RNC head threatens Cruz, Kasich and Jeb: Get behind Trump or we can make your life miserable

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory

TOM BOGGIONI
18 SEP 2016 AT 14:03 ET

On Sunday, Republican National Committee head Reince Priebus made a not-so-veiled threat to GOP officeholders who have failed to back the party’s presidential nominee: Get on the Trump train or get left behind when you run for office again.

Appearing on Face The Nation, Preibus told host John Dickerson that he expects to see big name Republicans who have failed to endorse presidential nominee Donald Trump hit the road and help win the White House.

“I think people need to get outside this Beltway and get on the road,” Priebus explained. “This is probably one of the biggest movements as far as people across this country in modern history.”

Priebus then darkly hinted that failure to fall in line could be costly to the likes of former GOP heavyweight candidates Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and John Kasich who all signed pledges to support the eventual nominee.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/rnc-head-threatens-cruz-kasich-and-jeb-get-behind-trump-or-we-can-make-your-life-miserable/

[bulloney]

1. So, Priebus has to resort to extortion to get his own party to back Trump?

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I really don't think there are many, if any Republican leaders who back Trump. Trump's support comes from the mouth-breathing "deplorables" who feel empowered after listening to over 2 decades of Faux Snooze and RW nutjob radio.

[Happyhippychick]

2. That'll go over well!

[Coventina]

3. Pretty pathetic, really. To have to publicly threaten your club members?

And, what on earth can they hold over Jeb?

If I were he, I'd give them the biggest middle finger I could muster.

[justhanginon]

4. Reince, Reince, Reince. If they would help getting that despicable POS

elected they would, unfortunately, be helping make the entire country miserable, including the dumb asses that they would encourage to vote for him.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Coercion and threats are the path to freedom

Nazi

[JHB]

6. A threat like that is "like being gummed by a newt"...

...if I may borrow a quote from Molly Ivins.

[matt819]

7. The RNC is now a protection racket

We'd hate to see anything bad happen to your funding.

The vig? Just flush your remaining dignity down the toilet and vote for the orange one.

[Wounded Bear]

8. I'm not sure I agree with....

calling Kasich, Bush and Cruz "heavyweights."



Other than that, wail away guys.

[Chemisse]

22. The Republican party doesn't have much better than them to offer.

As can be seen by their choice of Trump as the best of them all.

[Cryptoad]

9. Sounds like a good time to,,,,

find a New Party to call home!

[C_U_L8R]

10. Preibus will be out of a job soon

Trump will go start a TV network, but sad
old Reince will be friendless.

[KewlKat]

12. Ah, but USATODAY says No, Trump won't launch a cable network

Trump TV would end up in the trash heap of Trump Steaks, Trump Airlines, Trump Water, and other ill-conceived Trump ventures.

While the GOP nominee might want a television platform of his own, the chances of him successfully launching one are infinitesimally small. He has a better shot at occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in 2017 than becoming even a blip on the cable news radar.

The theory being put forth is that Trump, with an increased profile from his presidential campaign, will launch a channel to compete with Fox News for a conservative audience. This would mean succeeding where many others have failed.

SOURCE: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/09/12/trump-media-talk-show-radio-host-network-cable-entertainment-column/90018596/

[C_U_L8R]

15. Totally agree it'd be a flop

Just like all his other ventures

[BumRushDaShow]

21. I love this quote from your link but would alter it a bit

Yes, No, Donald Trump’s campaign is not a political Rube Goldberg contraption designed to launch a television network.

And I do believe he is going to launch something "media-related" regardless of what US Today says. It's because it's something that he hasn't done yet and like everything else he has done, it will eventually fail. However like Caribou Barbie, it'll keep him in the news for awhile as he'll have an avenue to promote his other failed businesses while employing his former reality-show contender staff and the cast-offs from Faux.

[cstanleytech]

44. My money is on him trying to use this to simply get a new TV show somewhere because he was on

the way out at NBC with the Apprentice as its ratings were slowly declining and it wasnt pulling in anywhere near where it had been pulling in during the first few seasons and it fits him because Trump is first and foremost about Trump and as president he would be restricted on what he could do or say.
So my bet is he does something to deliberately throw the election (with the blessing of the GOP leadership who care more about keeping control over the House and Senate than winning the office of President) and then he will try to get one of the networks to give him a show in a key time slot.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. He'll sue a network to bleed it

won't put up his own money that he doesn't have

[wordpix]

67. of course, Trump already has that figured out

There's always Faux News since Ailes is out and Murdoch is as old as the hills

[wordpix]

66. not if Don the Con wins

[onecaliberal]

11. That's a nice office you've got there, be a shame if something happened to it.

Wow!

[underpants]

13. A. This isn't a movement and its tiny. B. Those people have the rest of their lives/careers

and they don't want to forever being grouped with Trump's hate filled circus act.

