With the election just three months away, a spirited debate is taking place among Republicans about what to do with their own nominee: Should members of the party — especially vulnerable congressional candidates — simply distance themselves from Donald Trump or should the GOP dump him altogether?
A gap in enthusiasm for Trump has always existed among Republican leaders, but when the candidate was riding high following the party’s national convention it seemed, for a moment, that the GOP had dutifully embraced its nominee. Fast forward to the weeks-long controversy surrounding Trump’s criticism of two Gold Star parents and any semblance of unity had already unraveled. Matters were made worse on Tuesday when the untamable billionaire said “Second Amendment people” could stop Hillary Clinton from pursuing an anti-gun agenda if she makes it to the White House.
