A Party Divided: GOP Leaders Split on Supporting Trump

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A Party Divided: GOP Leaders Split on Supporting Trump

By Thomas McKinless

Posted May 9, 2016 at 10:00pm

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With Donald Trump now the Republican Party’s presumptive 2016 nominee, GOP leaders are faced with the prospect of the controversial billionaire carrying the banner of the party of Lincoln.

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