Donald Trump's campaign manager is already pointing fingers at the Republican Party

With polls starting to close on Election Day, Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway bemoaned the Republican Party's lack of support for its presidential candidate. Trump "didn't have the full support of the Republican infrastructure," Conway told NBC News' Chuck Todd.
Conway followed up that comment with a tweet, explaining that her remark was not referring to, say, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus:
Still, many analysts interpreted Conway's comment as blame-shifting before a possible Trump loss.
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