Republican leaders faced down an angry last-ditch effort to derail the nomination of Donald Trump on Monday amid extraordinary scenes on the floor of the party’s national convention in Cleveland.

    Trump’s four-day coronation as the party candidate degenerated into chaos as rival factions shouted and jeered attempting to drown one another out.

    Ignoring howls and whistles from opponents of Trump, the convention chair twice refused calls for a roll call vote which would have counted the number of people backing the rebellion, insisting instead that a package of procedural rules be passed solely on a voice vote.




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