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https://www.reddit.com/r/hillaryclinton/comments/4xbd79/breakingrnc_and_trump_holding_emergency_meeting/BREAKING....RNC and Trump holding emergency meeting tomorrow
submitted 57 minutes ago by 8b7ymm409
Donald Trumps campaign and top Republican Party officials plan what one person called a come to Jesus meeting on Friday in Orlando to discuss the Republican nominees struggling campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the scheduled sit-down.
Though a campaign source dismissed it as a "typical" gathering, others described it as a more serious meeting, with one calling it an "emergency meeting." It comes at a time of mounting tension between the campaign and the Republican National Committee, which is facing pressure to pull the plug on Trumps campaign and redirect party funds down ballot to protect congressional majorities endangered by Trumps candidacy.
The request for the Orlando Ritz Carlton meeting originated with Trumps campaign, according to a source familiar with the broad details, and is being viewed by RNC officials as a sign that the campaign has come to grips with the difficulty it is having in maintaining a message and running a ground game.
They want to patch up a rift that just keeps unfolding, one source said. They finally realize they need the RNC for their campaign because, lets face it, there is no campaign..
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BREAKING....RNC and Trump holding emergency meeting tomorrow (Original Post)
babylonsister
Aug 2016
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MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)1. Too late, too late, too late...
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)2. That never gona happen. Roadkill has already cooked the goose.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)3. Another one?
chillfactor
(7,576 posts)4. misleading headline....
his campaign staff is meeting with RNC......t-rump will be nowhere around.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)5. And then what, the RNC thinks they will contain Trump during the campaign, and "IF" he were
president they think Trump is going to listen to them and be controlled by the RNC. These republicans are totally desperate. They don't know WTF to do.
OhioBlue
(5,126 posts)6. Campaign staff appealing for witness... I mean... political relocation. n/t
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)7. In other news, Edward the Long Shanks is meeting with the Scottish Lords. nt
StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)8. They better bring some butter.
Because he's TOAST.
Mme. Defarge
(8,030 posts)12. Stick a fork...
When you're done, you're done.
Doctor Jack
(3,072 posts)9. The campaign is dead on the operating table
And is starting decompose and stink up the place. It might be time for the RNC to stop performing CPR.
glennward
(989 posts)10. Please don't let him drop out. nt
Chemisse
(30,811 posts)11. How many times does Trump have to come to Jesus?
What on earth do they think another meeting is going to do?
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)13. Jesus regrets to inform the RNC that he will be washing his hair tomorrow.
and then he's going bowling.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)16. That's not Jesus. This is Jesus.
cheyanne
(733 posts)14. I think Reince has had a little talk with the Secret Service . . .
which makes him think that he can finally rein in Trump. . .
nolabear
(41,963 posts)15. Per Chris Hayes the meeting doesn't include Donald.
I guess Jesus comes to him.
FSogol
(45,485 posts)17. Maybe this Jesus will show up: