Sarah Palin: People ‘will rise up’ if ‘the snakes’ Steal Nomination from Trump or Cruz

One GOP political outsider who happens to be a Trump supporter has warned that voters will “rise up” in opposition if the Republican play makers try to steal the nomination from Donald Trump or Ted Cruz and hand it to one of their hand-picked establishment favorites such as House Speaker Paul Ryan. The fact that they would be willing to snub the electorate and override the will of the people is not in question, only that they might be willing to risk the potential backlash. It is very possible that this election cycle will actually remake the Republican party, with a huge number of traditional Republicans swearing off the party for some time as they have seen their blatant disregard for party member preferences and have sought to lift up one of the elite’s own.

Sarah Palin, who has ruffled the feathers of the Republican establishment for several years, is at it again. In spite of the fact that the establishment has sought to disparage her and even destroy her credibility and reputation (sad, coming from her own party), she has built a following that appreciates her genuine, down-home attitude and expressions. She has thrown her hat in the ring in support of Donald Trump, and is ready to take on the elites who want nothing to do with either Trump or Palin.

Palin said voters know better than to be fooled by party leaders.

“How dare they?” Palin asked, denouncing “arrogant political operatives who underestimate the wisdom of the people.”

If party leaders try to intervene at the July convention, “we will rise up and say our vote does count, our activism does count,” she said.

Palin said she is not convinced by pledges from party leaders that the GOP nominee will be chosen from among those running for president.

“There are some snakes in there,” she said of party leaders. “I’ve had to deal with the political machinery my whole career.”

Palin said she plans to attend the convention in Cleveland, but she conceded that she may have to “invite myself to the party.”

“I can’t see any of them inviting me,” she said of party leaders. “I think they are afraid of what I would say.”

Palin, who has endorsed Trump, said she is confident he will win the GOP nomination, but said she can support Cruz if he emerges as the nominee.

While some GOP leaders worry that Trump’s disparaging comments about women, minorities and others have him struggling in the polls with key voter blocs, Palin said Trump would be the GOP’s strongest nominee. Trump has created the “big tent” that party leaders have long been seeking, she said, citing the billionaire businessman’s appeal to independents and “blue dog Democrats” in the South and other rural areas.

On other topics, Palin said Ryan has failed as House speaker because the House has not approved a federal budget as promised. And while she said she does not regret staying out of the presidential race, she did not rule out a possible presidential bid in the future.

“If I can trust that the electorate is as fed up as I am with the shenanigans and the corruption and the crony capitalism … and can handle a true outsider, then you know that the time would be right” to run for president, she said.

Unfortunately, it is not clear that the “shenanigans” are going to stop in the near future. Rigged rules and policies have also distorted the primaries in places like Colorado, where the elites are doing whatever they can to overcome the will of the people.  Neither national party now seems to represent Main Street America or the working American. Perhaps a new American Revolution is in order, and it may find a starting place at the Republican convention in Cleveland this coming July.

Source: usnews.com