Socalled renegade delegates promising more chaos today when the party officially called the vote for Donald J Trump to be the nominee. We begin live this morning from cleveland with republicans only, and get your reaction to the efforts by some to gum up the works. If you support donald trump, dialin at call 202 7488000. If you are opposed, call 202 7488001. You can join us as well on twitter, if you go to cspanwj, or you can go to facebook. Com cspan. We will get your calls in just a minute. This is republicans only, with your thoughts on what happened , yesterday afternoon, when the convention kicked off at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. The socalled Never Trump Movement, a variety of different groups, decided to try to force a rollcall vote on the rules package. And what happened after that was chaos, as some described it. Senator mike lee was talking about all they wanted was a rollcall vote. What was wrong with that . And then also, you saw the former attorney general talking this was not about trump, he just wanted a rollcall vote, they wanted their voices to be heard. There was a voice vote that happened and the presiding ayes hadere said the it, even though if you are down on the floor, it sounded like a divided chamber. Republicans only, what are your thoughts on what happened yesterday afternoon . We will spend the first 30 minutes talking about that this morning. We will get your thoughts about it. Also, if you want to go to twitter, cspanwj or go to facebook. Com this is republicans only. If you are supporting donald call 202 7488000. If you are opposed, call 202 7488001. Chris in dover, what do you think . Caller hi, i really didnt see that much of the convention in the beginning, when there was a lot of problems. , or whatever. L im really talking about last night at the convention. I thought it was great. I love donald trump. I think our country needs him badly. Really badly. Tubes, andg down the as soon as the first i saw him the very first time when he walked through the escalator from trump tower excuse me, and a little nervous. He is a true leader, and these people who called a racist or a , it makes you mad to say the least. He is a good person with a good heart. You hris, let me ask given what happened the floor yesterday, there are some supports supporters who supported challengers to donald trump saying they want to be able to vote their conscience. Even though millions voted for donald trump, he didnt get majority in many of the states. They want to be able to vote their conscience. Some say it is effort to embarrass the present of nominee. M media e lamestrea 20 47, donald trump gets me is wrong or sneeze a certain way, and would carry him on it 20 47 for a month. 24 host 24 7 a month. Thing is atrump stupid thing. Jeb bush should be ashamed of himself. Won fair and square. The people want him, they trust him, they know that we need him and his leadership, and his strength. The never trump people who supported cruise supported ted cruz it is stupid. Peoplel in line with the who voted for the candidate, fair and square. If there were shenanigans going on, he would be different. Donald trump won fair and square. 24 7, he was laughed at and called every name, i could go on and on. Host all right, chris. Coming up in the washington journal, we talked to four delegates who were on the floor their perspective on what was like to be down there. Lets go to claudia enclosures bill, texas in planters , texas. Caller i think they did right, they did all the right to protest and all the rights to go forward with what they want. Goal saysh your first the donald trump won fair and square, its a fact that 12 million democrats vote in our primary. Its a sad thing, with these , togates who want to change make a closed election, only for republicans. Fair, and itst not square. That is right, that was part of the effort last week in the rules committee by the former attorney general from , toinia, Ken Cuccinelli change the rules Going Forward so that there are closed primaries. That only republicans would get to vote the next time around. In portland, tennessee. You were on the air. Go ahead. Caller i just think their there are protests at every convention. I think the media chooses to focus on this one because donald trump has been in the spotlight the entire time. He has been an outsider, there is this Never Trump Movement. You may not have gotten the majority in every state, but you have to think about the fact that there were 17 contenders when the primary started. Out at theted cruz, end, he would not have gotten the majority either. As because of people that were being voted for. Until heed ted cruz exited the race. Do you think, there would have been visual signs of protest on the floor . No. The people who are protesting are afraid of donald trump wins the presidency, their status quo and their daily operation is going to change. That should send a message to every american that he is the right person, because if there are people entrenched in washington that dont want them there, that are on the same side of the ticket that he is when we see with the opposition is in Hillary Clinton, we should be very afraid of what truly makes of washington. He represents us. You ayne, let me ask what do you want to hear from senator ted cruz when he speaks of the convention . Do you want to hear him endorse donald trump . What impact do you think that would have . Caller i do want to hear him support donald trump, and i think that will happen otherwise, he wouldnt be in the convention. The time to vote your conviction is during the primary. That is what i did. The time to vote for the person you think is best suited to lead the countrys once we get down to the two people who are going to represent the two major parties in the country. Andow have donald trump Hillary Clinton. It is a clear choice. If people disagree with donald trump, they should have voted that way