Panicked Utah GOP Chair Is Another Sign That GOP Stronghold Is In Play

[DonViejo]

Utah Republicans' concern that Hillary Clinton could beat Donald Trump in the state and endanger down-ballot Republicans bubbled to the surface over the weekend with the state GOP chair meeting with Trump.

Utah Republican Party Chair James Evans sat down with Trump in Las Vegas on Saturday before the presumptive nominee's rally there. Evans asked Trump to campaign in Utah again and to tone down his "unproductive" rhetoric about Muslims and the Hispanic judge in the Trump University case, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. He said that voters in the state want "consistency and predictability."

Evans told the Salt Lake Tribune that Trump "recognizes he shouldn't have made those comments," and that the candidate will definitely return to Utah after the national convention.

The state GOP chair also observed that Trump's racially-tinged comments are not genuine, but part of an act.

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[winetourdriver]

1. What?

Part of an act? So he is just playing a fascist on TV? WTF

[Sheepshank]

3. GOP so desperate to forgive and whitewash Trump's past rhetoric

they know that he will not be trumped at the Convention and are trying to make do, with the asshole they have spent a decade ensuring their constituency votes for.

[uponit7771]

2. tRumps whole plan is to bring out the mystical white male voter in swing states, we'll see...

... if that can work... it hasn't so far... he's upticked the amount of folk who vote in GOP primaries but not increased GOP registration

and

Obama won 1/3 (36%) of the white vote in 2012 when he was expected to only win 1/4

[maxsolomon]

4. Hahahahahahahahahahaha HAH

They couldn't design a candidate more repugnant to Momos.