Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Scott Golden confirmed in an interview Thursday that former President Donald Trump will be the Republican Party’s presidential nominee amid his upcoming July 11 sentencing date where a Manhattan judge could order him to prison immediately.
One week ago, Trump was found guilty by a Manhattan jury on all 34 counts in the falsification of business records linked to the Stormy Daniels hush money scandal.
Trump’s sentencing day is just before the Republican National Convention, by Judge Juan Merchan.
Despite this, Golden said Trump will be the GOP nominee, whether he is nominated after or before his sentencing date.
“Look, President Trump is going to be the nominee of the Republican Party, and I don’t know if that will happen on July 18 or could it happen on July 10. Or, does it even matter? He is the nominee,” Golden said on Thursday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show.
Golden went on to explain that Trump’s sentencing date will not affect the convention, which will still take place as planned.
“Like I say, 25,000 hotel rooms have been reserved. Security barricades. This is what is called a unified security event… The convention is going to happen. Republicans are coming,” Golden said.
Milwaukee will host the Republican National Convention from July 15-18, where tens of thousands of delegates, guests, and press members will attend.
Golden also addressed rumors that former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the presidential race earlier this year, would somehow impact Trump’s nomination amid his legal woes.
“I will say this: Obviously, one of the things that came out of 2016 is that the RNC members themselves, so the 168 members of the RNC, are bound by one ballot for whoever wins their state. Now that was a change because prior to that, the RNC members were what we used to call super delegates, which is what the Democrats do. So they’re bound by one delegate. Of course, in Tennessee, we have 55 delegates that were elected and appointed, and by Tennessee law, they are bound for two ballots for whoever wins the state. President Trump was a winner take all, so he won everything. So all 58 of Tennessee delegates are bound to President Trump,” Golden explained.
“I’ve seen some stuff about somebody recently, like how this could impact and Nikki Haley could come in…Everybody in the state of Tennessee that’s a delegate is voting for Donald Trump,” Golden added.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
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