[awoke_in_2003]

64. You know those movements

that stretch your sphincter so much that it hurts? That is how I think of the tRump "movement". It is a national bowel movement, amd no way to flush it away.

[underpants]

65. Oooo!

Perfect!

[awoke_in_2003]

73. Thank you. nt

[wordpix]

68. DUzy!!! Attn: sound bite writers, quipsters, crowd sourcerers

This could be a great sound bite, "The Trump ___Movement" but I think a "cleaner" word than "bowel" is needed for it to stick. A word that conjures the same image as bowel does...It should be a play on words...hmmm...I'm a blank.

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Is Rinse Penis trying to clear the deck for his Bud

Scotty Walker and the Koch Brothers take over. Penis knows where his pay check is going to come from. He is trying to save his butt and is all in with 2018 and later. Just watch the Koch Brothers funding in the next month. Going to be a salvage operation for the likes of Adelson and the Koch's.

[Sunny05]

33. Okay, help me out here ...

I think you are on to something here, and I'm trying to learn from you.

Are you suggesting that priebus wants other candidates (like jeb) the Koch brothers find more palatable on board?

And please catch me up on Adelson. He started off in favor of trump but then didn't donate to trump's campaign b/c of problems Adelson saw.

p.s. Hilarious pun/nickname. But after all that man has dipped into this election season, he ought to disinfect that thing, not just rinse.

[Wellstone ruled]

38. Adelson just drop a ton on State wide elections

here in Nevada. And we have some real POS's running on the Rethug ticket. But,what the heck,ol Sheldon is in the process of shoving it up his old friend Harry Reid's butt. Remember,it is pay back for Reid's efforts to take down McConell,and Harry's hand picked Dems are getting hit bigtime by Adelson.

Rinse has to look like a King maker in the eyes of his Wisconsin backers,as well as the Koch intrusts in Wisconsin. Here is just a few Companies owned or controlled by the Koch Brothers,Georgia Pacific Paper Mills and thing there are four still running,Flint Hill Resources,Oil refinery in Superior as well as Crenshaw,Mn right on the border south of Superior. Enbridge Pipeline,as well as Pulping operations. They have a finger in the Frack Sand Mines in the North Central Part of the State. And the list goes on and on.

A once number one Public Education System is falling apart as the result of Rethug State Control. State College System for the first time has fewer new Freshman enrollees. and that is scary.

All we need to know is,the attempt to remake Wisconsin into Kansas is well under way. Scary.

[Sunny05]

45. Okay ... Think I follow now ...

So, rinse penis wants to pave way for future for/with Scott Walker and with the help (and admiration and money) of Koch brothers (who like Scott walker) and Adelson -- yes? And it would help walker -- and hence penis -- to have other Repug wannabes Bush, Cruz, Kasich out of the way. (Probably wants rest of wannabes out of way, too, but perhaps doesn't have as convenient an excuse, I'm guessing).

In meantime, penis is just dealing w/ trump b/c [in his insane view] he "has to". And if so, Koch brothers & Adelson ... well ... are perhaps putting up w/ this b/c they have same insane "view" that penis "has to" deal w/ trump ... (given that they think gop a good idea).

[Sunny05]

46. I know your post was about priebus ...

and his desire to help buddy Scott walker and thus save priebus' own job. But do you have more notions about Koch brothers and/or Adelson? Do they prefer walker over other gop Pres, Senate, or House wannabes? Or are they (or one/some of them) open to more than one, including walker, and it's priebus wanting walker to be "it"?

[Wellstone ruled]

48. Don't think anyone who know's

Walker has not figured this Guy out. This Guy is a gift for the Corporatism crowd. Just a empty suit that can be molded to their image and he will do or say what ever you want. Rinse needs a job and he plans on keeping the one he has. Now that Ailes and Limpballs are a major embarrassment for the RNC with their bringing in the Con Job,old Rinse will go to his Buds back home to cover his butt.

[Sunny05]

53. Okay ... Thanks!

[Kathy M]

39. ^ This

[George II]

41. I've been calling him Rinsed Penis for years.

[wordpix]

71. I like Reinsed Penis better this go-round

[wordpix]

69. isn't Sec. Service going to check w/Trump re: his comment, "See what happens to her"

after Sec Service is disarmed in his little fantasy play brain?

[yellerpup]

16. We know who won't be heading the RNC in the future.

He'll be gone and they will all kiss and make up. I don't think either of them with campaign for The Donald.

[Lulu KC]

17. As if....

their lives wouldn't be miserable enough if they were associated with Trump and felt the guilt of his victory for the rest of their lives? Get real!

[PSPS]

19. Empty threat. Priebus will be unemployed on November 9th.

[Blue Idaho]

54. They should have canned him after the last debacle

I'll say one thing, republicans are loyal to the point catastrophe.

[wordpix]

70. he got lots of Rs elected on state/Congressional levels

That saved his ass. This time if Trump goes down big and it's a debacle, no more.

