Swallowing the Donald Trump pill has been rough for many in the Republican establishment, leading to a discussion about shutting out independents and Democrats from helping to pick future nominees during the primaries, Politico reports.
"We now have a progressive, Trojan horse candidate that manipulated the open primary process to hijack the GOP nomination," Colorado GOP activist Kendal Unruh explained.
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