Agreed. I don’t see this as an issue. The people have spoken, and they picked Trump. The RNC’s job is to support the GOP. Trump is now the GOP Presidential nominee. If you aren’t supportive, why work there? Go work for a senate or house campaign, or some kind of PAC or something.
I don’t think it would be out of the question to ask that Democratic staffers support Hillary Clinton. If you have a ton of Bernie or Bust people working there, that sends mixed messages.
@steviedee111 I interpret “staffers” as people whose job description is political in nature. But I agree, If they were firing janitorial staff for not being behind trump that would be ridiculous.
If the ARK , an amusement park in Kentucky can require all employees to certify that they are" BORN- AGAIN CHRISTIANS" as a requirement to be employed. I believe the RNC should have the right to require all employees support their candidates.
It seems to me that republicans of all stripes have a Faustian choice to make; support Trump and invite the derision of the establishment or don’t and invite the derision (or worse) of Trump and his supporters.
Either way, it’s a gamble for them. If they support Trump and he loses, they will have a very difficult time ‘living that down’ in the ‘rest’ of republican circles, not to mention the rest of society. How easy would it be as a staffer to work again as a republican at any reasonable level or if Trump wins? Do you think he’s the type to 'let bygones, be bygones?
On the other hand, if they choose ‘Never Trump’ and Trump wins, what’s the bet they will be locked out of his administration or targeted for a primary challenge if they area a pol?
Of course, the moral choice is the refuse to join his merry band of psychopaths, but I’m pretty sure the Repiblican mind is going to be mostly about ‘unity’ and the ‘win’.
I think it’s time we got our hyperbole checked. ‘The people’ haven’t spoken, the Republican Party people have spoken. You do understand that the difference in numbers in those two statements is yuuuge, yes?
A 60% majority of republicans is only about 25% of the voting population, and dropping at about 1% per year…
It’s only the media that wants a horse race as usual, that sees Trump as any potential winner. Half of his party sees him as dead and he’s going to win a general election? The non-white public has increased by 3 percent since 2012 and Trump is going to win?
If every republican could vote TWICE, he might be able to pull off a win…
Trump hasn’t gotten a majority, much less a 60% majority, of even the GOP voters (he’s got about 42%). It’s possible he could now that he’s the presumptive nominee going into the last primary months, but even with that he might not get there.
If you choose to run as a Republican, “the people” are the people eligible to vote in Republican primaries. Those people have spoken. Not convincingly, but they “spoke” enough.
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I never said anything about the general election; [/quote]
I read the implication in “the people have spoken”. I suspect many others would as well.
Trump hasn’t gotten a majority, much less a 60% majority, of even the GOP voters (he’s got about 42%).
I never said he did. I stated a statistic that was relevant to the comment I was making in general. You chose to read it the way you chose to read it. And yes, the implication was there, extrapolated from polls, recent primary results and other various information sources I peruse. Please read for comprehension before you criticize.
If you choose to run as a Republican, “the people” are the people eligible to vote in Republican primaries. Those people have spoken.
Perhaps a more precise use of words, like 'Republicans have spoken"…?
