September 20, 2016 at 6:50 am 23
As high-profile Republicans continue to resist Donald Trump, the head of the Republican National Committee (RNC) suggested on Sunday the party may take punitive action against failed presidential candidates who have reneged on pledges to support the nominee.
“It’s not a threat, but that’s just the question that we have a process in place,” Reince Priebus told CBS’s Face the Nation. “If a private entity puts forward a process and has agreement with the participants in that process, and those participants don’t follow through with the promises that they made in that process … what should a private party do about that if those same people come around in four or eight years?”
Priebus has tried for months to persuade rebellious factions of the party into line behind Trump, who among others has alienated the 2012 nominee, two former presidents and a handful of outspoken senators. Three of Trump’s primary rivals have rejected him, explicitly or implicitly, despite signing pledges to support the nominee......To Read More....
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