Trump Crushes GOP Dissent Ahead of Monday’s Convention
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by News Editor
Politico – Minutes before midnight on Wednesday, two of Ted Cruz’s top conservative allies – Ken Cuccinelli and Mike Lee – huddled in Cleveland’s Lakeside Street Doubletree Hotel with the top brass of the Republican National Committee.
It was a meeting meant to be kept secret – a quiet but urgent negotiation to avert an ugly and divisive fight over the future of the GOP, one the Republican leadership worried could embarrass Donald Trump, and the party, in front of a nationally televised audience.