Posted on 06/26/2015 3:44:44 PM PDT by South40
Insiders worry the mogul will damage the eventual nominee and hurt a party struggling to connect with women and minorities.
All jokes aside, the Republican Party is officially afraid of Donald Trump.
He has virtually zero chance of winning the presidential nomination. But insiders worry that the loud-mouthed mogul is more than just a minor comedic nuisance on cable news; they fret that he’s a loose cannon whose rants about Mexicans and scorched-earth attacks on his rivals will damage the eventual nominee and hurt a party struggling to connect with women and minorities and desperate to win.
“Donald Trump is like watching a roadside accident,” said former George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer. “Everybody pulls over to see the mess. And Trump thinks that’s entertainment. But running for president is serious. And the risk for the party is he tarnishes everybody.”
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he is like the Westboro Baptist of the primary
Concern troll is concerned.
The American Idle voters love the Trump show.
Donald Trump is a liberal unworthy of our support but I will say this much for him: he is the type of candidate you get when the Republican Party does not listen to its base.
If it’s Trump versus Bernie I’m going to take to the woods and live off the grid.
Because he’s not part of the Uniparty?
What have republicans done for us lately?
everything terrifies the GOP.
Yeah, I’m not concerned about the GOP. I’m concerned about Trump adding to the misconception of what it means to be conservative.
I most likely will not vote. It will make no difference anyway. They are lying cowards. The GOP is dead as a doornail.
Good!
If Trump is a lib, he should fit right in.
Exactly!! Trump is not a conservative
This is what we’ve come to. What’s next. A campaign by Glenn Freakin’ Beck
because Trump is not conservative.
We have a liberal saboteur in the “big tent”
The Republican Party: The Gutless Leading the Clueless
I have no love for the Republican Party
I do for conservatism.
who is the US Chamber of Commerce backing?
That should be the first question.
After that one, just follow the money.
EEEEEEK. Not really.
I’m souring on almost EVERYONE from the GOP.
Can’t believe it, but yeah, I’m thinking about the Donald.
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