The ‘Pledge’ That Saddled Republicans With Trump

CLEVELAND ― For Republicans still in shock that Donald Trump is actually their presidential nominee, and wondering which single moment in time they should return to in order to fix things, here is the start to at least one alternative timeline:

Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, 1 p.m: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus announces at a Washington news conference that Trump’s refusal to support the eventual nominee meant he could not participate in the coming presidential debate at the Reagan Library in California. Priebus suggested that the reality TV star instead seek the Democratic nomination, whose front-runner he has contributed to in the past.

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