GOP Will Likely Be Stuck With A Convicted Felon As Their Nominee In 2024

The chances of Donald Trump being convicted before the nominating convention next year are extremely high, but there is a chance those convictions don't arrive until AFTER he's secured the nomination. At that point, it is likely that Republicans will simply be stuck with him at the top of the ticket, as they've stood by him through everything else. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what this will mean for the GOP.

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A new poll out late last week shows that Nikki Haley is now only 14 points behind Donald Trump in the state of New Hampshire for their upcoming Republican primary. Nikki Haley is also now in a solid second place in Iowa, so she's second in Iowa, she's second in New Hampshire. Ron DeSantis is fading from existence. Vikk Sami may as well not exist, and Chris Christie doesn't exist. But that brings me to another question here. This one from YouTube community member Kyle Green, 7 6 2 7. Kyle asks if Trump gets convicted after he becomes nominee, which has been said, he has zero chance of winning. If he's convicted of any of the charges, do other Republicans step up and try to dethrone him? And does he lose power in the party or does it stay business as usual? So you bring up a good point. If the conviction happens before the nomination, Republicans at their convention can simply nominate somebody else.

And that's why I started by talking about Nikki Haley. Nikki Haley has staying power unlike any of these other candidates in the Republican primary. And, and I do think that she is not going to drop out. And that's why Donald Trump is starting to hit harder at her. And of course they're leaning really hard into racism, of course. But if Nikki Haley stays through and then Trump gets convicted before the nomination, the Republicans at the convention could just say, okay, look, we obviously can't put a convicted felon up on the top of the ticket. We got Nikki Haley who had a strong second place showing all through the primaries. Let's go with Nikki Haley. Now, to your question, if it happens after Trump has already received the nomination, now that's where things get a little icky. We've, we've not necessarily ever seen something like that happen.

So could the Republicans, because they're in charge of who they put up as their nominee, and yes, they went through the official thing, but there's not necessarily anything legally binding. Okay, yes, they submit paperwork and they say, this person is our nominee. This is the person that's gonna be on the ballot in all 50 states. But I don't know that there is a mechanism that says they can't change it. So a again, this is a real murky area that again, unfortunately is not my area of expertise. I don't know that it's anybody's area of expertise really, but I would think that Republicans could simply call an emergency convention, you know, have a meeting with the party, or even just the higher ups in the party. Say, screw it, we're gonna send the paperwork rescinding Donald Trump's nomination, and we're gonna put up Nikki Haley. You know, she again, gonna be second place. So second choice of Republicans will do that. Bing bang, boom. Trump's gone. Haley's in. There you go. But what is more likely is the scenario you,

You presented here, which is Republicans just say, me, business as usual. 'cause the re uh, Republican Party refused to pass a uh, resolution earlier this year that says that if you're convicted of a crime, you're not allowed to, to be the nominee. They literally had it in front of them and voted it down. So if Trump is convicted after he gets the nomination, they're just gonna roll with it. They probably could change it, but they would still be so terrified of Trump, even a Trump that they know is gonna be headed to prison, that they won't do it. They will bow down to him, even if he's in a jail cell.