Distance or Unity: The GOP's Trump Dilemma
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump is a "wedge issue against his own party"-- according to one conservative writer. Some Republicans are walking away from the presumptive nominee, while others say they won't endorse him — but will vote for him. What's the difference?
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| 0:30.8 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. Donald Trump divides the Republican Party. |
| 0:44.7 | Hello again. I'm Armin Alme, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:48.9 | Surrogates for Donald Trump claim he's no racist, but his attack on a federal judge with Mexican ancestry was the last straw |
| 0:55.6 | for many Republicans. Some GOP senators are refusing to back him, and one is calling for the convention |
| 1:01.0 | in Cleveland to choose somebody else. Ohio Governor John Kasich agrees. Other party leaders are |
| 1:07.4 | gritting their teeth and supporting the presumptive nominee, even House Speaker Paul Ryan, who called Trump's attack racist. |
| 1:14.3 | We'll hear more about the case against Trump and the case for party unity. |
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