With about a week to go until the Republican National Convention in Ohio, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump says he’ll “try” to abide by former President Reagan’s “11th Commandment” about not attacking fellow Republicans.
“I’m going to try,” Mr. Trump said when asked by televangelist Pat Robertson if he’s going to abide by Mr. Reagan’s “11th Commandment” of not speaking ill about a fellow Republican.
“With you, I cannot tell a lie, right? I cannot tell a lie,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with Mr. Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, posted online Tuesday.
“We’ve had tremendous support, but every once in a while you have somebody [who] doesn’t want to support,” Mr. Trump said.
“I can’t promise you that I’ll be treating that person really, really well, but I will try. I’ll think about you every time,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Robertson.
Former 2016 GOP presidential rivals of Mr. Trump like Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee have all said they’ll support Mr. Trump in the general election.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said last week he agreed to speak at the GOP convention after Mr. Trump asked him to, though Mr. Cruz said the two did not discuss the idea of an endorsement.
Still others, though, like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have withheld explicit support for Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump has said such holdouts shouldn’t be allowed to run for public office again because they broke the pledge they made to support the eventual GOP nominee.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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