Threat to Use Mississippi Highway Patrol At State Party Convention.
EXCLUSIVE: MS GOP Chair Threatens Police Armed with ‘A Gun and a Badge’ Will Forcibly Remove Trump, Cruz Backers from Delegate Process
The chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party is threatening to use armed state law enforcement agents to forcibly remove Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) supporters at the next round of delegate elections.
Breitbart News has obtained text messages sent by state party chairman Joe Nosef to Trump campaign official Mitch Tyner threatening the use of force ahead of Saturday’s elections for state-level delegates in Mississippi. Nosef says that he is merely ensuring “safety.”
Most of the state party establishment figures have already backed Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Even though Trump won the Mississippi primary by eleven points, the party is still looking to control the delegate slates in the event of a second ballot in Cleveland. If the Trump or Cruz camps try to put up new delegate candidates that haven’t been vetted by the party, the party is prepared to use officers with “a gun and a badge” to remove them.
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Governor Bryant (R.MS) supposedly supports Cruz, but no one knows if he actually supports Cruz or he is one of the ones using him as a wedge to keep Trump from 1237 so someone else can come in.