Vermont GOP rules bar it from promoting any candidate who is a ‘convicted felon’

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/vermont-republican-party-rules-bar-convicted-felon-trump-rcna155918

24 comments

  1. The Vermont Republican Party is prohibited from backing a candidate with a felony conviction, according to the party’s publicly posted rules.

    That is now a bit of a problem, since the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was recently convicted on 34 felony counts.

    “The state committee will not support or promote any candidate for elective office who … is a convicted felon,” read the rules, which govern everything from party meetings to how delegates must vote at national conventions.

  2. Well, I guess the Vermont GOP is really cracking down on their candidate selection process!

  3. Does anyone think that modern Republicans are going to let a rule stop them from slavishly supporting their Dear Leader?
    A few years ago, they would have changed the rule and endorsed Trump. Now, they’ll just ignore the rule.

  5. Next up, Vermont republican party attempt to change rules.

    Which is part of the legacy of Trump: Every single rule almost everywhere will be dug up and scrutinized.

  7. Republicans never met a sincerely held law they weren’t ready to abandon on a dime if it helps Trump.

  8. Sounds like trouble for convicted felon Donald Trump

  9. So they’ll change the rules rather than actually adhere to them.

  10. Next up is house resolution HR433: resolution for supporting convicted felons for federal office as long as their name rhymes with “Ronald Dump.”

  11. Next up is house resolution HR433: resolution for supporting convicted felons for federal office as long as their name rhymes with “Ronald Dump.”

  12. Apparently, you didn’t see the invisible asterisk at the end of the rules that clearly states: Unless that convicted Felon is a Republican.

  13. They will either ignore the rule or have PACs promote him and say they have nothing to do with the PACs.

  14. The only laws they will enforce are the ones that a Democrat breaks. Fascism is funny that way.

  15. Odd that it’s only Blue states that have these laws , isn’t it?

  16. “Not a Vermont felony? Doesn’t look like anything to me.”

  17. Well well well… if the Vermont GOP breaks these rules REST ASSURED that they MIGHT face the judicial system in about 6 years.

  19. Congrats Vermont GOP you did what every other Republican has failed to do; the bare minimum.

  20. If they take this strictly then it will save them. Right now, Trump demands 5% for his official endorsement and use of his name/face/likeness in any campaign messaging. The VT GOP can survive Trump if they adhere to this policy and lock out Trump’s campaign. They won’t have much of a party to return to after November, though.

  22. > “We already knew Donald Trump was a threat to the American people and our democracy, but according to the Vermont GOP’s own rules, Donald Trump isn’t even eligible to receive their support,” Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman said. “We look forward to the Vermont Republican Party supporting Joe Biden this November — the only candidate with a path to 270 that has not been convicted of a felony.”

    JFC. Reaching out was clearly the right thing to do in a critically important and nail-bitingly close election, but then they had to go sabotage that olive branch by being smug. The *specific thing* culture warriors use to alienate them from voters.

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