Trump’s Attacks on GOP Leaders Ignite Civil War Inside Party
- GOP nominee escalates feud with party’s most visible figures
- National poll shows Trump trailing Clinton by nine points
Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, and a Divided Republican Party
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With less than a month to go before Election Day, Republicans erupted into open warfare Tuesday as Donald Trump pledged to campaign unshackled from party leaders and vowed to punish “disloyal” members, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and John McCain, the 2008 GOP nominee.
"Disloyal R’s are far more difficult than Crooked Hillary. They come at you from all sides. They don’t know how to win - I will teach them!" Trump tweeted.