Never again for ‘Never Trump,’ say his Massachusetts backers

CLEVELAND — A last ditch effort effort by anti-Trump delegates to derail the nomination of the New York businessman was downplayed by his Massachusetts campaign chair, but underscored the strange and fractious nature of this convention. After what Massachusetts Republican National Committeeman Ron Kaufman described Monday morning as a week of "trench warfare" to get a rules package through the committee he co-chaired, Trump critics tried to force a full floor vote on the rules in hopes of defea

CLEVELAND — A last ditch effort effort by anti-Trump delegates to derail the nomination of the New York businessman was downplayed by his Massachusetts campaign chair, but underscored the strange and fractious nature of this convention. After what Massachusetts Republican National Committeeman Ron Kaufman described Monday morning as a week of "trench warfare" to get a rules package through the committee he co-chaired, Trump critics tried to force a full floor vote on the rules in hopes of defea…