Washington – Donald Trump’s presidential campaign warned the Republican Party on Tuesday about donors pooling funds for attack ads, saying Republicans must treat him fairly if they want to keep him from launching an independent bid.
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Trump lawyer Michael Cohen told CNN that if Republican donors backing different presidential candidates come together for an anti-Trump advertising campaign, it would be a “bad, bad decision.”
The Super PAC planning the attack is New Day for America, which is supporting Ohio Governor John Kasich’s presidential bid. Its spokesman, Matt David, said on Sunday that 10 new donors had pledged money since Thursday when Politico reported the group’s plans to attack Trump in New Hampshire.
Trump signed a pledge to run as a Republican in the 2016 presidential election, but Cohen indicated the agreement would be invalid if Republicans target the billionaire real estate mogul.
“If they treat him fairly, he will honor the pledge because he’s an honorable guy. If they break that agreement with him, as they say ‘woe be on them,'” Cohen told CNN.
Cohen said the Republican Party may claim it has no control over Super PAC activities. But he insisted Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus has an obligation to treat Trump fairly.
“If they don’t, this will be a very, very bad thing for the Republican Party,” Cohen said.
RNC representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump is leading in polls of Republican primary voters both nationwide and in early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire. His numbers have risen despite criticism about his business record and backlash from his contentious statements about immigrants and Muslims, among other things.
Yeah, he’s an honorable guy, who will say anything attacking anyone he doesn’t like: the gop, mexicans, blacks, you…
I hope they don’t get intimidated by the Trump bully tactics.
Finally a candidate has the chutzpa to do the right thing
TRUMP will be elected no matter what the liberal/socialist/progressive officials will do to attack him,because the Islamist savages have changed the entire scope and agenda of what a President must do.
We do not want any sissies or woossies running our country anymore and getting us all killed,especially in the big cities !!
politically correct means DEAD right.
We would rather LIVE and be politically WRONG
Come election day we will see what the people want,and the people will get what they voted for as that is how it works dead or alive !!
I would rather have a bully in the white house then a victim of bullying in the white house!!!
Even the terror happening now around the world, lo aleinu, is part of Hashem’s plan, and obviously the timing is meant to wake everyone up; Jews to do teshuva, and the entire US electorate to throw out the incompetent, dangerous liberals and replace them with a tough republican president. Since Trump is known to be an oheiv Yisroel, it seems to be on his side,