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Republicans Fret About Trump’s Terror Response

June 14, 2016 · 7:14 am ET · 47 Comments

“Donald Trump’s combative anti-terrorism speech Monday flouted the typical post-tragedy script and left Republican insiders fretting that the business mogul is unprepared to play a crucial presidential role: national healer,” Politico reports.

“It was the latest display of the party’s conundrum of how to deal with their unpredictable standard-bearer whose views they often don’t share. Many Republicans appeared downright fatigued by the almost daily exercise of Trump saying something provocative or worse, and them having to answer questions about it.”

Washington Examiner: “Trump is making abundantly clear in the wake of the Orlando terror attack that there will be no general election pivot by his campaign.”

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