Diehl: ‘Never Trump’ delegates acting like Beacon Hill Democrats

CLEVELAND — Hours after so-called "Never Trump" delegates unsuccessfully tried to force a roll call rules vote during the first session of the Republican National Convention, Beacon Hill's most ardent Donald Trump supporter compared their efforts to the tactics he claimed are typical of Massachusetts Democrats: "bundling" separate issues together in order to prompt a divisive vote.

"Ideally this type of work should be done separately from the convention so that there isn't sort of this artificial pressure to get these things wrapped up in order to make sure that everything is running smoothly for the candidate," state Rep. Geoff Diehl (R-Whitman) said about Monday afternoon's drama. "It should really be a separate issue in my opinion and the Democrats do that all the time — they try to bundle certain things into consolidated bills."