We know that neither Ivanka nor Eric Trump will be voting in New York’s Republican primary this month. New York is a closed primary state, which means that only registered party members are allowed to vote. In order to vote in April’s primary, state rules dictate that the Trump children would need to register as Republicans by October, 2015, a deadline they both missed.
Dad seems to be forgiving of the oversight, but that hasn’t stopped Ivanka from complaining about her home state’s primary rules:
“We’re not a family of politicians. We haven’t been in politics very long. New York has one of the most onerous rules in terms of registration, and it required us to register a long time ago — almost close to a year ago — and we didn’t do that. We found out about it sort of after the fact.”
Close to a year ago? The deadline was in October, 2015. It is now April, 2016, which is half a year. Seems like complaining about the rules runs in the family.
A little exaggeration aside, Donald Trump declared his candidacy for president on June 16, 2015. And as a – wait for it – Republican! That was a full five months before the New York primary deadline. Perhaps the Trump kids were just too busy? Or maybe they just didn’t think he would make it this far.
Daddy, for his part, doesn’t appear too worried. He is projected to win his home state by a comfortable margin.
“She’s gonna switch over to be Republican, I guess, at some point. Perhaps she wants to see what’s going on, but I have a feeling she’ll be voting in November for me.”
Assuming of course, Trump becomes the nominee. But with the Republican National Committee visibly uncomfortable with Trump representing their party, all we can do is sit back and enjoy the circus.
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