July 18, 2016 02:27 PM UTC

Chaos in Cleveland as Another Anti-Trump Effort Squelched

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE (5:14 pm): It sounds like Colorado’s delegation is far from finished with creating a ruckus in Cleveland:

Colorado delegate Kendal Unruh, a #DumpTrump leader, says #RNC2016 must pay for its actions, suggests more disruptions to come #copolitics

— John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) July 18, 2016

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UPDATE (4:45 pm): This was most assuredly not how Republicans were hoping to kick things off on Day 1 of the GOP Convention. From “The Fix”:

For Republicans desperately hoping that unity would be the word of the day and the week here in Cleveland, however, the damage was done. The images of unhappy Republicans shouting for a chance to show their dissatisfaction with Trump and then walking out makes for just the sort of images out of this week that Republicans were hoping to avoid.

It showed, powerfully and with the eyes of the national media watching, that the idea that the GOP was rapidly uniting behind Trump is a pipe dream. And that divisions — real and serious ones — remain, no matter the rhetorical attempts to paper them over.

ROLL CALL VOTE!!!! pic.twitter.com/NE4GqoQCnO

— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) July 18, 2016

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Colorado delegates at #RNC2016 tell me Trump team is trying to seat the state’s alternates to boot Cruz delegates who walked out #copolitics

— John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) July 18, 2016

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UPDATE (2:42 pm): More details from Politico on the circus in Cleveland:

Critics of Donald Trump had attempted to force the vote and submitted the signatures they believed were necessary to do so, but after holding a voice vote on the rules, Rep. Steve Womack declared the rules approved and moved on.

Womack left the stage amid an uproar, only to return to the stage moments later for a second voice vote. He again declared that the ‘ayes’ had won, again to protests from the crowd.

Forcing a roll call vote requires support from the majorities of seven delegations. Anti-Trump delegates submitted what they said were a majority of signatures from at least 9: Colorado, Washington state, Utah, Minnesota, Wyoming, Maine, Iowa, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The also claimed that Alaska had provided signatures as well.

But Womack, after the second voice vote, said on stage that three states had withdrawn from the roll call effort, leaving it short of the support needed.

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Lots of breaking news in Cleveland at the moment. As the Los Angeles Times reports:

Multiple state delegations walked off the floor after the rules were passed twice by voice vote and anti-Trump delegates protested on the floor.

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Delegates Unbound effort said they had 11 states — so 5 dropped after Trump forces applied pressure #copolitics #RNC2016

— John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) July 18, 2016

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NOW! No recorded vote on rules change requested by “dump trump” delegates. Chaos and frustration through hall #RNCinCLE #copolitics

— Peter Marcus (@MediaMarcus) July 18, 2016

The Colorado led effort to seek vote on rules shut down, as pressure force delegates to recant support. #copolitics

— John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) July 18, 2016