RNC votes to give Trump 'undivided support' ahead of 2020

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY MAX GREENWOOD - 01/25/19 02:16 PM EST

Republican National Committee members voted on Friday to throw the party’s “undivided support” behind President Trump ahead of his 2020 reelection bid, as speculation continues to mount about potential primary challengers.

The resolution unanimously approved by the RNC at its winter meeting in New Mexico offered “undivided support for President Donald J. Trump and his effective Presidency.”

While the resolution is largely symbolic, it is also unusual, because the RNC has historically refrained from expressing support for a candidate before he officially becomes the party’s nominee.

The vote on Friday signals how the Republican Party has come to fully embrace Trump, three years after many Republican officials and members dismissed him as a thorn in the GOP’s side.


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/427003-rnc-votes-to-give-trump-undivided-support-ahead-of-2020

[NurseJackie]

1. Goody!

[GeorgeGist]

2. Hold on tight motherruckers ...

down, down, you go.

[RandySF]

3. The DNC did the same for Clinton in 1996

[scarytomcat]

6. parties rarely challenge incumbent Presidents

but to say no one has a chance to step in is going pretty far down the hole

[cstanleytech]

18. Clinton did not work with the Russians to get them to help him win an election either.

[Norbert]

24. Hitching your wagon to a guy with a 35% to 41% approval rating

throughout his presidency is political suicide.

[procon]

4. May they rue the day they bet the farm on

Trump's ability to hold on to his sinking popularity.

[slater71]

5. Yeah, until he is charged. Then it will be like rats off a sinking ship.

[Thekaspervote]

7. So they think 38 percent is going to elect him? Or no... his poll no's are going to sky rocket

[SWBTATTReg]

17. Sure they are (polls are going to tick upwards for rump)...he's going to bribe them (the ...

poll takers) for higher numbers. He's done this before (or tried to) a couple of times.

[Perseus]

8. DELUSION OF THE DAY

"and his effective Presidency."

Unbelievable the level of stupidity and treason.

[JudyM]

22. It has been effective for the 1%. And his friends and family.

[El Shaman]

9. All that NRA money

needs a home- RNC .

[Javaman]

10. I see a repuke bailing, going independent and running against him. nt

[Chakaconcarne]

11. I could see that.... avoid the hate machine for as long as possible and then, surprise!

[Jarqui]

12. This is a pre Et Tu Brute moment

They'll cut his throat when the time is right ...

They probably want to keep him around long enough to pardon them for the Russian NRA campaign money and then they'll punt him.

[barbtries]

13. so.

the RNC is chock full of cultists?
that's ... crazy. republicans digging their own graves.

[SCVDem]

14. Treasonous prick

How dare you call yourselves Americans!

[ffr]

15. The same RNC that has Pro-Russian language in its platform, that RNC?

And so I'm straight. Who is the RNC giving their undivided support to for 2020, Donald Trump?

[dalton99a]

21. +1

[LakeSuperiorView]

16. You hang on tight to that anchor, RNC...

That ought to help you in what's coming... Blue Wave was nothing.

[Nitram]

19. This doesn't sound like a particularly astute political move.

But it should bode very well for Democrats.

[SCantiGOP]

20. Ha! They are also backing the Confederacy in the Civil War,

think the Soviet Union has the edge in the Cold War, and are betting everything they have on the Saints in the Super Bowl.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

23. I saw this somewhere else under the heading" rnc to cancel 2020 primary" and thought it was a joke

interesting to see there was more than a grain of truth to that.

[agtcovert]

25. Double down...

Please.

[underpants]

26. Fundraising and they know he's going to have a hard time hiring staff

They can fundraise and throw it all in the general election pot while Trump uses official functions as campaign events.

[Mme. Defarge]

27. Cheap deck chairs for sale!

https://m.alibaba.com/showroom/cheap-deck-chairs-for-sale.html

[0rganism]

28. maybe they just don't want him doing more speeches?

additional media exposure for Trump might not be the RNC's favorite thing anymore. if he happens to have a decent outing, might as well save it for the general election.