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Report: RNC threatened to pull support from Donald Trump
Source: CBS News
By REBECCA SHABAD CBS NEWS August 11, 2016, 11:19 AM
Report: RNC threatened to pull support from Donald Trump
Reince Priebus recently warned Donald Trump that the Republican National Committee would consider shifting party resources away from his presidential campaign and toward House and Senate races if he didn't turn his campaign around, according to a report published by Time magazine.
In early August, when Trump declined to endorse Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election, Priebus was on vacation and called the GOP presidential nominee to address the situation, the report said, and threatened to pull resources away from the candidate in favor of down-ballot races. Trump eventually endorsed Ryan, only a few days before he won handily won his primary on Tuesday.
Time magazine reports that at the time, Priebus told Trump that internal polling suggested he was on track to lose the election in November.
Sean Spicer, the chief strategist and communications director at the RNC, tweeted Thursday that the story is not true.
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Report: RNC threatened to pull support from Donald Trump
Reince Priebus recently warned Donald Trump that the Republican National Committee would consider shifting party resources away from his presidential campaign and toward House and Senate races if he didn't turn his campaign around, according to a report published by Time magazine.
In early August, when Trump declined to endorse Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election, Priebus was on vacation and called the GOP presidential nominee to address the situation, the report said, and threatened to pull resources away from the candidate in favor of down-ballot races. Trump eventually endorsed Ryan, only a few days before he won handily won his primary on Tuesday.
Time magazine reports that at the time, Priebus told Trump that internal polling suggested he was on track to lose the election in November.
Sean Spicer, the chief strategist and communications director at the RNC, tweeted Thursday that the story is not true.
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