Donald Trump railed on Saturday against efforts by some frustrated Republicans planning a last-ditch effort to try to thwart him from becoming the party’s nominee, threatening at one point to stop fun
Donald Trump railed on Saturday against efforts by some frustrated Republicans planning a last-ditch effort to try to thwart him from becoming the party’s nominee, threatening at one point to stop fundraising if Republicans do not rally around him.
Speaking at a theatre at the Treasure Island hotel on the Las Vegas strip, Mr Trump referred to “an insurgent group” trying to deny him delegates at the party’s July convention.
“Now you have a couple of guys that were badly defeated and they’re trying to organise maybe like a little bit of a delegate revolt,” he said.
While Mr Trump dismisses the effort as invented, more Republicans in Congress are saying they will not attend the party convention and are not endorsing his candidacy.
A movement exists among some conservative delegates and operatives to change party rules to allow a different nominee, though it is a longshot effort lacking sufficient backing and a candidate to offer up at an alternative.
Mr Trump wondered aloud who his opponents would pick as a replacement, a problem that has plagued the “Never Trump” movement for months.
Meanwhile, in another controversial remark, Mr Trump on Sunday said that the US should start thinking about racial profiling to prevent incidents like the mass shooting in Orlando.
Citing the example of Israel and other countries in this regard, 70-year-old Mr Trump argued this is not the worst thing to do.
He also told Britons on Sunday he supported Brexit, repeating just days before the vote on June 23 that he thinks the UK would be better off outside the EU. “I would personally be more inclined to leave, for a lot of reasons like having a lot less bureaucracy,” he said.
