Huh? Some Trump Delegates Are Actually Skipping The GOP Convention

By Morning Shift
Donald Trump
Frustrated with the lack of support from their state's party, some of Donald Trump's Illinois delegates plan to skip the Republican National Convention in protest. Mike Groll / AP File Photo
Donald Trump
Frustrated with the lack of support from their state's party, some of Donald Trump's Illinois delegates plan to skip the Republican National Convention in protest. Mike Groll / AP File Photo

Huh? Some Trump Delegates Are Actually Skipping The GOP Convention

By Morning Shift
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Meet the anti-delegation Trump delegates of Illinois. They love Donald Trump and his message, and they want him to be president, but they won’t be attending the Republican convention in Cleveland to cast their ballots for him.

Morning Shift talks to WBEZ state politics reporter Tony Arnold about how factors like time, money and the fractured state of our politics have produced delegates who may not actually cast a ballot for the presumed nominee.