The GOP's 24-hour meltdown

Politico ^ | May 6, 2016 | Nolan D. McCaskill

[Innovative]

Trump's promise to unify the Republican Party is in tatters, as an all-out civil war grips the GOP.

Donald Trump on Tuesday night assumed the mantle of presumptive nominee and declared, “We want to bring unity to the Republican Party. We have to bring unity.”

Three days later, the GOP is tearing itself apart.

Friday brought another day of incredible division and revolt with Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham falling in line not behind Trump, but behind House Speaker Paul Ryan, who said a day earlier that he cannot yet support the brash real estate mogul as his party’s standard-bearer.

[LS]

It’s not a meltdown. It’s a long overdue purge.

[ozzymandus]

Baloney wishful thinking by another RAT.

[Bratch]

Politico is the go-to "print" media for the Republican Establishment.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

It is a real shame that people can't and won't see the big picture that by not supporting Trump, they are effectively supporting Hillary.

They (the GOP establishment) are fully aware of what they're doing.

They know that the country will get Hillary if Trump loses.

That doesn't bother them.

They're ON THE SAME TEAM.

[SoFloFreeper]

We don’t need Lindsey or Jeb. What is in “tatters” is not the Republican party per se, but the future of those politicians who are spitting in the faces of the voters.

[Theodore R.]

Actually, Laura, Bush let it slip that she likes Mrs. Bill. But everybody already knew that.

[libertylover]

another day of incredible division and revolt with Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham falling in line not behind Trump

Oh gosh. loosing those two will really hurt things a lot for Trump. - N O T ! ! !

[mrsmith]

“Faux-conservative” establishment sites are going insane.
Bearing Drift, a staunch establishment site that falsely claims to be conservative, is hilarious. It’s the “revolt of the elite” over there LOL!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

What I want to know is:

Who’s next?

[justa-hairyape]

If the Oligarchy feels they have lost control of the Republican Party, they will run a third party candidate. Moving their support to Hillary, caused too much backlash. Bad enough we are relying on the President's Justice Department to indict Hillary for violation of secrecy laws. When she was working for the President at the time and is expected to be his standard bearer. If we also have the GOP Elites pledging to vote for Hillary over Trump, then there is no way in h3ll she will be indicted. Notice Bush and Ryan used the same lines. Cannot vote for Trump or Hillary. So they will find a spoiler that throws it for Hillary. And it won't even have to be a good spoiler, cause they are gonna use voter fraud anyways. The spoiler will just be the foil or the reason for Trump's loss.

[Prince of Space]

What really pisses me off is for years the GOP has told us peons to suck it up and vote for the nominee, no matter how odious we think they are, so we can win in November. Now it’s THEIR TURN to do exactly that, and suddenly it’s not okay! Bunch of friggin hypocrites. And they wonder why we hate them so, lol.

[trebb]

It is a real shame that people can't and won't see the big picture that by not supporting Trump, they are effectively supporting Hillary.<>And causing more rifts/fracturing.

Trump did not cause the huge rifts in the Republican Party - he exposed them and we know it's only that way because of those in the GOPe that oppose Trump - they have betrayed the People time and again and now claim that trump is the problem they created and want to nurture....