Delegates trying to stop donald trump from a nomination. We want to hear from republicans only, your thoughts on the dump Trump Delegates. We want to get your thoughts on not only the delegates, but the role on the nomination process they may play. Four eastern and central time zones. 202 7488001 four mountains and for mountain and pacific time zones. Ourou want to post on facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Ed okeefe in the pages of the Washington Post wrote about these efforts by dozens of delegates planning to go to the convention to stop donald trump from getting the nomination. Theseite up saying Republican Convention delegates are hatching a new plan to block donald trump. The move comes from amidst declining poll numbers from and growing concern over republicans that he is squandering his chance to beat Hillary Clinton. His recent controversies including his support for changing the nations gun law have raised fears among most republicans that trump is not really a conservative and is too reckless to run a successful rates. A group of antiTrump Delegates are convinced enough likeminded republicans will band together in the next month to change the party rules and allowed votes delegates to vote for whoever they like at the convention won inless of who primaries are elect or caucuses. Cruz those rules for the Gop Convention take place shortly inore the convention process cleveland. We want to get your thoughts. By certain select delegates at the convention to stop donald trump from getting the nomination. You can share your thoughts at guest 202 7488000 for the eastern and central time zone the 202 7488001 for mountain and specific time pacific time zone. House Speaker Paul Ryan on meet the press. He will oversee the convention process. The role he will see himself playing in the process. The last thing i would do is tell anyone to do something thats contrary to their conscious. This is a very strange situation. It is a very unique and nominee. I feel as a responsibility institutionally that i should not be leading some canada. Canada to divide the party. What i think i can control and what i think i can do is help unify around ideas and principles and give the country a better agenda and solution. That is in my control. All these things youre asking about our things outside of my control. Socalled dump Trump Delegates, the role they have in the process. Do you support their efforts . Guest 202 7488000 for the eastern and central time zones. 202 7488001 for the mountain and specific pacific time zones. John from annapolis, maryland. You are on the air. Guest i think it would be on a huge mistake i think it would be a huge mistake for the Republican Party to have a few isolated delegates try to hold a coup at the convention. Andparty looks weak fragmented now. To do Something Like this, its either all in our all out. It are they are behind trump or not. Everybody has got to play in and they cant worry about their jobs, they cant worry about politics, they have got to think about the paula policies that are best for this country. Host you manages her the House Speaker talking about not interfering with delegates ability to vote their conscience. Do you think he has a role in this . Should he have a stronger hand in encouraging people to bind together behind trump . Guest that is a tough question. I think leadership involves having someone that can move an entire group of people. I think he is stepping outside the box a little bit in telling other republicans what to do, but he needs to stay on point and explain to the party that this is our last chance to save some items and policies in this country. Telling them to vote their conscience, and a lot of them and worrying about their jobs and futures instead of the country. Host lets hear from brian, brian is in new york. Guest good morning, cspan. , i watchedtched you morning joe. I have never seen such pathological liars that the news media that is 90 of the information we got is such distorted lies. Morning, theys lie every morning about donald trump. This morning, the big lie was that trump says he wants people to be armed, everyone should be armed. He didnt say that. Host that is another network, focus on her question to stop donald trump. What you think about that effort . Spineless cowards that are politically correct and Political Correctness is whats destroying this country. Thats what i think about that. Host morgan is next in sarasota, florida. What you think about these socalled dump Trump Delegates . Guest the last caller has it right on. Dump trump, all you are doing is making the run faster to the voting booth to vote for trump. Host hold on, why do you say that . Gordon is gone. Diane from arkansas. Hi. T hi caller i think it would be a big mistake for republicans to try and pull that. Host why so . Caller too many people voted for him. Our voice counts. The votes count. Aheadthe majority goes and says donald trump to be the happen despiteat the concerns some republicans have about him becoming the nominee . Caller i just think there will be a big problem if they try that. I have a suggestion, if i may. Host go ahead. Aller i suggest you have month or so of programs on hillarys problems if you dont mind. Host marianne from herndon, virginia. Good morning. Caller thank you for taking my call. I am a naturalized citizen, i was naturalized in 2001. I have always voted republican since then because i feel they represent my values and principles. For this time around, im probably not going to vote donald trump. He does not represent my beliefs. He does not act the way i would like my president to act. This idea of the delegates at the convention coming up with a third candidate, i think it will be a futile