Trump motorcade in accident, candidate unhurt
Everybody's fine, says campaign manager, as candidate heads to Cleveland
Donald Trump’s top campaign advisor said Monday that the Republican presidential candidate’s motorcade was involved in an accident in New York, but he was unharmed.
“What I’m hearing is that everybody’s fine,” campaign chairman Paul Manafort told CNN.
“Mr and Mrs Trump are on the plane and on the way here,” he said speaking from Cleveland. “I’m told nobody’s injured.”
As Trump headed to Celeveland, the Republican National Convention erupted in turmoil amid a loud revolt by delegates opposed to the presumptive presidential nominee furious over being denied a floor vote on the event’s rules.
Several hundred anti-Trump delegates seeking to change the convention rules so that they could opt out of voting for the real estate mogul roared their disapproval after being denied the chance to debate the changes or have a full vote on them.
“Shame! Shame!” some shouted, as pro-Trump delegates yelled back. Some of those opposed to Trump even walked out.
The interruption highlighted the divisions within the Republican Party as it struggles to unify behind Trump in the run-up to the November election against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
