It was last August when officials with the Republican Party in Colorado
decided they would not let voters take part in the early nomination process.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump erupted on Twitter Sunday night, after a weekend which saw Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sweep all of Colorado’s 37 delegates without any votes being cast by citizens in a traditional primary process.
The Denver Post reported Aug.
25: “The GOP executive committee has voted to cancel the traditional
presidential preference poll after the national party changed its rules to
require a state’s delegates to support the candidate that wins the caucus
vote.”
“It takes Colorado
completely off the map” in the primary season, Ryan Call, a former state GOP
chairman, told the paper.
In late February,
just before Super Tuesday, the Post published a scathing editorial,
saying the party blundered on the 2016 presidential caucus:
“GOP leaders have
never provided a satisfactory reason for forgoing a presidential preference
poll, although party chairman Steve House suggested on radio at one point that
too many Republicans would otherwise flock to their local caucus.
“Imagine that: party
officials fearing that an interesting race might propel thousands of additional
citizens to participate. But of course that might dilute the influence of
elites and insiders. You can see why that could upset the faint-hearted.”
One self-avowed Trump
supporter took to YouTube on Sunday to express his displeasure with the process
and burned his Republican registration on camera.
