Trump to Capitol for frank talk with anxious GOP

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

By Scott Wong - 07/06/16 07:08 PM EDT

Donald Trump will meet with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday morning in a last-ditch effort to unify a fractured GOP two weeks before the party’s national convention in Cleveland.

Trump’s back-to-back meetings — first with House Republicans at the Capitol Hill Club, then with Senate Republicans at their campaign headquarters — will take place amid growing anxiety among the GOP elite over whether the brash New York billionaire will be a drag on vulnerable down-ballot candidates this fall.

"I look forward to having a frank exchange tomorrow," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters on Wednesday. "All of us are anxious to win the presidential election." Several GOP senators facing tough races said they would likely skip the Trump meeting, offering a plethora of excuses.

Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said they had to attend a committee meeting at the same time, while Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a one-time Trump presidential rival, said he had to preside over the upper chamber.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/286763-trump-to-capitol-for-frank-talk-with-anxious-gop

[PSPS]

1. LOL. "Several GOP senators facing tough races said they would likely skip the Trump meeting"

[DesertRat]

5. Chicken shits!

He's their nominee!

[Red Mountain]

2. as for the rest of you.......

grovel and kiss the ring.

[63splitwindow]

3. I wonder if they saw...

their boy's rambling, stream of consciousness rant at his rally in Ohio today? Holy shit---- he is literally certifiable!

[bucolic_frolic]

4. What a Con

I must see if I can find a copy of George C. Scott in "The Flim Flam Man"

[maxsolomon]

6. Chances are 100% he'll blow smoke up their asses

That's his MO: tell whomever he is talking to what they want to hear. Then do whatever he wanted to do in the 1st place.

Will he be able to bullshit the nation's biggest bullshitters? Grift the nation's biggest Grifters? Con the Con Men?

It's a battle royal of straight up lying!

[sufrommich]

7. I don't think his performance tonight is going to ease

their fears. Serves them right.

[rurallib]

8. I so hope there is video

this has to a classic in the making.

[IronLionZion]

9. Video Full Event: Donald Trump/Newt Gingrich Rally in Cincinnati, OH (7-6-16)

[Doctor Jack]

11. My god, did Newt swallow a blimp before going on stage?

What a fat piece of shit.

[Aviation Pro]

14. Yep...

...part and parcel with the Republicans running the two most unhealthy men that they could find.

Bet Ryan is going to do a double Crossfit PX90 session tomorrow.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Frank exchange? Perhaps bordering on direct?

The meeting is the sort that would be described in a communiqué as ‘frank’. Or even ‘frank, bordering on direct’, which means that the cleaners have to mop up the blood in the morning.

Yes, Minister

[Doctor Jack]

12. Good lord, how many times have they had these meetings now?

Just like every time Trump "pivots" or "transforms his campaign into something more presidential" the media fawns over it, speculates if it is a turning point, and then 36 hours later he is back to his off the cuff, rambling/spitting, racist self. If anyone thinks this is going to change anything they have almost certainly woke up from a 13 month coma today.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. It will be a rather short meeting.

Trump will tell them all to fuck off and to not even think of not supporting his candidacy.

[maxsolomon]

15. You were correct.

NPR was reporting it was over at 7:30 am PST. I've been to fundraising breakfasts that lasted longer.