At the Washington Post, "GOP leaders fear damage to party’s image as Donald Trump doubles down":
The head of the Republican National Committee, responding to demands from increasingly worried party leaders, spent nearly an hour Wednesday on the phone with Donald Trump, urging the presidential candidate to tone down his inflammatory comments about immigration that have infuriated a key election constituency.Keep reading.
The call from Chairman Reince Priebus, described by donors and consultants briefed on the conversation and confirmed by the RNC, underscores the extent to which Trump has gone from an embarrassment to a cause for serious alarm among top Republicans in Washington and nationwide.
But there is little they can do about the mogul and reality-television star, who draws sustenance from controversy and attention. And some fear that, with assistance from Democrats, Trump could become the face of the GOP...
I had Fox News on all afternoon. Charles Krauthammer didn't even want to give Trump the time of day, especially after Laura Ingraham upbraided Charles Lane, also on the panel, for distorting Trump's comments while spewing typical leftist pro-illegal alien PC. Establishment types just don't want to deal with this issue. Ingraham of course has been on top of it a long time and was validated last year with Dave Brat's secure-the-borders victory in Virginia's 7th Congressional District (after beating Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the primary). She'd championed Brat throughout the campaign.
Then Hannity's show opened with three families who've lost loved ones to illegals. It's a visceral issue for Americans. It remains to be seen if it's not the Democrats who've got more to worry about than the GOP.
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