There is a new magic number of delegates that would allow GOP frontrunner Donald Trump to secure the party’s nomination, at least according to Republican National Committee official Randy Evans.
Evans, a member of the rules committee, told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday that Trump just needs 1,100 delegates to win the nomination—not the 1,237 delegates that have been widely accepted as the must-have number.
Evans later told a reporter that he does not believe Trump will win the nomination automatically with 1,100 delegates, according to Politico. But Evans argued that if Trump does have 1,100 delegates when he arrives in Cleveland, he’ll be able to shore up enough uncommitted delegates to get to the 1,237-delegate threshold.
He further warned that the math gets fuzzy if Trump arrives in Cleveland with between 1,000 and 1,100 delegates. If Trump gets to the convention with fewer than 1,100, Evans predicted a contentious floor fight.
[RNC spokesman Michael Short rebutted Evans, tweeting that the eventual nominee needs 1,237 delegates. “Period. No ands, ifs or buts,” he wrote.
Evans later clarified his remarks, telling a reporter that he wasn’t suggesting Trump would win the nomination outright with less than 1,237 delegates, but if he’s close enough the real estate mogul could gain enough unbound delegates to
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Click bait? They got ME.
And Cruz will start screaming “juice” in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 …
Lowering the bar for the Donald? As if the bar to run for President as a Republican weren’t low enough to start with?
Cruz delegates and Trump delegates should just shoot it out with whatever firearms they choose. and the last one standing gets to nominate the candidate.
Fuzzy math is what Republicans do best.