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Date: Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:08 PM
Subject: First Read: Backing Away from the GOP Loyalty Pledge
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Forward this email to a friend March 30, 2016 Tune in to Meet the Press with Chuck Todd, Sundays on NBC News Backing Away from the GOP Loyalty Pledge Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:54:54 GMT From NBC's Chuck Todd and Carrie Dann Back in September, when Donald Trump signed that loyalty pledge to the Republican Party with great fanfare, how many people really thought the promise would hold? Last night marked the moment when Trump formally dumped the pledge, saying when asked if he still respects his promise to back the GOP nominee: "No, I don't anymore. No. We'll see who it is." John Kasich made moves to back away yesterday too, saying "If the nominee is somebody that I think is really hurting the country, and dividing the country, I can't stand behind them, but we have a ways to go." And Ted Cruz continued to go right up to the line again, reiterating the argument he made last week that he's "not in the habit" of supporting people who attack his family. Look, we've already long since been past the point when any of the likely outcomes of the Republican convention result in a party that's anything but split between the pro- and anti- Trump crowds. But yesterday is yet another date to circle in the history of the GOP's identity crisis nonetheless.  Click for more. First Read's Morning Clips: Trump Stands By His Man A roundup of the most important political news stories of the day  Click for more. Latest Stories Rubio Is Making Unprecedented Bid to Keep His Delegates Rubio is personally asking party leaders in 21 states and territories to refrain from releasing any of the 172 delegates he won during the campaign.  Click for more. Trump Campaign Manager Charged With Battery in Incident With Reporter A Florida police department has charged Corey Lewandowski with simple battery after he allegedly grabbed a reporter following a Trump news conference earlier this month.  Click for more. Meet the Top Trump Staffer Charged With Battery "Corey and Donald Trump are cut from the same cloth. Both like to wear suits. Both like to exercise power. Both are quick talkers."  Click for more. More News Cruz Slams 'Culture' of Trump Campaign Trump on Keeping Campaign Manager: 'I Can't Destroy Him' Sanders: We're No Longer 'Fringe' Campaign The Lid: Trump Stands by Lewandowski You_��re receiving First Read from NBC News Politics. Share this with your family and friends and keep them up to date. Share now Follow Us   Privacy  | NBC NEWS, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112