up to this point. Obviously, enough people did not disagree with him because he is standing there is our nominee. If people dont support him, they can protest all they want to. The bottom line is that he is moving forward to november. If we dont with the support behind him, we will end up with Hillary Clinton. Everyone should know what that is going to give us. Host all right, wayne. Cruz contemplates the unthinkable, still starting from his loss in the primary, ted cruz says he will use his Convention Speech to outlined his own vision of the Republican Partys future. Endorse . Will he endorse . Politico, kyle cheney, what were these socalled renegade delegates trying to call bush by forcing a rollcall vote of the rules package . Guest what people dont realize hugeme sense, there was a contingent of antitrump delegates to a joint forces with conservatives who are advocating for close primaries and other conservative changes to the party. Hoping toed force a rollcall, not because they believed they could win, but to disrupt and slow the proceedings of the convention as tacticsof heavyhanded in conjunction with the trunk campaign to silence them. Trump campaign to silence them. Host what was required for a was a majority of delegates from nine states. These delegates who wanted to force this vote said they have those signatures that they needed. What happened . Threshold is in the majority of seven states, and they submitted nine. What happened was there was a frenetic, frantic effort to get these signatures. You saw them running all over the arena trying to get every delegate they can find to sign it. What happened was after that, the rnc and Trump Campaign engaged in the same tactics that these guys were very upset about. They leaned on delegates and their allies, and urge them to withdraw their signatures from these forms. Eventually, by the end of it, three of the states where rebels that initially succeeded ended up being withdrawn completely, they failed to get the vote. Host what will happen today, kyle cheney . Will they try again, when there is the vote officially for making donald Trump Nominee . Guest theres a chance. Was ams like yesterday last chance. There is things they can do during the rollcall vote while donald trump is officially nominate it. If they want to try and disrupt, they may get overruled. But the chance to cause a scene and a spectacle as yesterdays proceedings became there are at least a few signaling theyre going to do that. Host we will be watching to see what happens. Kyle cheney, thank you for joining us on the phone. We appreciate it. Guest thank you. Time foray, the start day two of the convention is 5 30 p. M. Eastern. Make sure you tune in before that, we will take your phone calls ahead of the kickoff today. And then there will be some housekeeping, including that vote to make donald trump officially the nominee. That is what he will lose the word presumptive, here today in cleveland at the Republican National convention. More of your calls on what happened yesterday on the floor. Judy inherit his part, pennsylvania, and independent. Judy, good morning. What do you think about what happened . You said im independence, im currently a registered republican. If donald trump gets the nomination officially, i will go down the very next day and change my voter registration, probably to libertarian. Host tell us why. Caller because he is an absolute disaster. I see no difference between him and Hillary Clinton, except for her hair is better. That is about it. He is just a complete disaster. He would be a complete disaster as president. If that is whether public and party has become, that im no longer a republican. I didnt leave the party, my party left me. I dont really like gary johnson, but i think the libertarian they dont have the oneparty system that is currently operating in washington, d. C. He is a true outsider, and he will be far better than either of the alternatives. And i do believe he can win. I have people telling me that is just a protest vote. It is not a protest vote. , believe gary johnson can win if enough people who have left the Democratic Party and the Republican Party say i do not want a criminal, i do not want i dont even know how to describe him, but he is certainly not a president. Viewersdy, for those who are interested in learning more about the libertarian candidate, go to cspan. Org. Weve covered many events and speeches that he is given, and the nominating convention for the libertarians. Elizabeth in nevada, go ahead. Caller good morning, thank you for taking my call. I highly disagree with the last woman who was speaking. She is to open her ears and open her eyes as she cant tell the difference between all trump and Hillary Clinton. Trump and Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton has lied to the faces of the benghazi people and everyone else in congress. At this point, what difference does it make . Is that the kind of president that we want . Getting back to your question, as to what went on this morning that is very typical for the business end of the convention, to have Something Like that go on. Its not always as forceful. But it has been forceful because this whole campaign has been forceful. Trump is not a politician. He will be rough. I was not in favor of him until this afternoon, when i saw the women for trump vote. And they convinced me. And then this evening, watching general flynn if that didnt convince you, and watching their giuliani didnt convince you that trump is the only one that can get this country back on course and get rid of the politicians that are in washington, that are there for that isurpose what secretary clinton is wanting to do. Is to be in washington for her own purpose. For her own she doesnt want to be there for the American People. Donald trump wants to be there for the American People. T is very obvious she is out there every other day saying the immigrants, you can all