Stunned GOP still coming to terms with Trump’s hostile takeover

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Stunned Republican regulars were reluctantly coming to terms with Donald Trump’s hostile takeover of the party on Saturday as they gathered for the South Carolina GOP convention.

Trump’s presence predominated throughout the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Campaign signs for the newly minted presumptive Republican presidential nominee monopolized the convention center, and Trump campaign stickers adorned party activists’ lapels and hats.

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