Donald Trump argued Thursday that the delegate selection process ahead of the Republican National Convention is another example of why he should be president, and said the system is rigged against the average person.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled “Let Me Ask America a Question,” Trump said “politicians furiously defended the system” that led to the delegate confusion in Colorado, where Ted Cruz won all 34 delegates after people weren’t given a chance to vote.
“‘These are the rules,’ we were told over and over again. If the ‘rules’ can be used to block Coloradans from voting on whether they want better trade deals, or stronger borders, or an end to special-interest vote-buying in Congress — well, that’s just the system and we should embrace it,” Trump wrote.
Trump then asked, “Let me ask America a question: How has the ‘system’ been working out for you and your family?”
“The only antidote to decades of ruinous rule by a small handful of elites is a bold infusion of popular will,” he remarked. “On every major issue affecting this country, the people are right and the governing elite are wrong. The elites are wrong on taxes, on the size of government, on trade, on immigration, on foreign policy.”
Trump then took aim at his rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who he said is okay with what has happened in the delegate race.
“Delegates are supposed to reflect the decisions of voters, but the system is being rigged by party operatives with ‘double-agent’ delegates who reject the decision of voters,” Trump wrote. “The American people can have no faith in such a system. It must be reformed.”
“Unfair trade, immigration and economic policies that have also been rigged against Americans,” Trump added.
“Together, we will restore the faith — and the franchise — of the American people. We must leave no doubt that voters, not donors, choose the nominee,” he concluded. “The political insiders have had their way for a long time. Let 2016 be remembered as the year the American people finally got theirs.”
