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This was the case in 2016 for Republicans as well -- but once Trump became the prohibitive nominee, he merged his operation with the RNC to crush dissent at the convention (an effort led by Manafort)

The opposition evaporated pretty quickly.
For months there were storie slike this about how anti-Trump delegates were winning in routs at state conventions in a way that could flip the convention if it got to a second ballot. politico.com/story/2016/04/…
Cruz even fomented the effort by seeking out delegate who were nominally for Trump but secretly for him. politico.com/story/2016/04/…
But after Cruz dropped out in May 2016, Trump consolidated his grip on the party. politico.com/story/2016/06/…
And then this happened: politico.com/story/2016/07/…
So the point is, superdelegates may talk a big game today about flipping the convention on a second ballot. But that's a lot different than saying it on the eve of the convention.
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