In spite of Jeb Bush’s abysmal performance and recent departure from the Republican primaries, at least one noteworthy conservative believes the party establishment is going to try and make him the nominee at the last minute.
Speaking on his nationally-syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh offered his reasons why he believes Bush will be the establishment’s pick if it manages to keep Donald Trump and Ted Cruz from winning. Such a development would be shocking for many reasons, not least of all Bush’s suspension of his campaign.
But Limbaugh is convinced that Republican insiders are panicked over Trump’s and Cruz’s victories in the primary and watching the vote in Ohio nervously. According to the radio host, they are pegging all their bets on John Kasich, who he doubts has any real chance of being the nominee.
Instead, he thinks that the GOP establishment’s strategy is to keep both Trump and Cruz from getting 1237 delegates, meaning no single candidate will have a clear plurality of delegates. At this point, Limbaugh believes they will reinsert Jeb into the running and he will cruise to an easy victory.
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Such an outcome will likely plunge the GOP into even further infighting, as rank-and-file conservatives revolt against the establishment’s underhanded attempt to force another Bush on them. In fact, the possibility of Jeb being nominated might energize voters to turn out en masse for Trump and Cruz in order to ensure he stays out:
“Limbaugh noted that in 1976, the Republican establishment denied Ronald Reagan. ‘So I’m just telling you, if they succeed in this, if they succeed in denying Trump or Cruz 1237 delegates by the end of the primary process I’m here to tell you in Jeb Bush is going to be the nominee. That’s what they’re going to do, that’s what I’ve always wanted and Jeb himself said to back on December 14th of 2014 when this whole process started Jeb said that his strategy was to lose the primaries and win the nomination.’
‘And it may yet happen,’ Limbaugh suggested. ‘If not Jeb, they’ll go Romney. But if Kasich thinks it’s going to be him, and I don’t doubt that he does, that’s why he wants to win Ohio and stay in. and now there’s talk that Rubio will stay in even if he loses Florida. And Rubio and Kasich have both said that they are rethinking their pledge to support the nominee. It came as recently as a week ago. Isn’t that why Trump has supporters in the first place because so many Republicans make promises and then break them? So the fur is flying and the establishment is making one last gasp here. Well it won’t be the last'”
Source: Daily Caller
Trump would mop the floor with Hillary, Brent!
they need to ‘stop with the monkey business’ and ‘let the people decide’. after Trump becomes Prez, we need to bring it back to only general elections, and get rid of all this complicated BS that people CLEARLY don’t read the 64 page iTunes agreement, yet they click the accept button twice…(ty South Park)
We need things simplified. We supposedly made technology to simplify things, so if that is the case, why is everyone but Donald J. Trump, ‘speaking in tongues’ and using Rhetoric? ‘They’ desperately need a dictionary… and to stop telling people what to do, sounds like a slave master with a whip EHEM
They act like that’s what they want. Both parties are clearly working together against We the People!
Trump got this far with all the paid for news groups etc against him.
If they had actually reported the truth unbiased he would have walked away with it
crazy got there number also noq
IF they do ; Elect Hillary to really punish the U.S.
Yes, seems like GOP wants Hillary to win. Puzzling
They better not !
Huge mistake!
They might wanna rethink that option