First Read: “Our prediction: The Republican Party will not surrender and let Trump be its nominee without a protracted fight.”
“The reason: The GOP’s majorities hang in the balance. While none of these folks in charge of winning House/Senate elections want Trump at the top of the GOP ticket, many MIGHT welcome a Trump independent candidacy. Why? It might giftwrap the presidency for the Democrats, but it would potentially bring more right-leaning folks to the polls, and there aren’t many three-way races down the ballot. Could a Trump indie candidacy save the Senate for the GOP? Something to ponder.”
“Strikingly, however, none of the 2016 Republican candidates was willing to say that they would not vote for Trump if he became the GOP nominee.”
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