effort, i think it will cause a revolt. Im sad to say, but i think the Republican Party should just forget it and just go for the next president ial election, because they blew it. Think that this group of people who are looking to stop donald trump of the convention, do you think they will have a lot of influence . Caller i dont think so. The people have spoken. I really dont understand why they voted for trump. I really dont understand. But they have spoken. Do ank they really need to lot of soulsearching. I thought they did that after losing with mitt romney. There were a lot of things published about the Republican Party. Apparently dated not do enough soulsearching because here we are again. Host that was marianne in virginia. Were asking people about the effort of some republicans at the convention to stop donald trump. My the people quoted on this issue was senator jeff sessions. The Washington Times wrote senator sessions, an early loyal supporter of trump dismiss the latest plot against the billionaire businessman. Saying i dont take it seriously. He credited mr. Trump with expanding the gop stage and urging gop leaders to take notice, going on to say that trump true independence, democrats. That is a historic thing. He wants the republican elected officials that if they turned against mr. Trump, they turn against american voters. Let me give advice to my colleagues, they need to look at the returns and understand the American People are not capital happy with the gridlock in america. Sarah is up next, she is from fort lauderdale, florida. What do you think about this effort . Republican, i have been supportive of the know trump people and i that may be replacing donald trump, people might think that is going to deny us the election. Whoever they put up my not be able to support that. Trumpo has been donald attacking the most . He has been attacking the gop more than anyone else. To is destroying our chance keep the congress, he is destroying our chance to keep the senate. Understand how keeping him around will help the gop. Becomehen did you first supportive of this effort a month the delegates . I have been supportive of the Never Trump Movement from some of the first attempts, like in december. Trump may or may not be a racist, but he is definitely a fascist. Way more of a Big Government person than a conservative. I dont understand how he was allowed to be part of the Republican Party. Host republicans only for this first 45 minutes. If you are in eastern or central time zones, guest 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones 202 7488001. Bill is upt next from florida. Just from florida, hello. I support donald trump 100 . This country needs him. Host what do you think about this effort for some of the convention to keep that nomination from taking place . Caller its ridiculous. Host why is that . Caller because this country needs donald trump. This country has been in a hole for the last eight years. Host that was phil from lehigh acres, florida. If you watch our newsmakers , we had twoerday guests taking a look at the topic of this stop Trump Movement with Party Activists who hold different views on this effort. This is from our newsmakers program. Here is a discussion that took place. The goal of the movement is to organize the people around this country who are unhappy about what donald trump been doing since indiana. Reasons toooking for support donald trump and ive yet to find one. Ps that more time reaching out to Bernie Sanders supporters than two conservatives like myself or my colleagues. This is an effort not to deny donald trump, but to empower the republican delegates to do their job. They have a moral obligation to nominate the candidate who is best suited to defeat hillary and advancesupport the republican platform. The Republican Party is headed towards a cataclysmic defeat in november. If we open up the convention with what we are striving to do, to an open debate or robust discussion and donald trump has to prove himself, he they he may very well prove himself as the leader he is. I am not in the never trump mode. Donald trump and i have been friend from friends the last five or six years. , is that i have been willing to stand up and hold them accountable. Accountable tom the point of saying everything in cleveland should be on the table. The reason i say we need to hold them accountable is it will make him a better candidate and if he is the nominee going up against Hillary Clinton and if he does win the presidency, i believe it will make him a better leader. Thats what i think we need to do. Or notrds to whats good good for the Republican Party, this has been an unusual campaign. Take a look at the speaker of the house, paul ryan. He really weaken his supportive donald trump, making statements that are not helpful to our party nominee, the same way with mitch mcconnell. This is happening all over the Republican Party. Host some of these delegates at the convention have been deemed as stop Trump Delegates. Get your thoughts, republicans only on this effort to stop donald trump from receiving the nomination at the convention when it takes place in july. Thomas from north las vegas, nevada. Hi, i support the delegates that want to dump him. It would hurt the Republican Party, but more than that, he would hurt what i believe him. I dont think he supports reducing the size of government. I think you so almost a duplicate of Hillary Clinton. Host so you are ok with this effort and you would want to see it go forward . Caller im more scared that he would win. You think these delegates have any chance or can it make an impact of any kind . Caller i dont think they have with the but i think situation, id much rather see the blameinton take for everything going wrong in the next four years. Ellen from royal oak, michigan. