DNC Chair: It Would Be ‘Political Suicide’ For GOP To Try To Replace Trump

Democratic party chairperson Donna Brazile talks with audience members before the debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Pool via AP)
Democratic party chairperson Donna Brazile talks with audience members before the debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwoo... Democratic party chairperson Donna Brazile talks with audience members before the debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Pool via AP) MORE LESS
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ST. LOUIS, MO — DNC Chair Donna Brazile told a scrum of reporters in the spin room ahead of Sunday’s presidential debate that it would be “political suicide” for Republicans to try to replace Donald Trump at the top of their ticket.

“That’s a decision Donald Trump should make, and that’s a decision the Republican Party should make,” she said when asked about the call by some GOP lawmakers that Trump step down from the nomination. After the Washington Post published Friday a 2005 vido of Trump bragging about “grabbing” un-consenting women “by the pussy,” some Republicans said they could no longer support him.

Brazile added that “half the American people now” are able to vote by early voting in some states and by absentee ballot.

“He may be able to drop out, but it may be a little bit contentious,” Brazile said. “I’d call it political suicide for the Republicans to try to replace him, but again, this is their party.”

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