Is Trump Destroying The Republican Party?
Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth Could Trump be the destruction of the GOP? One RNC committeeman apparently thinks it is a possibility' CHARLESTON, S.C. —A Republican National committeeman delivered a call-to-arms against Donald Trump during a closed-door GOP meeting on Thursday, urging his colleagues to take a forceful stand against those who he said are destroying the party’s brand. At a breakfast at the RNC winter meeting, Holland Redfield, an RNC committeeman who represents the minority-rich Virgin Islands, rose to address party Chairman Reince Priebus. In the five-minute impromptu speech, a video recording of which Redfield provided to POLITICO, Redfield did not explicitly mention Trump’s name. But he made clear that angry voices in the party pose a grave threat to the GOP’s future, and expressed alarm at what he described as crushing pressure to play nice. “You can argue with me, but we’re almost terrorized as members of our party. ‘Shut up. Toe the line, embr...