CNN’s Dana Bash Presses RNC Chair on If Trump Will Support GOP Presidential Nominee Who Beats Him

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told Bash on Sunday’s “State of the Union,” calling the stipulation a “no-brainer.” “If you’re gonna be on the Republican National Committee debate stage asking voters to support you, you should say, ‘I’m gonna the voters and who they chose as the nominee.’”McDaniel clarified the imperative of supporting whoever is selected as the GOP nominee, noting that if she said she would not support the Republican nominee, she would be “rightfully removed” from office. “Anyone getting on the Republican National Committee debate stage should be able to say, ‘I will support the will of the voters, and the eventual nominee of our party,’” she said.Despite McDaniel’s confidence, Bash shared her doubt by playing a recent interview clip of Trump saying he would support the nominee who beat him depending on the identity of the successful nominee. “It would depend,” Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt. “I would give you the same answer I gave in 2016 during the debate.

It would have to depend on who the nominee was.”“So are you prepared to block the former President if he doesn’t sign it?” Bash pressed as McDaniel clarified that Trump did sign the pledge in 2016. “Everybody signed it in 2016.”“But this is about the here and the now,” Bash shot back. “He didn’t commit to it.”McDaniel continued to express her confidence that all GOP presidential nominee candidates will sign the pledge, adding that the underlying unity depends on defeating the Democratic nominee.“I think the voters are very intent on winning and they do want to see a debate stage of people saying, ‘I’m not going to support this guy, I’m not gonna support this guy,'” McDaniel said. “What they need to say is, ‘I will do everything I can to defeat Joe Biden.’ And that means.