Remember a lifetime ago when all the GOP candidates took the pledge to support the GOP nominee whoever it was?
Those days of compromise and loyalty are GONE!
This election season has delivered yet another oddity: a CNN town hall event featuring three Republicans who won’t commit to supporting the Republican nominee. Donald Trump was the most direct when asked by Anderson Cooper whether he was sticking to his pledge “to support whoever the Republican nominee is.” “No, I don’t anymore,” Trump said. It was harder for Cooper to get a straight answer out of Ted Cruz, reports Reuters, though he eventually said he is “not in the habit of supporting someone who attacks my wife and attacks my family.” Trump “is not going to be the GOP nominee,” Cruz said. “We’re going to beat him.”
John Kasich also wouldn’t commit to honoring the pledge. He said he was “disturbed” by some of what he’s seen on the campaign trail and that the GOP candidates “shouldn’t even have answered that question” last year when they were asked to rule out third-party bids. “I have to think about what my word and endorsement would mean,” he said. “[I’ve] got to see what happens.” Trump didn’t seem perturbed by the prospect of not getting Cruz’s vote. He “doesn’t need to support me, I have tremendous support right now from the people,” Trump told Cooper. “I don’t really want him to do something he’s not comfortable with.”
The media ought to eat this up…..if the convention is not a circus enough then MR. Trump may go off on his own and run as a 3rd party….
I know there are Trump supporters out there…..is this a good thing or just a way to put that final nail in the GOP coffin?
Seems to me they’re all acting pretty much like typical American politicians. I can’t recall very many times in my entire life, upon reflection, of seeing or reading about any such behavior from an American elected official, at all, unless POSSIBLY Adlai Stevenson, or Jimmy Carter…. & look how successful they were.
To use one of their favorite terms, par for the course, I’d say….
gigoid
Donald said at the beginning his pledge was only good as long as the party treated him right and I think everyone can agree that the party is treating him like crap. If I was him I would have pulled that pledge a long time ago and started my independent run.
The party is running scared….he should use that to his advantage….