GOP Warns Rank-and-File Members Not to Alienate Base

“The Republican National Committee is issuing a warning to rank-and-file lawmakers up for reelection who are considering shying away from President Trump during the campaign: do so at your own peril,” the New York Post reports.

Said a RNC spokesperson: “If members are choosing to keep an arm’s length from the president, they risk alienating their base and they risk 15 to 20 percent of their key Republican voters not turning out because they don’t feel like they’re a good supporter of the president’s policies.”