Party's Over?
Republican Fissures Deepen as Feuding Candidates Rip Up Loyalty Pledge
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich had all promised to support the party’s eventual nominee. That changed on Tuesday.
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In a sign of a fractured party splitting even further apart, all three Republican presidential candidates on Tuesday walked away from their pledge to support the winner of the nomination in the general election.
Donald Trump and John Kasich said they would no longer abide by that loyalty pledge without knowing who the nominee is, while Ted Cruz made a personal and substantive case against supporting Trump.