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. Support this. Ot i think we should go ahead and vote for donald trump. Host before you go, tell us why. Caller i think it is against with the American People voted for. The American People spoke, they want him as the president. Host so as far as some of these people that are going to the convention expressing concerns about donald trump being the next president , what you think about them . How do you react when they say these things . Angry. Im the people spoke and they elected him. Thats the way the American People should stand. Host louise is in fredericksburg, virginia. You are on the air. Caller good morning. We hear about infrastructure and all of this other stuff, i think that donald trump is the best chance we have for structural reform, actual reform. He is definitely not a republican or democrat, he is an american first. So i think that we should all support donald trump, it is the only chance we have for true structural reform. Host what would be the message you send to these delegates who might want to stop that process from playing out . You are making a big mistake. A huge mistake. Host why so . The peoplehink that would become so disgusted with all of it that there would a kind of a disbelief in any part of government at all. They would not be following the laws 100 and they wouldnt be they would be looking after themselves. It would be an uglier nation is what i think. Its already ugly, but it will get uglier. Host that is louise in fredericksburg, virginia. Republicans only, your thoughts delegates looking to stop donald trump from getting the nomination. 202 7488000 four eastern and central time zones. 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. We will take a few minutes though to take a look at actions that will take place on the senate floor today, take me look at gun control or at least a gun control related measure. Joining us on the phone Karoun Demirjian of the Washington Post. The fourreak down amendments being debated today and basically the thinking among democrats and republicans on the issue. Guest before amendments we will be seeing are going to look very familiar to anyone who was watching in december. There are two democratic proposals and a republican alternative. Two of them have to deal with whether president terrorists can get there suspected terrorists can get their hands on exposes or guns. The others have to do with background checks. The attorney general can deny the right to purchase guns to anyone who is a suspected terrorist. The republicans are saying that is too broad. A visibility goes beyond that, they want to limit that. Thent to limit denyney general could only sale that there was probably if there was probable cause. The court has to get involved basically and a government has to prove and if they cant, it doesnt go. There are Alert Systems involved in both. If youve ever been a terror watchlist that the fbi gets notified when you buy a gun. The other two deal with background checks. One is trying to test the democratic proposal is trying to expand background checks and require them at gun shows and online sales. The proposal would put more money into the system that conducts background checks. What we are expecting is the parties will split along the party lines, not absolutely, but pretty darn close. Its what happened when variations of them popped up last december. Host with the expectation for any of these to pass . Guest very low. There were some discussions about trying to craft an alternative, but Dianne Feinstein reached out to her death apart veryfell quickly. Pat toomey was talking to the former mayorthat Michael Bloomberg talks. Thing is that Susan Collins is talking to republicans about trying to craft an alternative, it doesnt seem like that will get done in time for the votes. About that talking started talking to them on thursday and theyre not in d. C. It does seem like things are happening tonight that are going to have more to of an impact on the important the party for the election. There were a lot of people expressing their frustrations. Host one of their people expressing their thoughts is the nra. They put out a tweet in light of these votes. All gun owners must act now to save their Second Amendment rights. What if we seen as far as their influence on these votes or the advocacy and might have leading up to today . Their position is fairly wellknown on these things. We see these topics get addressed. None of the ideas in the proposals are particularly new. Nra there is this thing where its very possible to speak in a way that sounds very similar depending on what are saying, everyone is out there saying democrat, republican, we dont want terrorists to have gun. The nra can say that. It doesnt mean the you support gun control. Could easily say that and that something that works and garners the support of the more hardcore Second Amendment rights advocates. I believe the nra has backed them as well. Where peopleis will and up on this despite that. Talk about you heard donald bush and republicans to be more proactive. But yes and come out either and something. D to do Karoun Demirjian of the Washington Post talking about todays efforts in the senate and votes on gun measures. 5 30 or so this afternoon. Thank you for your time. Guest thank you. Host you can watch those proceedings on cspan two. Back at this effort by some some republicans to stop donald trump and getting the nomination. A story by Amber Phillips in the Washington Post. Republican delegates will be voting for the nominee at the july Convention Want to change rules to allow delegates to vote for whomever they want ins