Two days into the Republican National Convention and we have a candidate. But not much sign of unity. On Tuesday night, Donald Trump’s son Donald Jr was given the honour of putting his father over the top by announcing New York’s slate of delegates, turning the presumptive nominee into the actual Republican candidate. Cue wild cheering and celebrations among anyone with the surname Trump. And some – but not all – of the delegates.
The final tally showed that some 721 delegates had cast their votes for another candidate making this the most divided nomination since 1976, when Republicans had a contested convention. A day earlier, things were even more awkward. The last remaining Never Trump holdouts, who have spent months plotting how to find an alternative candidate, made their final move, trying to force a state by state roll call on a change to the rules that would have unbound delegates, freeing them to vote for whichever candidate they wanted (rather than tying them to their state’s caucus or primary results).
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