Republicans are willing to pay Donald Trump $150 million to drop out (HRC GP)

[Her Sister]

Just how desperate is the Republican Party to get rid of presumptive Presidential nominee Donald Trump before he becomes locked into the place at the convention and it’s too late to turn back? With his poll numbers plummeting and his favorability rating now the worst on record, the GOP is fearful that Trump will take the entire party down with him in November. One of Trump’s allies is hinting that if the party paid him $150 million, he might be willing to drop out peacefully. And big-money republican voices are already biting on it.

Former Donald Trump advisor Jim Dornan floated the notion on Friday that for $150 million he might be willing to go away. It wasn’t entirely clear whether this was merely one Trump ally mouthing off of his own accord, or if Trump himself was planting this seed and this number with the media as part of a strategy to get a deal rolling. In any case leading conservative republican voice Bill Kristol immediately tweeted out the response “Done.”

Kristol believes he could get fifteen republican billionaires to cough up ten million dollars a piece in order to pay Trump the hypothetical ransom figure, thus getting him out of the race and allowing the republican party leadership to choose some other nominee at the convention in late July. Such a replacement nominee would enter the fray with no mandate, no momentum, no infrastructure, and little if any favor from Trump’s supporters, and would be highly likely to lose badly.

But such a move would allow the republican party to regain control of itself in time to have a fighting chance in congressional races, many of which are now seen as being in danger due to the dampening effect of Trump’s offensive mouth and refusal to work with party leaders in any capacity. So how real or how hypothetical is this notion of paying Trump to go away? Stay tuned.

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/republicans-offer-donald-trump-150-million-to-drop-out/24985/

[Her Sister]

1. Would Donald Trump really drop out for $150 million? The latest hope for the Never Trump crowd: A hu

Would Donald Trump really drop out for $150 million?
The latest hope for the Never Trump crowd: A huge pile of cash.


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[beachbum bob]

2. if trump would be bought off, I still think his supporters would be so pissed off

they stay home in november....for having been played

[Her Sister]

4. The new nominee would lose no matter what but it'd help down the ballot

Trump is hurting down the ballot candidates so it'd be a way to tourniquet the bleeding. Plus Trump is really odious as a front runner.

TRUMP as a candidate helps DEMS up and down the ballot and hurts GOP up and down the ballot. Either way they probably have to give up the Presidency. So they probably just wanna save down the ballot candidates as much as they can.

[tanyev]

3. Oh, he's running a giant extortion racket.

It makes a lot more sense that way.

[sarae]

11. That would be the first time anything has made sense regarding Trump

[pandr32]

18. Yep!

Now let's see if he bites or holds out for more--like rewriting the Republican platform and reshaping the party, and the primaries need to be opened up, and-and-and the super-delegates need to only support the underdog, etc.!

[sarae]

19. The impression I get is that...

Trump's happy as long as he doesn't need to do any work himself.

[pandr32]

24. Yet he wants to be POTUS

[exboyfil]

13. Nice party you got there

Too bad if something was to happen to it.

[SummerSnow]

5. desperate bunch...lol. Oh my, he'll foam at the mouth to spread this news.

[creon]

6. he would

I think that he would drop out - if he were paid enough.
150 million may not be enough. I think that he would want more.

[Cha]

7. Wow, unprecedented! Isn't this extortion?

[Her Sister]

8. No no no Cha!~ It's the Art of the Deal!

Pay up or I'll stink up your Party!

You know: " F'art of the Deal! "

Reminds me of something...

[Cha]

12. LOL@Fart of the Deal .. Hillary & we will be so

Happy when she leaves both these big movement guys in the dust.

[liberal N proud]

9. Money may not be able to buy the republicans happiness

Not this time, I think they are screwed either way!

[LiberalFighter]

10. What I don't get is how Trump can spend as much time as he has been away from his business.

I guess it does show that people like Trump don't do much work.

[TwilightZone]

14. "Former advisor"

I think he's just trolling the party again.

[BootinUp]

15. This is freaking hilarious!

Next the delegates are gonna try negotiating a deal for themselves.

[Haveadream]

16. Only in Trump's twisted world is this a compliment

He'll probably brag about it.

[dlwickham]

17. But he's a billionaire

150 million is chump change to him

I wouldn't do it for less than 500 million

[TeamPooka]

20. How much will they pay the people that voted for him? nt

[NastyRiffraff]

21. Oh this is rich

We're actually watching a major political party self-destruct in real time. This will be in the history books under the heading "Believe it or not."

[Jamaal510]

22. But all

the RW trolls on TPM say that he "can't be bought".

[Princess Turandot]

23. If that happened, the lunatics who voted for him would revolt...

Also, he's so narcissistic that taking money from some Republicans to leave the race because they think he *can't win* doesn't seem likely.

Assuming his kids actually have influence with him, as long as he's not throwing away more of his own money on the campaign, they probably don't care if he continues.