(Video above: Alabama officially pledges 36 delegates to Donald J. Trump)
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Donald J. Trump officially became the Republican Party’s presidential nominee on Tuesday evening, with Alabama kicking things off by casting 36 of its 50 votes for the billionaire real estate mogul.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) announced the state’s votes, while also mentioning a couple of the Yellowhammer State’s accomplishments, as is the tradition.
Mr. Speaker, the great state of Alabama; the home of national champion football teams Alabama and Auburn; the home of the Saturn V rocket that took us to the moon; the place where we had two of the greatest Trump rallies in the nation’s history — Mobile and Huntsville — is proud to cast its votes: one vote for Marco Rubio, 13 votes for Ted Cruz and 36 votes for the next president of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
Alabama Republican Party chairwoman Terry Lathan also threw in a few “War Eagles” for good measure.
Check it out in the video above.
(h/t War Eagle Reader)
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