Posted on 08/25/2015 11:11:35 AM PDT by GIdget2004
The South Carolina Republican Party is joining the push to tie Donald Trump’s hands.
The state party announced on Tuesday that for presidential candidates to qualify for the South Carolina primary, they must pledge to support the Republican presidential nominee — and not run as a third-party candidate — in the general election.
The move comes as two other state parties, North Carolina and Virginia, ponder similar loyalty pledges. It’s an offensive that is implicitly aimed at Trump, who has repeatedly refused to rule out a third-party run.
It comes amid mounting frustration in Republican establishment circles over Trump’s candidacy. Despite coming under a hail of criticism in recent weeks, Trump has gained strength in the contest, holding steady atop state and national polls.
To qualify for the South Carolina primary — a critical early-state contest that has traditionally played a key role in shaping the Republican nomination battle — Republican candidates are being asked to sign a pledge saying they “hereby affirm that” they “generally believe in and intend to support the nominees and platform of the Republican Party in the November 8, 2016 general election.”
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I wouldn’t matter if Trump signed it, he wouldn’t abide by it if he felt the process had been “unfair” to him!
Shove your loyalty oath. Conservatives can vote for Trump as a write-in candidate.
I’m not a big Trump fan, as Cruz is my man, but the GOPe are making a HUGE mistake by playing dirty tricks out in the open like this.
Such things are all but guaranteed to push Donald even higher in the polls, because most of us HATE this kind of politicking, and especially by those in whom we’ve placed any trust.
Trump will run third-party and it will be the death of the GOP.
The GOP will backstab Mr. Trump if he wins,
just as the stinking HATED EXEMPT
(co-creators of ISIS and the Benghazi and IRS Atrocities)
do now. The very same GOP attacked Gov. Palin
on the eve of Election 2008, paid for by
Romney, Rove and Ailes. (SSDD)
So if Donald Trump wins the nomination fair and square, i.e., primary voters, the Republican establishment in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and elsewhere, swear they will support the Republican candidate?
Yeah, Right!
That loyalty works only one way with these people - their way or the highway.
As Trump has said, treat me fairly and I won't run as an independent. They screw over him, he says they didn't treat him fairly. They broke the agreement. Off he goes.
Bush runs and the GOPe loses again. Everyone is happy
Hey GOPe, you can shove it. You’re finished as a party as far as I’m concerned.
I will vote for Cruz if he’s the nominee. If not, I’ll write in Trump.
Two can play that game.
Whigs: 1852
GOP: 2016
Good riddance to the DemLite party.
Can Trump run as the GOP candidate in most states and as a third party in these three states?
Is Gov. Nikki Haley a part of this?
Maybe with all this going on Linda Graham will break 0.5%!
Yeah it should go both ways. Trump could counter with - I win then I get your support. Right?
This pledge works both ways. Are the other candidates prepared to support Donald Trump?
Is curry hot?
FOX got this political ball rolling for the GOP and Megyn stuck the knife in at the personal level.
Remember Mississippi.
Now it is Trump who is the target for FOX/Establishment.
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