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An astonishing 70% of Republican insiders anonymously polled by Politico want Donald Trump to drop out of the race.
Said one: Id rather take our chances with nearly anyone else than continue with this certain loser who will likely cost the Senate and much more.
https://politicalwire.com/2016/08/05/gop-insiders-want-trump-out/
Too late! They can't just convene another convention and get rid of him. He needs to voluntarily step aside and he won't.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)appear on the ballot in Nov as the GOP candidate. Most of the States have deadline between now and Sept 1.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)could get Trump to step aside, but it would be difficult to do within 48 hours. Very laughable.
Chiyo-chichi
(3,581 posts)including Texas, which has a fairly large number of electoral votes.
It is too late.
Their only hope is for him to behave with some semblance of normalcy. Good luck to them with that.
Jade Fox
(10,030 posts)the GOP would still look like a Party out of control, and unable to present any kind of sane options to the American people.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)If they had, that candidate would have won the nomination. Their party was swirling the drain even before Trumpy threw his (Chinese-made) hat into the ring.
Jade Fox
(10,030 posts)the Republican Party is starting to look incapable of figuring out when a would-be candidate is a train wreck waiting to happen.
Both the Pallin fiasco, and now the Trump fiasco, make the GOP look just plain stupid. Dumping Trump would not help that.