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Title: Exclusive: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to Meet with Donald Trump to Discuss ‘Loyalty Pledge’
Source: Breitbart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presi ... ump-to-discuss-loyalty-pledge/
Published: Sep 2, 2015
Author: Alex Marlow & Stephen K. Bannon
Post Date: 2015-09-02 19:39:17 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 2028
Comments: 23

A source with knowledge of these matters has confirmed to Breitbart News exclusively that, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus will meet with Donald Trump “at Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan tomorrow afternoon to discuss the ‘loyalty pledge‘” to the Republican party.

The source also tells Breitbart News that requesting candidates to sign a pledge has been a topic of discussion and internal debate the the Republican National Committee for several weeks.

Politico reported earlier today that the RNC planned a pledge that was designed to “force the front-runner’s hand after his ref”:

The Republican National Committee on Wednesday privately reached out to GOP presidential candidates to ask whether they’d be willing to sign a pledge stating they would not run as an independent candidate in the event they fail to win the Republican nomination in 2016.

The move is an implicit challenge to Trump, who pointedly refused to rule out a third-party run during the first GOP debate. He was the only candidate who declined.

The language of the draft pledge speaks directly to the issue vexing Republicans – the possibility that the billionaire could choose to wage a third party bid if he fails to win the GOP nomination, a prospect that could seriously damage the GOP’s prospects of reclaiming the White House. Tapping into deep anti-establishment animosity among the conservative grassroots, Trump has surged to the lead of the deepest presidential field in recent memory. If Trump were to pull just a fraction of the vote as an independent, write-in or third party candidate, it could be enough to sink the eventual Republican nominee.

 

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#1. To: cranky (#0)

The Republican Party platform has been pro-life for decades. In the last election cycle every candidate EXCEPT for formerly open and notorious pro-abort Mitt Romney signed the pro-life pledge. He refused to sign it - categorically refused - and yet he was the nominee. He was not stricken from primaries and caucuses for the refusal to commit absolutely to a fundamental plank of the Republican platform.

This is the same thing.

Except that the Republican party really isn't pro-life, so they were never going to actually derail Mitt merely for refusing to sign a pledge to back a fundamental plank of the platform. But the Republican Party this time is hellbent on winning, and hellbent on NOT having Trump as the nominee. So far he has refused to sign the pledge, because he's watching the way that the Republicans treat him. And they have not treated him well at all. They have attacked, attacked, attacked. And they will continue to do so. They just want his pledge so they can demolish him without him being able to then credibly run third party.

He should refuse Priebus' request. No loyalty pledge. If the Republican Party is loyal to him, he will be loyal to it. Otherwise, he will campaign as an outsider and take it over. And if they block him, he will take it down and hand victory over to the Democrats.

The Republicans have been handing victory after victory to Obama in Congress, so there's nothing outrageous about a Republican politician knifing the party in the back. It's just that this time the men who think of themselves as being in charge of the Republican Party find a man stronger than they are, and capable of destroying them, so they're trying to negotiate.

He'll negotiate a deal: I'll give the pledge, CONDITIONED on the GOP candidates and the formal party not attacking me. Since they can't STOP him without attacking him, they'll break their pledge first, and then he'll be able to use that to campaign against them. They will have done to Trump what they've done to the country - but Trump will be able to fight back. If he agrees, he has to put the poison pill in the agreement that neutralizes the Republican ability to attack him. In other words, to get him to agree to back the Republican, they have to muzzle the Republican machine and thereby ease his way to becoming the nominee.

I will pledge to back the candidate, if you pledge to back me in my quest to become the candidate. Otherwise, I will become the candidate anyway, and then I will become head of the party and throw you out.

Vicomte13  posted on  2015-09-02   20:39:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: Vicomte13, cranky (#1)

He'll negotiate a deal: I'll give the pledge, CONDITIONED on the GOP candidates and the formal party not attacking me. Since they can't STOP him without attacking him, they'll break their pledge first, and then he'll be able to use that to campaign against them.

When Trump signs the pledge, that is when the GOP super PACs will open up on Trump with millions in attack ads. They are just waiting for his pledge.

nolu chan  posted on  2015-09-03   2:16:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: nolu chan (#13)

Trump can always break the pledge.

Truth is, I'll vote for Trump. I hate the GOP's guts, but I'll vote for Trump. If the GOP nominate anybody else from their pack of dwarves, I will not vote for them.

There are millions like me.

So, if the GOP wants to open up with their attack ads, if those ads work at all and Trump is knocked off as the GOP nominee, then the GOP has handed the election over to the Democrats.

Trump is acceptable, but after him, it would be better to have Democrat rule than to allow the GOP to win. I won't vote for Democrats, but I certainly won't vote for the GOP either.

The Democrats are the plurality party. With Trump, the Republicans have something special: somebody who can bring out independents and cross-over votes. but without Trump, the Republicans are a minority party for a reason: they're idiots on everything and crash the economy into the ground whenever they get power. The plurality of the people know that, so they won't give the GOP power again. 2014 was the Republicans' last hurrah. They were not given power because anybody liked them, but because the people were mad at Obama. The people are not mad at Obama anymore - he won, and he's gone anyway.

So the inside baseball of the GOP is pretty irrelevant. They will be defeated in the general election unless it's Trump. If they take him down from within, they will be going down to defeat, so they will reap what they sow.

Vicomte13  posted on  2015-09-03   6:54:52 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: Vicomte13 (#15)

So, if the GOP wants to open up with their attack ads, if those ads work at all and Trump is knocked off as the GOP nominee, then the GOP has handed the election over to the Democrats.

That is an acceptable result for the GOPe. Trump threatens nobody as much as he threatens the GOPe, who could be rendered irrelevant.

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