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RandySF

(57,659 posts)
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:30 PM Aug 2016

Republicans say party can’t afford to cut ties to Trump

A sharpening debate has emerged in Republican circles over whether and when to cut ties with Donald Trump, who has shaken up his campaign team as his poll numbers have dropped.

While some in the GOP have called for Republicans to cut Trump loose sooner rather than later to avoid lasting damage, strategists concerned about control of Congress in 2017 say that would be disastrous.

The argument pits pundits such as Michael Gerson and David Books, against tacticians close to congressional leaders who have one priority: keeping the Senate and House in Republican hands after November.
The Republicans close to congressional leaders argue their party can’t afford to completely cut ties to Trump if it wants to avoid a disaster this fall.

“The bandwagonning [against Trump] that a lot of Democrats are trying to goad Republicans into is one way of ensuring that very good [Republican] candidates have an even harder time getting across the finish line in November,” said one Senate Republican strategist. “A lot of Republican commentators and analysts fall in the same category.


http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/291977-republicans-say-party-cant-afford-to-cut-ties-to-trump

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Republicans say party can’t afford to cut ties to Trump (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2016 OP
Actually, they can't afford not to. charlyvi Aug 2016 #1

charlyvi

(6,537 posts)
1. Actually, they can't afford not to.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:36 PM
Aug 2016

Goodbye GOP, or at least the GOP of Lincoln, Dirksen and Rockefeller. But they've been gone a long, long time anyway.

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