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Trump says he won’t sign RNC loyalty pledge ahead of first debate(www.politico.com)

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RNC chair Ronna McDaniel has made signing the pledge a requirement for participation in the first debate Aug. 23.

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relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works
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Make it a requirement for being on the primary ballot

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DrPop@lemmy.one
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I wouldn’t sign such a pledge personally eve if I feel the other candidates are fit. It should be my choice. Wes this normal for the RMC ion the past? Do the Democrats have the same policy?

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n2burns@lemmy.ca
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It was never formalized in the past but has always been an unspoken rule: if you’re in the party, you support the party’s leader. Otherwise, why are you in the party?

In 2016, Trump caused a big stir because he stated he would not support the candidate if it wasn’t him. Some people think this was part of the reason he won, that some voters chose to support him because if he lost and ran as a third-party candidate, it would almost guarantee a victory for the Democrats.

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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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The concept of a loyalty pledge is fucking insane, never mind that Trump also made people sign their loyalty to him.

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dynamojoe@lemmy.world
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Honestly I agree with his reasoning. There are people on the GOP ticket I wouldn’t support either (all of them). I wonder how Ronna is gonna wriggle out of this.

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sorebuttfromsitting@sopuli.xyz
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i guarantee tr*** hasn’t read Catch-22, but a loyalty pledge? this is dumber than owlshit from all angles.

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InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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Didnt think about that at first, but most of catch22 was less purposefully malicious than the gop right now.

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dan1101@lemm.ee
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Yeah this shit even happens in local elections. Our republican sheriff candidate was decided at a republican meeting rather than an voter primary, and to vote at the meeting you had to sign a pledge. It felt like the year 1905.

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