THE 'ANTI-TRUMP' CHAOS

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According to Henry Gomez from Cleveland.com, the anti-Trump forces suffered a setback this week as a GOP National Committee member is pushing a proposal that would halt any new rules from taking place until after the convention. The hope of the proposal is to attempt and unify the party further as it is unprecedented for a former presidential nominee to be involved in somewhat of a revolution against the presumptive party candidate.

Furthermore, there is still the worry for the Republican party that the "conscience movement" will gain momentum - a group focused on giving delegates complete freedom in states where they are technically bound to Trump - although without an alternative candidate it will be nearly impossible to stop Trump in Cleveland next week.

Most of the coverage has been focused on the speakers and performers that will be at the convention as well. Trump has promised to release the official speaker lineup for two weeks now and as of right now has not done so. The notable speakers that have been reportedly confirmed to speak are Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Ted Cruz and Scott Walker; it will be interesting to hear what Cruz and Ryan have to say as both are GOP prospects for future party nominees.

References
Giostra, Lindsey and Jane Timm. (2016) Here are the Republican National Convention speakers we know of. NBC News. Retrieved from http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/here-are-republican-national-convention-speakers-we-know-n608601.
Gomez, Henry. (2016) Effort to thwart Donald Trump's Republican National Convention foes suffers initial setback. Cleveland.com. Retrieved from http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/07/effort_to_thwart_donald_trumps.html.