Senate Republicans Advise Candidates to Copy Trump

In a seven-page confidential memo that imagines Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee, “the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee urges candidates to adopt many of Trump’s tactics, issues and approaches — right down to adjusting the way they dress and how they use Twitter,” the Washington Post reports.

From the memo: “Trump has risen because voters see him as authentic, independent, direct, firm, — and believe he can’t be bought. These are the same character traits our candidates should be advancing in 2016. That’s Trump lesson #1.”