instead instead instead instead of just making bland uh pronouncements about having no plans to change the ticket has just really emphatically come out and said no way
The ticket has come out and clearly refused rather than making bland pronouncements. 
mnli hypothesis: The ticket has come out and clearly refused rather than making bland pronouncements.  premise: instead instead instead instead of just making bland uh pronouncements about having no plans to change the ticket has just really emphatically come out and said no way