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Senior Republicans say RNC must stick with Trump or risk losing Congress (he's trapped them!)
cnn.com ^ | 8/17/16 | Manu Raju and Deirdre Walsh

Posted on 08/17/2016 5:08:43 PM PDT by cotton1706

Senior Republicans in Washington are quietly advising the Republican National Committee to continue its financial investment behind Donald Trump, arguing that the committee needs to help keep the race competitive with Hillary Clinton or risk an electoral bloodbath that would flip control of Congress.

As some former and current GOP officials are urging RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to abandon Trump and shift resources down-ticket, others say the party committee needs to prevent Trump from losing by such a large margin that it would make it virtually impossible to hang onto endangered Republican seats.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 114th; 2016elections; donors; elections; preibus
How ironic. They love power too much to be principled, proving once again they are followers, not leaders.
1 posted on 08/17/2016 5:08:43 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

It occurs to me that one way we can conceive of the scale of Hillary fraud will be to see just how WELL the GOP does down ballot...


2 posted on 08/17/2016 5:11:11 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: cotton1706

Think about it. What if the Rats suffer a crushing defeat of Biblical proportions down ballot but the top of the ticket is “close”.


3 posted on 08/17/2016 5:12:47 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: cotton1706

4 posted on 08/17/2016 5:15:39 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: cotton1706

William Seward was Lincolns Sec of State and Gov of NY, he was said to be a great leader always willing to lead the people anywhere they wanted to go.


5 posted on 08/17/2016 5:22:38 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: cotton1706

They have to stop running him down and backing him all the way...THEY are the problem.. not Trump. They have hacked at him and hit him on all sides.. GET BEHIIND TRUMP!!!


6 posted on 08/17/2016 5:23:06 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: cotton1706
Trump started a third party within the umbrella of the Republican Party.

So much for the "I will not run as a third party" promise.

7 posted on 08/17/2016 5:30:30 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: cotton1706

CNN is such a sick, pathetic joke. So glad I don’t have cable or Dish that subsidizes them.


8 posted on 08/17/2016 5:30:36 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: cotton1706

Two CNN dirtbag Nazi apes offering Trump advice. That’s funny.


9 posted on 08/17/2016 5:31:12 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: cotton1706

Trump strategy would be to focus 6 or 7 states. But key lesser races are other states. Do both?


10 posted on 08/17/2016 5:33:50 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: cotton1706

The RNC bailing on Trump would trigger a lot of Trump voters voting against the GOP. I’m not sure they’ve figured this out yet but they eventually will and they’ll tell their people to vote for Trump.


11 posted on 08/17/2016 5:36:44 PM PDT by RedWulf (End Free trade.)
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To: cotton1706

How many “insider stories” can CNN dance on it’s Pinheads?”


12 posted on 08/17/2016 5:44:28 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: RedWulf

But if the supporters really want Trump to succeed, they will need to vote Republicans in to give Trump support from the House and Senate.

You can’t get to the end goal without having both.


13 posted on 08/17/2016 5:45:55 PM PDT by Beach333
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To: cotton1706

The obvious answer is for Trump build and execute a winning campaign against Hillary.

If Trump does well against Hillary during the next weeks and starting Labor Day, Reps and Senators will get closely behind him; if not, they won’t. And it will depend also upon how well Trump is doing in their districts and states.

This is always the dynamic between top of ticket and down ballot, no matter the party or the election cycle.


14 posted on 08/17/2016 5:46:46 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: cotton1706

They had better work harder than they ever have.
If Trump loses, the GOP goes the way of the Whigs.


15 posted on 08/17/2016 5:53:40 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Sacajaweau

Clever insight.

Yes, that’s what Trump did.


16 posted on 08/17/2016 6:36:04 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: frnewsjunkie

I get fund-raising solicitations several times a week from the RNC and GOPe incumbents, and I tell them all they will not get a single dime until they unequivocally endorse Donald Trump.


17 posted on 08/17/2016 6:42:08 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Trump has terrified the world's elite.)
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To: cotton1706

If they lose will anybody notice?


18 posted on 08/17/2016 7:13:53 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Sacajaweau
"Trump started a third party within the umbrella of the Republican Party.

So much for the "I will not run as a third party" promise."

Actually, the Republican Party pushed us away long time ago except when they needed our vote to keep themselves in power and on the gravy train.  They didn't get the message from the Tea Party; instead attacked them.  They don't get the message today either; instead they attack Trump and his millions of Republican voters.  Ask yourself the question:  What good the Republican Party did for you or us, or the Country for that matter, for the last few decades?

We, the GOP voters are creating a third party perhaps not even being aware of it. Trump at this time of history is just a uniter and messenger of our common sense. 

 

19 posted on 08/17/2016 7:16:52 PM PDT by OneHun
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