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Utah Republicans' concern that Hillary Clinton could beat Donald Trump in the state and endanger down-ballot Republicans bubbled to the surface over the weekend with the state GOP chair meeting with Trump.
Utah Republican Party Chair James Evans sat down with Trump in Las Vegas on Saturday before the presumptive nominee's rally there. Evans asked Trump to campaign in Utah again and to tone down his "unproductive" rhetoric about Muslims and the Hispanic judge in the Trump University case, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. He said that voters in the state want "consistency and predictability."
Evans told the Salt Lake Tribune that Trump "recognizes he shouldn't have made those comments," and that the candidate will definitely return to Utah after the national convention.
The state GOP chair also observed that Trump's racially-tinged comments are not genuine, but part of an act.
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winetourdriver
(196 posts)Part of an act? So he is just playing a fascist on TV? WTF
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)they know that he will not be trumped at the Convention and are trying to make do, with the asshole they have spent a decade ensuring their constituency votes for.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)... if that can work... it hasn't so far... he's upticked the amount of folk who vote in GOP primaries but not increased GOP registration
and
Obama won 1/3 (36%) of the white vote in 2012 when he was expected to only win 1/4
maxsolomon
(33,473 posts)They couldn't design a candidate more repugnant to Momos.