be citizens. Whose side is she on . We dont have enough jobs for americans. Host all right, that is elizabeth. Ecky in texas what is your thought about this disruption on the floor yesterday by some delegates here , and want to be able to vote their conscience and change party rules Going Forward . Caller i believe that they should have let the rollcall vote take place. I believe that those delegates were elected, and some of them, possibly appointed by the people in their counties and their states. I believe that the Republican Party has missed a great opportunity to at least let those folks be heard. This delegate voices be heard. Donald trump as host go ahead. Caller donald trump has the nomination. He has enough votes, enough delegates to vote for him to get this nomination. I believe that eventually all republicans will unite behind him. But they missed a huge opportunity to let all republicans voices be heard yesterday. That was my comments. Host ok, becky. Thanks for that. More of your comments coming up, but lets go to washington and peter flynn. Peter Washington Times leads with what happened on the floor yesterday. Party leaders quiet dissent on the floor. From conservative review, they write Trump Supporters should be thanking senators likely intend to generally. Lee and kenors mike cuccinelli. If theres one thing that the Mainstream Media has failed in the runup to the 2016 convention, its covering proposed rule to be changes to the relevant party. Time and time again, the media conflate that any rules change is antitrump and she warns the narrative incident ever trump narrative. The unfortunate result is that scores and scores of Trump Supporters by the narrative and are mistakenly upset with conservative stalwarts senator mike lee and Ken Cuccinelli. Anyone who is concerned about the lack of transparency in the report and party or the everincreasing centralization of power that is used to favor one candidate over another or thwart conservatives was a debt of gratitude to these men. The rules changes conservatives sought today or yesterday were not antitrump. In fact, they were protrumps message of not encouraging a rigged system, and Trump Supporters should be livid. The rules adopted today increase the power of the chairman of the Republican National committee, lessen the voice of grassroots republicans, and further allow the establishment to rig the system. That is from conservative review this morning. Host calls this morning. Charles and bella vista, arkansas. Charles, were talking about what happened on the first day of the Republican Convention here in cleveland. There were protests and chaos during the housekeeping, which typically goes smoothly. The Republican National committee wanted to go smoothly. What do you think . Caller i am millions of people, voted for mr. Trump. Concerned, kendra cuccinelli and ted cruz, are, as far as i have concerns they have to take my vote away. They can say with a want. Why did colorado walk out it wasnt a vote against trump . As far as im concerned, mrs. Words from mye father and mother. Your word is your bond, and they are saying that mrs. Trump stole those words from her. As far as im concerned, mrs. Obama stole them from my folks. They told me the same things. Host ok. Charles making the point that a common phrase referring to Melania Trumps speech last night, she gave the primetime speech traduced by her husband, and some are saying that the first spouse of donald trump plagiarized a speech from what Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 convention. That is what that caller is referencing. In old greenwich, connecticut. Good morning, go ahead. Michael in old greenwich, connecticut. Caller thank you for having me on. Im listening to this this morning, and not even normally up this time, it is kind of like and god wink. I have known donald trump personally from us 30 years. The American People, that 30 seconds that he came on last night i felt so proud to be an american. I love this country. There are so many beautiful things that this country represents. We are a great country, but we will become great again, and better than ever. Host ok. Michael, what about what happened on the house floor . Are you dismissing it . Not a big deal . Caller its not even about dismissing it, its absolutely ludicrous. At this point, the people have spoken, and everybody should people have who the spoken, in terms of choice. And if they dont have anything positive to say, they should just quietly slipped out the back door. Do you think it appears that the party can come together . Do you think the healing can happen . Caller i absolutely do. You were certain watching last night, if you just felt that 30 seconds of introduction, when donald trump came out, it was just absolutely amazing. It was a feeling that this country hasnt had in years. This is a man that will change, that will make things happen. Hillary clinton is absolutely no choice whatsoever. She just isnt. And we need to rally around the man who can effectively change very people and talk about the came back. On they want to focus on it his father give him ask amount of ammount of x dollars. Most people when they are that far in debt, they blow their brains out. This man came back bigger and better than ever, and he will do the same if not better for this country, and bring the pride back. Michael, what if these two sides dont come together . We heard from Regina Thompson yesterday, delegate who, from colorado, who supported ted cruz. She said she just cant do it, she will love over donald trump in november. Caller i will be honest for you, there will be no if. You just keep watching donald trump. I personally never change the point of view, he will be the next president. Everybody needs to get used to it, rally behind him. If not, get out of his way. Because he is going to change this country and bring it to where it needs to be. Ok, adam in burlington, vermont. You are nex