tonight on laura coates live. news today has been stunning. the republican national committee was considering, i mean seriously considering a resolution that would declare donald trump the presumptive nominee. and just like that, after we have only heard from, remember, it has only been two states. we do have 50. and territories of course. so in essence, that would mean that iowa, new hampshire, would get to decide who is the nominee. leaving everybody else, even those who wanted to vote, totally out of luck. until the whole thing blew up in their faces. trump ally david bosse withdrawing the resolution tonight. a source tells cnn the trump campaign had initially backed the idea. and the former president himself was, well, on board. not surprisingly. then all of a sudden he changed his tune when the backlash began. posting on social media tonight they should quote do it old fashioned way and finish the process off at the ballot box. all caps of course. even captain obvious wo
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