--- title: Trump Threatens 'Rough July' Delegate System Isn't Reformed description: "People want to vote and they want to be represented properly" canonical: https://time.com/4296913/donald-trump-rnc-delegates/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-16T20:52:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:48:33.809Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Threatens 'Rough July' Delegate System Isn't Reformed og:description: "People want to vote and they want to be represented properly" og:url: https://time.com/4296913/donald-trump-rnc-delegates/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2962874d3ea2fbfd/69888f6b0a4a22b4559c9476/donald-trump6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: donald-trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Threatens 'Rough July' Delegate System Isn't Reformed twitter:description: "People want to vote and they want to be represented properly" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2962874d3ea2fbfd/69888f6b0a4a22b4559c9476/donald-trump6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Threatens 'Rough July' If RNC Doesn't 'Straighten Out' Delegate System by [Ali Vitali / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Ali Vitali / NBC News Apr 16, 2016 8:52 PM UTC  Donald Trump greets the crowd after speaking to supporters at a campaign stop on April 4, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Donald Trump greets the crowd after speaking to supporters at a campaign stop on April 4, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Darren Hauck—Getty Images by [Ali Vitali / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Ali Vitali / NBC News Apr 16, 2016 8:52 PM UTC SYRACUSE, N.Y. — After a week of crying foul against a “rigged” delegate process, Donald Trump on Saturday warned of a “rough July” if the party’s national committee doesn’t change how it chooses its nominee ahead of the GOP convention. “They better get going,” he urged the Republican National Committee to cheers from the few thousand people at his first of two New York rallies ahead of Tuesday’s pivotal primary. “Because I’ll tell you what, you’re gonna have a rough July at that convention,” the Republican front-runner continued. “You. . . [_Read the rest of the article from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-threatens-rough-july-if-rnc-doesn-t-straighten-out-n557096?cid=par-time%5F20160416) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4296913/donald-trump-rnc-delegates/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4296913/donald-trump-rnc-delegates/"},"headline":"Trump Threatens 'Rough July' If RNC Doesn't 'Straighten Out' Delegate System","datePublished":"2016-04-16T20:52:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:48:33.809Z","description":"\"People want to vote and they want to be represented properly\"","url":"https://time.com/4296913/donald-trump-rnc-delegates/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2962874d3ea2fbfd/69888f6b0a4a22b4559c9476/donald-trump6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ali Vitali / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2962874d3ea2fbfd/69888f6b0a4a22b4559c9476/donald-trump6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald-trump","caption":"Donald Trump greets the crowd after speaking to supporters at a campaign stop on April 4, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.","creditText":"Darren Hauck—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4296913/donald-trump-rnc-delegates/","name":"Trump Threatens 'Rough July' If RNC Doesn't 'Straighten Out' Delegate System"}}]}] ```