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brooklynite

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Thu Jun 30, 2016, 11:25 AM Jun 2016

Trump: Republicans who broke pledge should 'never be allowed to run for public office again'

Politico:

Former presidential candidates who reneged on the Republican National Committee's pledge last September to support the GOP nominee regardless of the individual candidate should "never be allowed to run for public office again," Donald Trump said Wednesday.

"It's amazing what can happen when you lose," Trump told supporters in Bangor, Maine. "It's amazing."
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Recalling that others had insisted that he sign the pledge for fear of Trump deciding to pursue an independent run, the now-presumptive nominee acknowledged that it was a "rough campaign" and "I wasn't nice, but they weren't nice either."

Even so, Trump insisted that he would have stuck by the pledge, despite having on multiple occasions publicly flirted with the notion of pursuing a third-party bid throughout the primary season.


I think the phrase you're looking for is "Party Unity"...
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Trump: Republicans who broke pledge should 'never be allowed to run for public office again' (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2016 OP
The USA - overt racists shouldn't be chosen to run as a major party candidate stopbush Jun 2016 #1
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