Priebus declares anti-Trump delegate push ‘over’

Published July 15, 2016 8:51pm ET



Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus pronounced the Never Trump movement dead, at least in terms of stopping Donald Trump from winning the nomination at next week’s convention in Cleveland.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Priebus declared the push to dethrone Trump “over” after some on the GOP rules committee tried to change party rules to allow delegates to vote their conscience on the first ballot next week, which was their key to having any chance of stopping Trump.

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