ABC News Asks Priebus: Are You Really Prepared For Trump To Be The Nominee?

In this photo taken June 19, 2015, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks in Philadelphia. Priebus said Monday that he's not worried about Donald Trump eventually running for president as an ind... In this photo taken June 19, 2015, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks in Philadelphia. Priebus said Monday that he's not worried about Donald Trump eventually running for president as an independent."I don't see that happening," Priebus said in a nationally broadcast interview. He added that it is universally felt in party circles that "if Hillary Clinton is going to get beat, she has to get beat by a Republican." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

ABC News host George Stephanopoulos asked Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday if he was actually prepared for presidential candidate Donald Trump to be the GOP nominee.

Stephanopoulos noted that Trump had before supported Democrats, criticized former President Bush on weapons of mass destruction, and advocated for torture.

“Sir, are you really prepared to have him as spokesperson for the Republican Party and to lead a convention that nominates him?” Stephanopoulos asked.

Priebus said he was prepared to support the nominee.

“If the delegates, you know, get accumulated in such a way that any one of these candidates becomes the nominee, it’s our job to support that nominee and we will,” Priebus responded. “Uh, so, yes, we’re prepared to support whoever the nominee becomes.”

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. Avatar for wwss wwss says:

    He will support “whomever?” So much for the country and its needs.

  2. Wow, that picture of Reince is the same one that my Merriam/Webster College Dictionary has beside the definition of “weasel motherfucker”.

  3. Was his head spinning at the time?

  4. “…we’re prepared to support whoever the nominee becomes.”

    And here I was focusing on the nominee becoming someone else, AFTER he is selected.

  5. Faster than Linda Blair’s in “The Exorcist”. And even more green pea soup projectile vomit!

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

82 more replies

Participants

Avatar for lestatdelc Avatar for redrasputinmn Avatar for dustbunny44 Avatar for jw1 Avatar for pearlywhite Avatar for marby Avatar for liberaljesus Avatar for fargo116 Avatar for grindelwald Avatar for dweb Avatar for theod Avatar for rollinnolan Avatar for inversion Avatar for sherlock1 Avatar for ralph_vonholst Avatar for joelopines Avatar for richardnixonhuberthumphrey Avatar for magical_panda Avatar for dickweed Avatar for mrf Avatar for benthere Avatar for cincypix Avatar for dommyluc Avatar for machoneman

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: