As Republican infighting grows, donors call for calm

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As Republican infighting grows, donors call for calm

By STEVE PEOPLES and JULIE BYKOWICZ at Yahoo

http://news.yahoo.com/republican-infighting-grows-donors-call-calm-201717076--election.html

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about "Republican on Republican violence," top party donors are taking action, with one firing off a letter calling for more civility and another seeking to block businessman Donald Trump from the debate stage altogether.

Foster Friess, a Wyoming-based investor and one of the party's top 20 donors in the last presidential contest, issued a letter to 16 White House prospects and the Republican National Committee late last week calling for candidates to stay on the "civility reservation."

"Our candidates will benefit if they all submit to Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment, 'Thou shall not speak ill of a fellow Republican,'" Friess wrote in a copy of the letter sent to Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus and obtained by The Associated Press.

In the dispatch, Friess cites the backing of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts. "Would you join the effort to inspire a more civil way of making their points?" Friess wrote. "If they drift off the 'civility reservation,' let's all immediately communicate that to them."



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1. Jawboning is not likely to work. Sheldon and Todd are capitalists. They have

played the game. The more of your opponents you can knock off, the greater your chances of getting more money and knocking off more, until you emerge as No. 1. Should be a very entertaining GOP primary season.