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At Trump’s RNC, Disloyal Swing States Sit in the Back of the Arena

As Slate walked the floor of the Republican National Convention this morning in Cleveland, we noticed hometown GOP delegations like New York and Connecticut earned favored seating at the very front of Quicken Loans Arena. Meanwhile, potentially disputed states in the fall—Colorado, Virginia—were seated in the far back of the floor.

This seems especially notable in the wake of this afternoon’s Never Trump meltdown, during which the party tried to stage-manage dissent into oblivion. Not sure that’s working.

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