Joe Scarborough, New York Times, GOP insiders urge Trump to abandon race

Donald Trump.
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After weeks of Donald Trump's disastrous gaffes and a failure to "pivot" to a more presidential demeanor, everyone from The New York Daily News to Joe Scarborough to a fifth of regular Republican voters now want Donald Trump to call it quits.

"A bloody line has been crossed that cannot be ignored," the co-host of Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, said in a Washington Post opinion piece. "At long last, Donald Trump has left the Republican Party few options but to act decisively and get this political train wreck off the tracks before something terrible happens."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.