The pledge includes a clause saying that the candidate will support the eventual GOP nominee.

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    I will never, ever understand how the entire Republican party lined up behind this guy.

    Before Trump was elected, they were all vocal about how unfit he was. Too stupid. Too rude.

    Then he got the nomination, and they all bent the knee, and became so loyal to him that they protected him from facing the consequences of his insurrection, even when he put their lives in danger.

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        Well, he became the guy who would sign their shitty legislation, appoint right-wing judges and other officials to long-term positions, undermine regulators, spread fascist propaganda amplified by the power of the presidency, etc. The person with the R next to their name opens the doors for the flood of partisan garbage and shuts down those pesky people who want things like “democracy” and “tap water that doesn’t poison my family.”

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      Power. Plain and simple.

      He did exactly what republicans wanted to do just he kept saying the quiet part loud. Now they are stuck. He is a result of decades of right wing talk radio and tv telling people everyone who disagrees is a satan worshipping pedophile. I fear he wont be the worst though

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      Same reason the anti-war democrats fell completely silent when Obama got elected, doubled the drone strikes, renewed the Patriot act, and attacked 2 more countries. Party matters a lot more than policy in this country.

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      My theory is that he dug up tons of leverage for each and every one of them. He talks like a mobster, deals like a mobster, decides like a mobster, he certainly keeps his posse in line like a mobster.