Mike Lee explains why GOP delegates should be unbound

By David M. Drucker

Published July 15, 2016 11:24am ET

Mike Lee explains why GOP delegates should be unbound — Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, saw a plan to unbind delegates from Donald Trump fail on Thursday, and argues that delegates to the GOP convention should 'retain some voice' in the nomination process. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) | Molly Riley

CLEVELAND — Sen. Mike Lee is mystified that Republican delegates would vote to limit their own power.

The Utah senator, still not ready to endorse Donald Trump as his party’s presidential nominee, was on the losing side Thursday of an effort to empower delegates to block the New York businessman on the convention floor.

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