Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

Trump Offers Republicans the Kiss of Death

Better to jump now than go down with the ship.

June 15, 2016 at 8:17 PM UTC

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

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