Insurgency against Trump fizzles

Published July 15, 2016 2:32am ET



CLEVELAND — The intraparty insurgency to block Donald Trump from receiving the Republican nomination at next week’s convention suffered a crippling blow late Thursday.

The convention rules committee, a panel of 112 GOP convention delegates, defeated a key proposal to amend party rules that could have paved the way for delegates to oppose Trump’s nomination on the convention floor.

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