Conservative strategist Frank Luntz announced on his Twitter Friday that the Republican National Convention created a page on its website to “prepare voters for a contested convention” in July:
The RNC just launched a new web site to prepare voters for a contested convention.https://t.co/zBciYsgWi9
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 31, 2016
The “new web site” is simply an added page on the GOP’s already existing site, and acts to inform voters of the electoral process rather than “prepare” them for a contested convention. That said, the info seems implicitly geared toward voters who mistakenly thought their primary vote factored into the majority decision of convention delegates.
The RNC’s move is in direct conflict with the primary process, through which voters have expressed overwhelming support for Donald Trump, much to the GOP establishment’s chagrin.
It also indicates a potentially crippling unrest between Republican voters and party leaders — something Yahoo! political columnist, Matt Bai, encapsulated quite perfectly in his response:
Was TotalF*https://t.co/vSaraFiYz5 already taken? https://t.co/ilUIGW9s8p
— Matt Bai (@mattbai) March 31, 2016
This subsequently sparking a delightful back-and-forth:
@mattbai pic.twitter.com/sELXLBN4oa
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 31, 2016
Frank, did you buy it? I tried and it's gone! (Maybe it was @Reince.) https://t.co/NZEpFdEiGN
— Matt Bai (@mattbai) April 1, 2016
@mattbai I did not, but it looks like one of your friends has already registered an alternative domain.
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) April 1, 2016
@FrankLuntz Lost opportunity.
— Matt Bai (@mattbai) April 1, 2016
