According to an internal memo obtained by the Washington Post, the GOP isn't just preparing for a Donald Trump candidacy.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is reportedly urging candidates to embrace and become Donald Trump.
In the memo on “the Trump phenomenon,” NRSC Executive Director Ward Baker said Republicans should embrace Trump’s tough talk about China and “grab onto the best elements of [his] anti-Washington populist agenda.” Above all, they should appeal to voters as genuine and beyond the influence of special interests.
“Trump has risen because voters see him as authentic, independent, direct, firm, — and believe he can’t be bought,” Baker writes. “These are the same character traits our candidates should be advancing in 2016. That’s Trump lesson #1.”
They're taking notes.
It's not necessarily politically savvy to mimic the mannerisms of the party frontrunner, at least not in this case. Senate candidates aren't trying to win the early primary contests. They need to attract a majority of all voters in their states, not just a majority of batshit corn farmers in Iowa.
Moreover, we have the receipts. The nomination of Donald Trump would be exceptionally awkward for the Republican party and not simply because he's unelectable. It would be awkward because the party's most public representatives have denounced and condemned Trump.
Republicans have already written many anti-Trump television ads for us. All Democrats have to do is roll the tape.