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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRyan huddles with GOP donors
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/paul-ryan-mega-donors-donald-trump-220948
PALM BEACH, Fla. ― House Speaker Paul Ryan met Thursday night at a pricey French restaurant here with some of the Partys biggest donors to assess a political landscape dominated by one vexing question: what to do about Donald Trump.
The dinner was a highlight of a secretive two-day conclave, convened under heavy security by a donor group headed by New York hedge fund manager Paul Singer, that is being viewed as a pivotal moment for the big-money effort to block Trump from the Republican presidential nomination.
Sources familiar with the gathering said it was not intended to rally a last-ditch anti-Trump cabal, and that, in fact, there was a diverse array of opinion represented among the donors in attendance. Some seemed open to supporting Trump if he wins the nomination, while others are backing his remaining rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich.
But many of the two dozen or so donors in attendance ― including Singer and Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts ― have given millions to super PACs devoted to attacking Trump or supporting his now-vanquished rivals, including Marco Rubio, Scott Walker and Jeb Bush. Now, however, its becoming increasingly likely that efforts to derail Trump by defeating him in primaries and caucuses are futile.
PALM BEACH, Fla. ― House Speaker Paul Ryan met Thursday night at a pricey French restaurant here with some of the Partys biggest donors to assess a political landscape dominated by one vexing question: what to do about Donald Trump.
The dinner was a highlight of a secretive two-day conclave, convened under heavy security by a donor group headed by New York hedge fund manager Paul Singer, that is being viewed as a pivotal moment for the big-money effort to block Trump from the Republican presidential nomination.
Sources familiar with the gathering said it was not intended to rally a last-ditch anti-Trump cabal, and that, in fact, there was a diverse array of opinion represented among the donors in attendance. Some seemed open to supporting Trump if he wins the nomination, while others are backing his remaining rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich.
But many of the two dozen or so donors in attendance ― including Singer and Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts ― have given millions to super PACs devoted to attacking Trump or supporting his now-vanquished rivals, including Marco Rubio, Scott Walker and Jeb Bush. Now, however, its becoming increasingly likely that efforts to derail Trump by defeating him in primaries and caucuses are futile.
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Ryan huddles with GOP donors (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Mar 2016
OP
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)1. Are they all in the fetal position?
tikka
(762 posts)2. Intersting
Will they push for Ryan or Romney at the possible open convention
pampango
(24,692 posts)3. "debating whether to continue their anti-Trump assault, to wave the white flag or to begin plotting
The meeting comes as other conservative leaders are debating whether to continue their anti-Trump assault, to wave the white flag or to begin plotting a third-party true conservative challenge in the fall. The latter possibility was the focus of another meeting convened Thursday in Washington by three influential conservative movement leaders.
A Thursday lunch session was titled, 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, according to the agenda.
An aide to Ryan stressed that his participation in the gathering here doesnt mean that hes endorsing any efforts to stop Trump.