After party leaders quashed a last-ditch effort by grassroots conservatives to consider rules that could release the Republican Party from Donald Trump, the Republican National Committee in Cleveland turned into a raging dumpster fire. The Internet wasted no time in epitomizing the scene in hilarious fashion.
In a process that’s still a bit mysterious, the RNC overlords disqualified several states that filed a request for a roll call vote to change the convention rules.
Many think this was an attempt by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to force members of the GOP to get behind Trump, but what resulted was chaos.
Delegates shout "no!" #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/pFhikXb9KM
— POLITICO (@politico) July 18, 2016
The Internet wasted no time in tweeting out GIFs depicting the insanity. Here’s a few of the best.
Live shot of @reince as he pushed #NeverTrump Republicans into the fire to save Trump from a moment of embarrassment pic.twitter.com/St7ygod02S
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) July 18, 2016
2016.
Rare behind-the-scenes coverage of RNC Rules Committee pic.twitter.com/pWvPsWtFnC
— Matt Robbins (@matthewbrobbins) July 18, 2016
Basically, yes.
Meanwhile, at the #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/Vu51OuubrQ
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) July 18, 2016
#Accurate
Visual depiction of what's happening at #RNCinCLE. pic.twitter.com/ckhiVqrreH
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) July 18, 2016
Nothing to see here…
#RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/z1wb3phxYE
— EducatédHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) July 18, 2016
“This is fine!” said Priebus, probably.
If you're just tuning in to the #RNCinCLE: pic.twitter.com/bseEDbQ1jX
— Lisa Tozzi (@lisatozzi) July 18, 2016
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who led the fight for the roll call vote to change to convention rules, were visibly livid over the GOP’s decision to ignore them.
"I have never in all my life … seen anything like this… there's no precedent for this in parliamentary procedure" —@senmikelee #RNCinCLE
— Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) July 18, 2016
Ken Cuccinelli slams his credentials to the floor in protest "I am not doing this again!" #RNCinCLE
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 18, 2016
Cleveland in general is kind of a free-for-all right now. Here’s a few other tweets capturing the feverish insanity going down this week.
This crazy woman dominating the convention floor.
This is every crazy woman who's ever harassed me for not supporting Trump-disrespecting our flag. Shameful #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/5uuNl0fnbc
— TheFOO (@PolitiBunny) July 18, 2016
Well, he’s not wrong…
lol it looks like a giant toilet pic.twitter.com/5GxW43ITRM
— evil guy fieri irl (@andymoney69) July 18, 2016
Lol embarrassing.
THE RNC GAVEL IS ALREADY FALLING APART pic.twitter.com/6sL4Mp3z8V
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) July 18, 2016
Never change, Cleveland.