[Blue Idaho]

74. Excellent point! Thnx!

[elleng]

20. OY!

[NoAssumptionsPls]

23. Don't Forget about Ailes & Bannon

With their help, Trump might be able to pull a network off! Depends on how much they want it, though, as they may just walk away from him after he loses.

[BlueStater]

24. Yeah right.

Trump's name is going to be absolutely toxic very soon. Those guys aren't going to have their careers suffer the slightest bit by not supporting him. On the contrary, it's going to be sniveling little ass-kissers like Rinse who will pay the price for their support of the big orange turd.

[yeoman6987]

37. Cruz may suffer. He's up in 2018 and Repugs want him gone.

[Jdmagic86]

25. So, we have a diminutive

twerp in an empty suit challenging his own establishment to buck their collective consciences or be 'punished'?
Look at this man's eyes. He's scared. He's in a state of resignation regarding the upcoming reality.
He's a LOSER. SAD...

[onecent]

26. I kind of liked Reince, even though he a republican...but not anymore.....this is

messing with everyone's heads....

[Kathy M]

40. When Reince ( sp) tweeted after Indiana win that Trump was presumptive nominee

I wondered to myself if they had a plan from the beginning ( Trump and Reince )

[Gothmog]

27. Reince has hitched his wagon to trump

I hope that trump fails and takes Reince with him

[Funtatlaguy]

28. The correct spelling of his name is

Rancid Penis

[herding cats]

29. Kasich and Cruz are popular in their states.

I wonder if this threat might rub their supporters in Ohio and Texas the wrong way?

[moonscape]

50. Fantasy: Kasich and Cruz rebel and hit the road for Hillary :)

[moonscape]

52. Right, Jeb is trembling and packing his bags right now to stump for trump ...

[NBachers]

30. Sure thing, Trench Penis - get right on it.

[ffr]

31. What does that tell you about how rethug's RULE?

With an iron sickle and hammer, that's how! What else.

[Dorian Gray]

32. I hope

they all leave the party.

[47of74]

34. Reinhold Rancid Penis strikes again.

[Island Blue]

35. Don't do it Clown Car Posse!

Stay strong!

[DFW]

36. Get outside the Beltway??

Kasich is Governor of Ohio and Jeb is the retired Governor of Florida.

How much farther outside the Beltway are they expected to "get?" Bujumbura?

[Kathy M]

42. How can he look himself in th mirror after saying those things

Trump must have something on him

[Spitfire of ATJ]

43. LOL!!! Trump must have told him he's a Made Man and can't be touched....

Hey Rinse Pubus,...you can be GONE on a whim.

[Rex]

47. The RNC knows by this point it is life by feasting on the living.

Trump and nukes? That gets them all happy. Trumps VP wants to go back to caveman days.

[LuckyLib]

49. Rinse, you are headed for the spin cycle. Come November, you won't

know what hit you.

You won't be able to run for dog catcher of Mayberry, USA.

[alfredo]

51. If that doesn't work, maybe he will threaten their families.

I'd watch Face The Nation just to see that.

[Adsos Letter]

55. So many punchable faces, so little time. n/t

[George the Retiree]

56. Oooooh, and Reince is SO intimidating!

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

57. Who elects the Chairman of the RNC? Isn't he up for re-election in January?

Isn't it kinda his fault they have Trump as the nominee? He had ought to be concerned about his own job, lol.

[Kablooie]

58. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be running against him.

[GOLGO 13]

59. Threatening millionaires now Penis?

After CHUMP humiliated & emasculated them on the national stage? Go for it.

[apnu]

60. FOOD FIGHT! (nt)

[TomCADem]

61. Short Version: Get Behind the Racist...

...because he is the voice of the base.

[barbtries]

62. what is this signed pledge bullshit?

it reminds me of silly clubs we made up as children.

[wordpix]

72. RNC and Trump pledged betrothal when they hardly knew each other

the marriage has soured but Reinsed is trying to salvage it for the sake of the shared assets.

[barbtries]

75. in fairness

i just got an email asking me to pledge my vote for the democrats.i think it was from daily kos - eh.

[Orsino]

63. Misery loves company.

Lysenkoism only works when everybody pretends it does.

[napi21]

76. I've heard on several cable news shows that they all said "NO WAY!

Michael Steel was laughing so hard he could barely talk. He said the RNC doesn't have the ability to carry out that threat. They were coerced by the Con campaign to make those threats.

Sounds to me like they're worried they might lose. I HOPE they're worries come true!

[Kathy M]

77. I heard tail end of show Michael Steel was on , could tell he had been laughing ...

Steel also said tonight that they had wanted to make ' litmus test " part of previous campaign when he was head of RNC and he said " Hell No "

[drray23]

78. so bush the elder also said he is voting for Hillary.

I dont think Priebus can make good on his empty threats. The bush family will crush him like a bug. He has not anywhere near the power the bush dynasty has. Trump will lose in November and Priebus shown the door.