GOPe Nearing “Full-Blown Panic” Over Trump; Now Major Group of Black Pastors Expected to Endorse

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By Niall Stanage. The demise of Trump’s candidacy has been predicted by centrist Republicans and the media alike virtually since the day it began. But there is no empirical evidence at all to suggest it is happening.

Last month, the liberal ThinkProgress collated more than 30 predictions of the business mogul’s imminent demise. One typical example was The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart, who discerned “the beginning of the end of Trump” in mid-July, soon after the mogul criticized the Vietnam War record of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)

Despite all that, Trump has led the RealClearPolitics (RCP) polling average in a virtually unbroken spell for four months. The only person to briefly wrest the lead away from him, Dr. Ben Carson, appears to be fading. And numerous polls show Trump drawing double the support of his closest establishment-friendly rival, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

Add to all this the fact that Trump’s lead over the rest of the GOP field has expanded since the terrorist attacks in Paris, and it becomes clear why anxiety among his many Republican critics is reaching new heights.

“He has a real shot at this. He is the clear front-runner,” said Ron Bonjean, a consultant and former aide to GOP leaders on Capitol Hill. (Read more from “GOP Establishment Terrified that Trump Could Win; Now Group of Black Pastors Preparing to Endorse” HERE)

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Group of Black Pastors to Meet With Donald Trump Monday, May Endorse

A New York Times article this week suggested that 100 black pastors were meeting with Donald Trump this Monday and would endorse him. However, a number of participants have vocally disagreed with that prediction.

A pastor slated to attend from Los Angeles, for example, posted on Facebook that, “I am not officially endorsing ANY candidate and when I do you will NOT need to hear it from pulpitting courtjesters who suffer from intellectual and spiritual myopia.”

The organizer of the conference, