Rand Paul Rips Ryan: GOP Convention Rules 'Haven't Been Written Yet'

[phill4paul]

Former Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul Wednesday ripped House Speaker Paul Ryan's assertion that the GOP would govern its national convention in July by the rules — countering that "the rules haven't been written yet."

"When you say 'we're going to adhere to the rules,' you realize the rules haven't been written yet," the Kentucky senator, who dropped out of the 2016 race in February, told Jake Tapper on CNN.
"So what is extraordinary, and it is extraordinary, that people by the millions have voted in a primary and 110 people will decide how we're going to make the rules," Paul said. "You can't say we're going to obey the rules. The rules have yet to be written.

"The convention will abide by rules that are written in the first day or two by 110 people," the senator said.

In a CNN interview Tuesday, Ryan — who is expected to preside over the four-day Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena — said that "we are going to follow the book by the rules.

"That is exactly how this convention is going to be run," Ryan said. "It's very important that it's done exactly that way."
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Front-runner Donald Trump has slammed the GOP's delegate-selection system for weeks, calling it "rigged" to favor establishment candidates.

In his interview Wednesday, Rand Paul referenced how his father, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, was blocked from obtaining delegates at the 2012 convention in Tampa, Fla.

Convention delegates adopted a rule that year proposed by the rules committee that required candidates to win at least eight states to appear on the ballot in Tampa.

The controversial regulation, known as Rule 40(b), sought to prevent Paul's supporters from placing the congressman's name in nomination or acknowledging his votes in a roll-call vote.
Paul lost the nomination to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

"They told my dad that you have to be nominated by eight states or your votes don't count," Rand Paul told Tapper on Wednesday. "The interesting thing is, even though you can watch the proceedings, when the podium said, 'Iowa would say 28 votes for Ron Paul' and the podium would say '28 votes for Mitt Romney.'

"It's extraordinary that the rules are written after the primaries," he said. "It will come down to what the rules are."

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[Valli6]

Heres a video (non-tube).

Interesting coincidence around 1:40. Rand Paul obviously states, 'but the interesting thing now is the establishment saying, "Oh no, no! We really counted Ron Paul's votes' - and CNN cut out the "Paul" from his sentences so it just sounds like, "We really counted rovotes…". Many people won't clearly comprehend what is being said. Old media still carrying on the Ron Paul blackout .

https://amp.twimg.com/v/96119454-1f9...1-d87805e0f9be

[Voluntarist]

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[Valli6]

Breitbart is also covering this - the part about Ryan, not the part about Ron Paul being cheated.

20 Apr 2016

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” former presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul pointed out that the rules of the Republican convention this July “haven’t been written yet.”

Paul said, “It kinda reminds me of when I play golf. I usually like to say we’ll decide what the bet is after we decide what the scores are. When you say we’re going to adhere to the rules, you realize the rules haven’t been written yet. So what is extraordinary, and it is extraordinary, that people by the millions will have voted in a primary and then 110 people will decide how we’re going to make the rules. You can’t say we’re going to obey the rules. The rules have yet to be written. The convention will abide by rules that are written in the first day or two by 110 people. So you could write that a plurality wins or you could write that a majority wins.”

He continued, “It’s extraordinary that the rules are written after you have already had the election. It will come down to what the rules are. It is pretty extraordinary. I don’t know what the outcome will be, but it’s very exciting to see what happens on that rules committee.”
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/...n-written-yet/

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[CPUd]

The primary process up to the convention is covered by the rules originally adopted at the 2012 RNC:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/prod-static..._S14090314.pdf

You can see from page 1 they amended them several times in 2013-2014. What they adopt the week before the 2016 RNC supposedly covers the 2020 process, but people can and will try to use the Rules Committee meetings to change rules for the 2016 convention, like they did in 2012.

[Mordan]

so Rand Paul actually agrees with Trump. The system is rigged since delegates can decides of the convention rules. Those special delegates are GOP insiders. They did it to Ron Paul. And Ron Paul and Rand Paul never fought it. They are too soft.

[CPUd]

so Rand Paul actually agrees with Trump. The system is rigged since delegates can decides of the convention rules. Those special delegates are GOP insiders. They did it to Ron Paul. And Ron Paul and Rand Paul never fought it. They are too soft.

Actually, they did fight it.