Donald Trump's road to the Republican presidential nomination at this summer's convention took another hit Saturday when South Carolina Republicans in the 1st Congressional District elected Ted Cruz supporters as delegates.

Sure, if Trump — the front-runner — continues to win primaries for the next two months and reaches the magic 1,237 national delegate threshold, it may not be an issue at the July convention in Cleveland. But if there's an open or contested convention and the selection goes beyond a first ballot, the six picked Saturday — which includes three voting delegates and three alternates — are likely to support Cruz, who most Republicans are siding with as the anti-Trump White House candidate.

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QuoteFormer Charleston County GOP Chairman John Steinberger, who supports Trump, said it was apparent the Cruz network knew the rules Saturday about who was eligible to vote and then got those supporters out.

"The Cruz campaign was the best organized," Steinberger said.

A leading local eligibility requirement was being part of the Charleston GOP precinct meetings from more than a year ago, which was months before Trump formally got in the race, Steinberger noted.

"The process is in the rules and it's up to the campaigns to know them," Steinberger said. "I respect the process."

Quote from: taxed on April 16, 2016, 02:06:44 PM

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The same thing happened in GA yesterday. The Trumpaloons are screaming about their Trumpsters incompetence. Every delegate counts at this point.