GOP Reaches New level of panic over Trumps Candidacy
GOP Reaches new level of panic over Trump s Candidacy
By Philip Rucker and Dan Balz August 3 at 1:03 PM
The Republican Party was in turmoil again Wednesday as party leaders, strategists and donors voiced increasing alarm about the flailing state of Donald Trumps candidacy and fears that the presidential nominee was damaging the party with an extraordinary week of self-inflicted mistakes, gratuitous attacks and missed opportunities.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was described as ¡§very frustrated¡¨ and stressed by Trumps behavior over the past week, having run out of excuses to make on the nominee¡¦s behalf with donors and other party leaders, according to multiple people familiar with the events.
Meanwhile, Trumps top campaign advisers are failing to instill discipline on their candidate, who has spent the past days lunging from one controversy to another while seemingly skipping chances to go on the offensive against his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
A new level of panic hit the street, said veteran operative Scott Reed, chief strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It's time for a serious reset.
Trump allies on Wednesday publicly urged the candidate to reboot, furious that he has allowed his confrontation with the parents of dead U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan to continue for nearly a week. They also are angry with Trump over his surprising refusal in a Tuesday interview with The Washington Post to endorse House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) or Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) two of the party's top elected officials in their upcoming primary campaigns.
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By Philip Rucker and Dan Balz August 3 at 1:03 PM
The Republican Party was in turmoil again Wednesday as party leaders, strategists and donors voiced increasing alarm about the flailing state of Donald Trumps candidacy and fears that the presidential nominee was damaging the party with an extraordinary week of self-inflicted mistakes, gratuitous attacks and missed opportunities.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was described as ¡§very frustrated¡¨ and stressed by Trumps behavior over the past week, having run out of excuses to make on the nominee¡¦s behalf with donors and other party leaders, according to multiple people familiar with the events.
Meanwhile, Trumps top campaign advisers are failing to instill discipline on their candidate, who has spent the past days lunging from one controversy to another while seemingly skipping chances to go on the offensive against his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
A new level of panic hit the street, said veteran operative Scott Reed, chief strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It's time for a serious reset.
Trump allies on Wednesday publicly urged the candidate to reboot, furious that he has allowed his confrontation with the parents of dead U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan to continue for nearly a week. They also are angry with Trump over his surprising refusal in a Tuesday interview with The Washington Post to endorse House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) or Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) two of the party's top elected officials in their upcoming primary campaigns.
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