Andrew Anglin
Daily Stormer
April 1, 2016
They have begun to make deals.
Donald Trump has broken the Republican Party. On Thursday, he took his most visible steps to fix it.
With a looming loss in Wisconsin vastly increasing the odds of a contested convention, Trump trekked to Capitol Hill to meet with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, with whom he has had a lukewarm relationship.
The huddle came at a critical juncture for the Republican frontrunner, who is emerging from the most turbulent – and perhaps damaging – stretch of his campaign. It follows an array of negative headlines, stretching from the conduct of his campaign manager to questions about his position on abortion.
“Trump for the last two weeks has been stuck because the tactics that got him to this point will not lift him to the nomination, and will not lift him to a win in the general election,” said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has informally advised Trump.
Gingrich said that the real estate mogul would need to recognize the value of the RNC, which controls much of the party’s fundraising and infrastructure.
Those close to Trump say, despite appearances to the contrary, he’s interested in coalescing the party around him and reaching out to key GOP figures. “Just had a very nice meeting with @Reince Priebus and the @GOP. Looking forward to bringing the Party together — and it will happen!” he tweeted.
The RNC was tight-lipped about the meeting. “The chairman and Mr. Trump had a productive conversation about the state of the race,” an RNC spokeswoman, Lindsay Walters, wrote in an email.
The meeting was totally secret.
But someone filmed a piece of the negotiations on their cellphone: