Saturday, August 13, 2016

All In?

NY Times Aug 8
Headline:  A Letter From G.O.P. National Security Officials Opposing Donald Trump:

Dozens of the nation’s most senior Republican national security officials, many of them former top aides or cabinet members for President George W. Bush, have signed a letter saying they will not vote for Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/08/us/politics/national-security-letter-trump.html


Politico Aug 11
Headline:  More than 70 Republicans have signed an open letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus urging him to stop spending any money to help Donald Trump win in November and shift those contributions to Senate and House races.
We believe that Donald Trump’s divisiveness, recklessness, incompetence, and record-breaking unpopularity risk turning this election into a Democratic landslide, and only the immediate shift of all available RNC resources to vulnerable Senate and House races will prevent the GOP from drowning with a Trump-emblazoned anchor around its neck,” states a draft of the letter obtained by POLITICO. “This should not be a difficult decision, as Donald Trump’s chances of being elected president are evaporating by the day.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/republicans-urge-rnc-cut-funds-trump-226918#ixzz4HFOYaYow



CNN Aug 12,
Headline:  RNC Chair Priebus Rallies with Trump.

Read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/12/politics/reince-priebus-donald-trump-rally/

Priebus just went "All In" with Trump... minus most senior Republican National Security Officials and 70 odd Republicans...



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