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Honor+Duty 183 points ago +183 / -0

And he got cheated out of the nomination by Mitt Romney’s henchmen.

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Specter 14 points ago +14 / -0

The people we’re up against have exponentially more funds and lawyers

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The_Peter 26 points ago +26 / -0

Trump was able to win the primaries in 2016 because the RNC changed the rules in 2012 to suppress Ron Paul, who was trying for a "brokered" election. The rules the RNC passed in 2012 prevented them from denying Trump the nomination in 2016.

If Ron Paul and his supporters hadn't done so well in 2012, Trump wouldn't have won in 2016.

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The_Peter 12 points ago +12 / -0

The rule the RNC changed was "40b" which states:

(b) (1) For the 2016 national convention, each candidate for nomination for resident of the United States and Vice President of the United States shall demonstrate the support of a majority of the delegates from each of eight (8) or more states, severally, prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these rules or any rule of the House of Representatives, to demonstrate the support required of this paragraph a certificate evidencing the affirmative written support of the required number of permanently seated delegates from each of the eight (8) or more states shall have been submitted to the secretary of the convention not later than one (1) hour prior to the placing of the names of candidates for nomination pursuant to this rule and the established order of business.

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Sneker 11 points ago +11 / -0

THIS !! There is No One like Ron Paul.

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MYHM 7 points ago +7 / -0

And people wonder why Trump has to be an asshole sometimes. Only way to shatter the coordinated attacks.

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Nibba 4 points ago +4 / -0

They thought people liked him for maymays, they didn’t realize so many people were really actually on board with the man and the maymays were just fun and informative.

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unemotioNOLE 4 points ago +5 / -1

i think it was the military that helped stop the theft of the 2016 election.

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zedrexvsyrex 4 points ago +4 / -0

I think it was the hubris of the Deep State.

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BQQSH1776 10 points ago +10 / -0

And I voted for him anyway

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usernamenottaken 1 point ago +1 / -0

Same!

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GoingCamaro 6 points ago +6 / -0

With all the revelations of cheating, I'm convinced the primaries were rigged in Romney's favor. Paul got more momentum than expected and so they brought in the fix early.

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usernamenottaken 2 points ago +2 / -0

I recently saw old footage of a Ron Paul rally at a Cali uni and was blown away by the crowd size!

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Johnfox13 6 points ago +6 / -0

For me it was 2012 Ron Paul

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FAhayek 9 points ago +9 / -0

That’s what I’m sayin dude. He got so many people into Austrian Economics, Murray Rothbard, FA Hayek, Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, etc. opened up my world. For that he’s a hero of mine. I’m friends with someone who’s friends of his and he tells me Ron is the genuine article. I was told “Rand is not his father” but after recent events maybe Rand is coming around...he’s def more of a politician.

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Patriotfire1990 3 points ago +3 / -0

his book "The Revolution: A Manifesto" changed my way of looking at the world forever.

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Hokage_Trump 2 points ago +2 / -0

"Rule 40b" made by GOP on the last minute to stop a Ron Paul nomination.

Same rule that screwed over a Ted Cruz nomination.