The O'Reilly Factor 4/13/16 - Bill O'Reilly on GOP Delegates & Donald Trump, Hollywood Celebrity endorsements of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, Is the Delegate System Destroying the GOP?, New York Primary and The Black Vote, CNN Democratic Debate in New York "It is becoming clear that many major Republican politicians might not attend the convention in Cleveland in July. The party is split over Donald Trump, who may very well secure the nomination. However, Mr. Trump believes the system is rigged against him - pointing to Colorado, where Ted Cruz got all the delegates last weekend without a traditional vote by the folks. His point is that votes from human beings should be the deciding factor in the primaries, but that has never been the case. The delegate system is chaos, with each state deciding what kind of selection process will take place. It's even worse in the Democratic Party, where so-called 'super delegates' can vote for whomever they want no matter who wins the direct voting. If Donald Trump is denied the nomination and has more votes than Ted Cruz or John Kasich, the Republican Party will fracture and Hillary Clinton will become the next president. Opponents of Trump believe that even though he is the vote leader right now, his support is thin nationwide. Most polling backs that up. So if he does get the nomination, the Republican Party could very well be slaughtered in November - not only on the presidential ticket, but also in the House and Senate. It also should be noted that, despite Mr. Trump's success, most Republican primary voters have not supported him. But his support is loyal and fervent. So this is one big mess. And while Bernie Sanders is offering a stiff challenge to Hillary Clinton on the Democrat side, there is no question that Mrs. Clinton will secure the nomination. On the Republican side it's either going to be Trump or Cruz, but neither candidate will have the support of the entire party." The Factor invited reaction from political experts John Yob and Kyle Kondik. "In the four decades where voters have actually had a fair amount of control over the nominations for president," Kondik said, "the voters have offered a fairly clear verdict. But this time they are not offering a clear verdict and it will therefore default to the convention to decide the nominees." Yob dismissed Donald Trump's contention that the system is 'rigged' against him. "You have always needed a majority of the delegates to win the Republican nomination. You needed it in 1856 at the first Republican convention and you needed in 1976 at the Reagan-Ford convention. So this is much ado about nothing, and Donald Trump should stay focused on winning the upcoming primaries." But The Factor warned that Donald Trump will not bow out gracefully: "If Trump is ahead by a significant margin and doesn't get the nomination, he's not just going to say 'thanks' and go home to Mar-a-Lago. I don't see a happy ending here." Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have their celebrity supporters, and the rivalries are heating up. The Factor discussed the situation with entertainment reporter Janice Min. "It's getting personal and it's getting ugly," she reported. "Twitter is aflame with people having freak-outs. We saw this with a war between Sanders supporter Susan Sarandon and Debra Messing, who supports Clinton. This is a town of people with high emotions and everyone thinks they're right. But in the end, Hollywood will come together and vote against the Republican candidate."

• published: 14 Apr 2016
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