@hughhewitt you're right-worst 72 hours 4GOP since the W-DUI was dropped-the sick feeling I had in my stomach then is what I've had since IN
— Michael Beckman (@michaelbeck) June 8, 2016
Harsh words for Donald Trump from Hugh Hewitt this morning with the conservative radio host declaring the GOP dead and suggesting it’s time for the GOP to think about finding a new nominee to take on Trump at the convention:
Hugh Hewitt is now calling on the GOP to remove Trump as the nominee at the convention and have it fought out there
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) June 8, 2016
.@hughhewitt on now: "We've never beaten the Clintons and we're not gonna beat them w/Trump We're gonna get killed."#WelcomeToThePartyPal
— Michael Graham (@IAMMGraham) June 8, 2016
Wow, @hughhewitt starts show just about pronouncing time of death for GOP 2016.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) June 8, 2016
Just asked the rigorously fair @TimAlberta 2 predict @realDonaldTrump % of popular vote in fall. A: 42-44.5%. Which of course = @GOP wipeout
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 8, 2016
Update 10:27: Red State has the audio.
Update 10:24 from Mediaite:
Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt Says GOP Should Change Convention Rules to Dump Trump
If you remember back in February, Hugh Hewitt made the case for Donald Trump as the nominee citing the potential loss of conservatives on the Supreme Court. “Period. Full stop,” he wrote at the time:
didn't hugh hewitt say we had to vote for trump because of the court? https://t.co/PHQT9mKbDr
— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) June 8, 2016
Bottom line from Switzerland: You must support whomever is the #GOP nominee because of SCOTUS. Period. Full stop.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) February 26, 2016
However, it’s hard to see how Republicans, if they did replace Trump at the convention, could ever convince enough of Trump’s voters to show up on election day to beat Hillary Clinton and protect the court.
So, has Trump lost Hewitt?
I think what you are seeing is people who thought Trump could change, like @hughhewitt, are now realizing that was a foolish thought.
— Marcus Hawkins (@HawkinsUSA) June 8, 2016
Not quite yet:
Close. Hoped he would b as strategic re politics as re real estate. Didn't expect change. Hoped 4 applied talent https://t.co/DWpl24mSdV
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 8, 2016
Hewitt did offer Trump some advice to try to turn things around before the convention:
Advice 4 @realdonaldtrump on today's show: Name cabinet with an appointee a week starting Monday. Add experienced staff from '16 cycle. 1/2
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 8, 2016
Go young on Veep and make sure he/she is smart on nat sec, travel with Lt. Gen Michael Flynn and bring on a nat security team asap
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 8, 2016
Appreciated. If @realDonaldTrump moved quickly to name Veep SecDef SecState he could stop bleeding. Short of that? https://t.co/poGDFwd1RS
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 8, 2016
But even Hewitt agrees this still makes Trump a long-shot:
It would be like jumping off a plane with a chute that only has a 35% chance of working. https://t.co/pJtzEfOqxo
— Jonathan V. Last (@JVLast) June 8, 2016
True. The solution is to start w/SecDef or SecState and build reliability one appointment at a time. Gotta start https://t.co/gWNl3Wv5I6
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) June 8, 2016
Do you think that will turn things around for Trump?
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