Posted on 04/02/2016 1:29:04 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The Republican establishment breathed a huge sigh of relief last fall when GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump signed a loyalty pledge binding him to endorse the GOP nominee, whomever it is, and precluding a third-party run. At the time, a close associate said the candidate felt he’d been “treated fairly” by the party, which had been Trump’s stated criterion for deciding to sign the pledge.
A lot of things have changed since then — including both the relationship between Trump and the party and the candidate’s commitment to the pledge, apparently. As the New York Post reports, the GOP frontrunner is leaving the door open for a third-party bid, should he not walk away from the party convention as the nominee.
Donald Trump is refusing to rule out a third-party bid for The White House.
During a Fox News interview airing Sunday, Trump said he would prefer to run on the Republican line, but left himself the option for an independent bid should the party reject him at the July national convention in Cleveland.
“I want to run as a Republican. I will beat Hillary Clinton,” he told Fox’s Chris Wallace, in an excerpt released Friday.
When pressed on a potential third-party candidacy, Trump added: “I’m gonna have to see how I was treated [before making a decision]. It’s very simple.”
A third-party run by anyone has the potential to dramatically alter the general election outcome — and by someone with as much staunch support behind him as Donald Trump, it’s pretty much unchartered territory.
Rivals Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich both were also noncommittal recently about supporting the Republican nominee, regardless of who it ends up being, when asked by Anderson Cooper during a recent CNN town hall.
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“So you see, I don’t want to lose to Hillary either. We just see the odds differently. “
Fair enough.
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Trump had better step back from the 3rd party stuff or there will be a motion to not seat his delegates.
“Trump had better step back from the 3rd party stuff or there will be a motion to not seat his delegates.”
If Trump chooses to go to a third party, it will most certainly be as a consequence of the RNC already wrongfully stealing those and/or other delegates with some unethical shenanigans. In other words, the lossof the delegates would already be a moot issue by the time he finds it necessary to run as a third party candidate. The RNC, Reince Priebus, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, etc. have already made it crystal clear they have no intention whatsoever of abiding by the letter or the spirit of their pledges to support Trump. Regardless of how the primary and general elections ultimately turn out, the RNC and GOPe are going to be in a very untenable position of corruption for generations to come after this recent treachery against the voters.
Let me add to that! Cruz and the rest of the “establishment” all signed agreements but are continually breaking their agreements. Under a contractual agreement, if the other side breaks the agreement, then the agreement becomes unenforceable.
If Hillary wins the Presidency it will be the fault of the RNC\GOPe and those like Romney, Pribus, and they will pay for their treason. It will be the end of their party and foster the rise of a new party that will again be of the people and for the people.
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