Republicans are taking their biggest step yet to try to box in Donald Trump

[applegrove]

Republicans are taking their biggest step yet to try to box in Donald Trump

by Brett LoGiurato at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-rnc-pledge-meeting-2015-9

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The pledge is aimed at Trump, the current Republican front-runner, who has multiple times threatened to run as a third-party candidate in the event Republicans do not treat him "fairly" and attempt to push him out of the race.

The pledge was confirmed by at least one candidate's campaign and reported in multiple outlets. The text of the proposed pledge, according to Politico, reads:

"I [name] affirm that if I do not win the 2016 Republican nomination for president of the United States I will endorse the 2016 Republican presidential nominee regardless of who it is. I further pledge that I will not seek to run as an independent or write-in candidate nor will I seek or accept the nomination for president of any other party."


Trump will meet on Thursday with Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, an RNC official told Business Insider.

Trump's campaign said late Wednesday that he will host a news conference at Trump Tower in New York on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET, when he could address the pledge. Trump's campaign didn't elaborate on any further details about the press conference. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-rnc-pledge-meeting-2015-9#ixzz3kdpDCZCb



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[delrem]

1. loyalty oaths! hahahaha!

for DU
it's deja vu!

[flamingdem]

2. Trump the troll

of course he's terrifying as a potential candidate, but please let's enjoy the stress he's putting on the repukes and hope it's streeeetched out as long as poss.

[msongs]

3. like the DNC - I will not participate in any debates not sanctioned by Debbie what's her name nt

[KT2000]

4. as if his signature

means anything. I'm sure he signed lots of promises to pay his creditors before filing bankruptcy four times.

[Hugin]

5. Il Blob will overcome this obstacle, as all before.

By absorbing it and integrating it into its very mass.

With over 40 years of unrestrained bigotry, breathtaking intolerance, willful ignorance, and blindingly huge quantities of hypocrisy, they themselves created the populist Trumpenstein.

And, now they try to put it back in its bottle with a simple oath just like certain County Clerks took upon taking office?

I say, good luck with that one.

[Hugin]

6. Oh, yeah... K&R. n/t