when was last time a US Senator called his party's front runner a 'xenophobic race-baiting religiou
I am ashamed that the world can see and hear republicans talk and act this way.
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Sheesh, when was last time a US Senator called his party's front runner a 'xenophobic race-baiting religious bigot' http://nyti.ms/21svheP
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Wary of Donald Trump, G.O.P. Leaders Are Caught in a Standoff
By JONATHAN MARTINDEC. 1, 2015
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Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally in Macon, Ga., on Monday. Many leading Republican officials, strategists and donors are concerned that Mr. Trump has an increasingly plausible chance of winning the nomination. Credit Kevin D. Liles for The New York Times
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WASHINGTON — For months, much of the Republican Party’s establishment has been uneasy about the rise of Donald J. Trump, concerned that he was overwhelming the presidential primary contest and encouraging other candidates to mimic his incendiary speech. Now, though, irritation is giving way to panic as it becomes increasingly plausible that Mr. Trump could be the party’s standard-bearer and imperil the careers of other Republicans.
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Many leading Republican officials, strategists and donors now say they fear that Mr. Trump’s nomination would lead to an electoral wipeout, a sweeping defeat that could undo some of the gains Republicans have made in recent congressional, state and local elections. But in a party that lacks a true leader or anything in the way of consensus — and with the combative Mr. Trump certain to scorch anyone who takes him on — a fierce dispute has arisen about what can be done to stop his candidacy and whether anyone should even try.
Some of the highest-ranking Republicans in Congress and some of the party’s wealthiest and most generous donors have balked at trying to take down Mr. Trump because they fear a public feud with the insult-spewing media figure. Others warn that doing so might backfire at a time of soaring anger toward political insiders.
That has led to a standoff of sorts: Almost everyone in the party’s upper echelons agrees something must be done, and almost no one is willing to do it............................
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