The RNC denied the Times’ report on Thursday morning.
“That is 100% false,” RNC spokeswoman Lindsay Walters wrote in an email to TPM when asked about the Times article.
So, I take it the veraciy of the report is thus confirmed.Yeah, I’m leaving the Teatroll Rosetta Stone on the shelf for this one.
The RNC is still insisting only a third of the ship is sinking…
To quote Alex Lifeson in Trailer Park Boys, “Ricky, you never stop!”
I love the smell of Republican fratricide in the afternoon.
So when is Reince leaving?
To paraphrase President Obama, great job Reince, keep up the good work!
They were too busy dialing for dollars to build the rest of it 
I’m curious why this is even an issue. What if Reince expressly stated that yes, someone who won’t support the GOP nominee for president has no business working for the RNC? Why would that raise any eyebrows?
The real question is, how many RNC staffers want to keep their job now that Trump is the nominee?
Even if shame over supporting him isn’t motivation to drive them away, he’s going to get utterly decimated over the next 6 months? I would think that’s not great resume fodder for political operatives. Surely there’s a large bloc of political realists looking for a life raft.
The RNC is like any other business. There are many loyal employees in non-public, administrative/secretarial/errand/custodian/maintenance/IT type jobs that have families, seniority, etc and depend on their paycheck. They’re not asked their views, have little to no influence over policy or public pronouncements and avoid getting mixed up in the dirty work of a campaign. They may have zero contact or interaction with the candidate, the press or anyone else of importance to the election. Why should they be forced to resign?
“Nuke,em! It’s the only way to be sure.” Lt. Ripley.
Some staff members at the Republican National Committee were told Wednesday that if they were unable to get behind the nominee, they should leave by the end of the week…
“That is 100% false,” RNC spokeswoman Lindsay Walters wrote in an email to TPM when asked about the Times article.
Two weeks, she didn’t say, is the customary amount of notice.
So if they fire all the non-Trump people; it stands to reason they’ll be replaced by Trump supporters.
Is that really what they want going forward…especially after Trump loses? A Trump party is a dead party.
Because they work for the Republican National Committee and Republicans are only interested in hurting people.
Prince Rebus and the RNC have the proverbial tiger by the tail, and they sure as hell can’t let go. The next several months are going to be interesting - and generally nerve-racking (I don’t know what will happen to the country if the electorate is nihilistic enough to actually elect Drumpf as President).
It wasn’t my impressions that the policy of letting people go for refusing to support Trump applies to custodians, maintenance, or IT people. I thought that’s why the headline, article and quote referred to “staffers,” which I don’t think includes the kinds of employees you brought up. “Staffers,” to me, suggests someone who executes substantive political work.
If what you’re suggesting is correct though (that custodians and maintenance people could be fired for this), then yeah, that would be really scummy and I would agree it’s scandalous and maybe even unlawful, depending on the laws of the state.
Maybe. But I can see an executive secretary, a chief programmer or a facilities manager thinking of themselves as “staffer”. And if you witness several people escorted off the property for failing to toe the Trump party line it might make your job a miserable experience if you’re thus forced to keep secret, at the threat of termination, any past allegiance or interest in other candidates. Be careful, the Thought Police are watching!!
So RNC staffers are lying.
Got it.