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By Kevin Cirilli and Bob Cusack - 07/23/15 06:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK Donald Trump says the chances that he will launch a third-party White House run will absolutely increase if the Republican National Committee is unfair to him during the 2016 primary season.
The RNC has not been supportive. They were always supportive when I was a contributor. I was their fair-haired boy, the business mogul told The Hill in a 40-minute interview from his Manhattan office at Trump Tower on Wednesday. The RNC has been, I think, very foolish.
Pressed on whether he would run as a third-party candidate if he fails to clinch the GOP nomination, Trump said that so many people want me to, if I dont win.
Ill have to see how Im being treated by the Republicans, Trump said. Absolutely, if theyre not fair, that would be a factor.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus called Trump earlier this month asking him to tone down his controversial rhetoric. More recently, the RNC rebuked him for saying that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is not a war hero. Trump didnt apologize but has since said that the 2008 Republican presidential nominee is a war hero.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/248910-exclusive-trump-threatens-third-party-run
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)I think we can all agree on that; truthfully anybody as mentally unhinged as him should be quietly escorted offstage rather than given a platform to embarrass himself and his family.
Bryant
DFW
(54,935 posts)Republicans: Trump threatens third party run
Us: Trump tantalizes with the thought of a third party run
JustAnotherGen
(32,353 posts):
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)...and this is no doubt the truth:
I TRULY hope he runs 3rd party.