Speaking with CNN’s Carol Costello, Gregory explained that the #NeverTrump movement would have an extremely hard time going forward if Trump manages to sweep in a socially-conservative state like Indiana in tomorrow’s primary. After Our Principles PAC adviser Ken Blackwell and pro-Trump councilman Joseph Borelli fought over the logic of Ted Cruz staying in the 2016 race, Costello asked Gregory about whether the #NeverTrump movement had any success at all in showing how certain proposals from Trump are inconsistent with Republican Party platforms.
Gregory agreed with Blackwell, but also stated that the party as a whole will probably get behind Trump in order to win November, even if
“There is certainly support behind Ted Cruz and what Ken is saying is absolutely right, which is the rank and file of the Republican Party doesn’t like Trump because he’s not a conservative. He’s barely a Republican. He’s post-ideological. He’s not an ideological candidate and that is why I think, I know, both Republican officials and establishment Republicans are starting to say ‘look we may be holding our nose a bit but this guy has potential we may not be able to imagine in terms of how well he can do in November.”
Gregory rounded off his point by stating that the GOP is likely to back Trump because his unpredictability factor may offer a stronger possibility for victory than what Cruz is estimated to present when it comes to November. Despite that, calling Trump — not a conservative, and hardly a Republican — is certainly not going to sit well with Trump’s supporters, and, of course, the presidential candidate himself.
Watch above, via CNN.
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