IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
“Congressmen Rod Blum and David Young have wrapped their arms around Donald Trump, putting their party before Iowa and before America,” said Tyler Law of the DCCC. “This November, voters will reject Blum, Young, and the party of Trump.”
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Editorial: ‘Trump Party’ has replaced Republican Party
Des Moines Register
July 21, 2016
Vanquished presidential candidate Ted Cruz left the stage at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night amidst a chorus of jeers and booing.
His crime? He encouraged the assembled multitude to “vote your conscience” and to “vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution.”
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Wednesday night’s uproar confirmed the uncomfortable truth in what Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, brazenly declared on television earlier in the day when he implied the Republican Party, as we know it, no longer exists. “This is the Trump Party,” he said, as if that was something to be celebrated.
It’s astounding that Manafort would publicly make such a claim, but the evidence demonstrates he’s entirely correct. Policy, principles and the platform are irrelevant. For better or worse, the Grand Old Party now exists to serve the interests of one individual — Donald Trump.