WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus said Monday that he’s not worried about Donald Trump eventually running for president as an independent.
“I don’t see that happening,” Priebus said in a nationally broadcast interview. He added that it is universally felt in party circles that “if Hillary Clinton is going to get beat, she has to get beat by a Republican.”
Of speculation that the billionaire real estate executive and TV celebrity might run as an independent, Priebus told the NBC “Today” show, “I think you’ve seen Donald Trump walk that back the last few days.”
Priebus also was asked about Trump’s standing at the top of many polls. “I thnk he’s speaking out to people that are really frustrated with Washington,” the RNC chairman replied.
“I do agree that tone matters and how you speak matters,” Priebus said.