Big Donors Warn Candidates On Eve Of Debate: “Take Trump Out”
I wish Trump had reminded the Fox folks and the audience of those incidents as reasons why he must keep his options open, to make his concern whether he will be treated fairly much more vivid and real to those who might not have heard these stories.
It's frustrating when Trump does not present his best case on some issues, and those "Big Donors" attempts to thwart the debate and electoral process should have been roundly condemned by the RNC and the media. Crickets.
How many conservative voters will not support the Republican nominee if it is Jeb etc? A lot.
The GOPe want him out. That’s a great reason for his stance.
I wish he’d said that if the GOP doesn’t nominate a candidate who’s committed to Republican ideals, he could consider representing those ideals in a third party - does anyone really expect the electorate to continue voting for squishes who say one thing and do another (see, for example McConnell and Boehner)?
There’s a reason the Whigs evaporated and somebody else took their place - not that I’m saying Trump is Lincoln, but if he’d been more on his game, he could have gone in that direction.
He shouldn’t take such a stupid pledge which is contrived to put him on the spot because it immediately demonstrates slavery to the media. He shouldn’t play their game. His refusal is entirely consistent.
The request for a show of hands, first off, in pledge was the media’s attempt to force Trump to knuckle under, to submit. He did not, which is more important than to assent to the pledge.
He was right. Too many take pledges they cannot or do not keep.
“Read my lips, no new taxes.”
I wish he would have said something to the effect that broadcasting the point at which you will surrender is why the GOP can’t get anything done.
the game is hard ball....
Trump’s message....... if you take me out, I’ll kill you
he was negotiating the deal.
If I had been on the stage with Romney I could and would not have pledged to support him as the nominee..
Hes a RINO/Liberal and is polar opposite to me in ideologies..
Trump is too smart to pledge to support someone who might not have the same stance on issues that he does..
How could Trump support a Rubio who was a member of the Gang of Eight and even pushed his AMNESTY stance last night on the stage..
very subtlely but he did so..
A good candidate should be loyal to principles and ideas, not to a political party. Party loyalty is what has allowed the RNC to push one terrible candidate after another since 1988. They wouldn’t get away with it if party loyalty didn’t trump (no bad pun intended) principles.
I think he should have said he will take the pledge.
To the United States Of America. Not to a political party or politician.
Nuff said.
Trump won't take the pledge because he wants to make sure he is being treated fairly.
That's the wrong answer. He shouldn't make it about him.
What he should have said is that he won't take the pledge because the nominee may be a RINO.
For example what if the party treats Trump poorly but the nominee turns out to be Cruz?
Trump is running against these people just as much as he’s running against the Democrats...Like Cruz, he’s running against the Cartel...Why would he pledge to support them???
Why talk about it anymore? It’s pretty obvious (& not news) that, not only is he ‘’not going to be treated fairly’’, they will do- & try, everything they can come up with- no matter how unethical, ridiculous, or insane, to destroy his bid for the presidency.
Third party. Now. Let em howl. He will win, barring some truly stunning & constitutional crisis level attempt at subverting the election.
There can be only one, Mr Trump. It’s you.
That would have taken the air right out of their sails.
Trump got smoked out within the first couple of minutes of his first debate. He wants leverage over the process more than he wants to do the hard work necessary to win the nomination.
When Kelly ask Trump about his misogyny to women, he was being asked to defend the the un-defendable. It’s not politically correct.
However, the Democrats and their media defend the baby body part market and the sanctuary cities.
Which would you rather be asked to defend?
To quote the Democrats from last time around: “party unit my a$$”. I don’t care who the Republican nominee is. If it is an establishment RINO, I’m staying home on Election Day. I’m done supporting the Dole/Bush/McCain/Romney style candidate. If the GOP puts forth a RINO, then the party needs to die. Period.
Why SHOULD he take a pledge from ANY bias network?