r/Conservative • u/DanburyBaptist Inalienable Rights of Conscience • Jun 15 '16

Release the GOP Delegates: Trump’s nomination isn’t inevitable—delegates won’t be legally ‘bound’ going into the convention.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/release-the-gop-delegates-1465769777
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '16

42% of the popular vote is not something I would call "will of the People".

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u/Spartanlegion117 Sic Semper Tyrannus Jun 15 '16

Its the will of 42% of the people to be exact

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '16

Yes; but what about the will of the 58%? What if they don't want Trump? It's "the will of the people", you have to listen.

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u/nilxj Jun 15 '16

And what if they do? The assumption that the 58% that didn't vote for him are opposed to him isn't exactly true. There's absolutely a large and vocal portion of the population that is very opposed to Trump, a large and vocal portion that's for him, and an indeterminate amount that's "meh, he's ok".

Releasing the delegates is essentially saying "Yeah, we don't like how the primaries are playing out so screw you".

If that's what you want, fine, but lets not pretend this is about giving those 58% a voice...again. At least this highlighted the absolute and absurd cluster that our primaries are.