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Trump says he won't sign loyalty pledge required for first GOP debate (www.nbcnews.com)
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The pledge includes a clause saying that the candidate will support the eventual GOP nominee.

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[–] 106 points 3 years ago (2 children)

This is great news IMO

He'll run on his own Freedom Party ticket and we'll get a 3-party election. Oh no, now the rightwing votes are split. Bummer!

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  • [–] 51 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Much more likely at this point that he just wins the nomination. There is still time for that to change, but nothing that indicates that it will.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The GOP is in a terrible state

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    We all know they're in Mississippi, but there are chapters in some good states, too.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, the ol'... Wait a minute, what site am I on?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Right, there's really no reason for Trump to participate in the debates anyway - he's way far out in front, so it would only hurt him. Hell, this might even be an excuse to skip them without looking like he's afraid to.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Trump doesn't believe he will win the nomination. If he believed he would win, there would be no problem with him signing the pledge. He believes the eventual nominee will be one of 3 or 4 people he despises and cannot support.

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  • [–] 43 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    He’ll run on his own Freedom Party ticket and we’ll get a 3-party election. Oh no, now the rightwing votes are split. Bummer!

    Republicans are too spineless. Realistically trump will threaten to run third party, and they will forgo the primaries and hand him the nomination.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Isn't that a little unconstitutional? I know that hasn't stopped them in the past, but just straight up cancelling a vote of the people is more blatantly fascist than I'd expect from even them.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The political parties are private organizations. They can do whatever they want with their nomination process.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Yeah in short even the democratic party notes that. When the DNC was sued under the accusation of rigging the primaries against Bernie Sanders. The case was thrown out for lack of standing. In short the DNC said "You are accusing us of rigging the primaries... but rigging the primaries isn't a crime so there's no reason to spend the time proving it one way or the other".

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Primaries aren't in the constitution

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