#NeverTrump conservatives are furious with the Republican National Committee

Protestors with the #NeverTrump movement are upset with the RNC.
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After a last-ditch effort by anti-Trump Republicans to bring about a rules vote at the Republican convention and free delegates bound to Donald Trump to vote with their consciences instead, the convention floor descended into chaos as the motion was denied. #NeverTrump delegates acquired enough signatures to force a national convention vote on the rules, but a GOP official took the stage and gaveled the rules into place amid loud protests from amassed delegates calling for a roll call vote:

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Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.