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RUSH: It\u2019s confusing as heck today. Snerdley, by the way, did you know that there was a secret confab right here in Palm Beach last night? Of establishment people and donors. (interruption) Yes. It was huge. It\u2019s a two-day thing. Paul Ryan was there. It was yesterday and today. It consists of many donors, like this guy Paul Singer and the Ricketts family that owns the Chicago Cubs. And it\u2019s all about, “What can we do to stop Trump?” And what\u2019s confusing is… (interruption) No, I was not invited. I didn\u2019t know it was happening \u2019til I read about it in The Politico today. If I\u2019ve got the…<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t name “a pricey French restaurant.” The dinner last night took place at “a pricey French restaurant.” So it\u2019s I gotta one of two. It\u2019s either Chez Jean-Pierre or Cafe Boulud. And if I\u2019m leaving one out, I don\u2019t mean to be offensive, if it\u2019s another pricey French restaurant in town. They\u2019re all “pricey,” are they not? (interruption) No, it was in Palm Beach. It was in Palm Beach. It\u2019s going on even now. The dinner ended last night, but the two-day confab. Anyway, what\u2019s confusing here…<\/p>\n


\nHere, let me just give you the headlines before we get into in great detail. “Ryan Huddles with anti-Trump Donors <\/a>— Big-money givers convene in Palm Beach, weighing what to do about Trump.” Well, here\u2019s the first ‘graf: “House Speaker Paul Ryan met Thursday night at a pricey French restaurant here with some of the party\u00c2\u2019s biggest donors to assess a political landscape dominated by one vexing question: What to do about Donald Trump[?]” And then the next headline: “GOP Operatives, Conservative Leaders Meet to Thwart Trump<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

This is a different group. This is the group that is headed up by Erick Erickson, occasional guest host here. He has a new website called The Resurgent, and then there\u2019s this headline: “RNC spokesman: The Party will Rally Around Trump if He\u2019s the Nominee ‘100%<\/a>.'” And then there\u2019s this: “Contested Convention Looking More Likely, Says Speaker Ryan<\/a>.” Now, wait \u2019til you hear the next one, though. “Ryan Says, ‘We\u2019ll Make it Work\u2019 with Trump.” What are we supposed to believe here? This story from TheHill.com: “Contested Convention Looking More Likely, Says Speaker Ryan.”<\/p>\n

It\u2019s by somebody named Scott Wong. “For the first time, however, Ryan acknowledged the increasing likelihood that the GOP nominee will be decided in Cleveland at what\u00c2\u2019s known as a contested or open convention.” Next story.<\/p>\n

“With his youthful earnestness, genial personality and devotion to conservative policy, Paul Ryan enjoyed a special stature within GOP even before he became House speaker late last year.” Has interviewed by John Harwood at MSNBC. He said, “We\u2019ll make it work if it happens. I\u2019m going to speak my mind. I\u2019m going to defend conservatism as I understand it. I\u2019m going to defend our ideas as the Republican Party. But we\u2019re going to have to work with whoever our nominee is.” Now, what are we plebes supposed to make out of all this? I mean, two contradictory stories. (summarized)<\/p>\n

Ryan: “Yeah, no question a contested convention is looking more likely,” and, “We\u2019ll make Trump work.” Maybe they go together. “Maybe we\u2019ll do the contested convention and if Trump wins it, we\u2019ll get behind Trump.” Maybe that\u2019s what it means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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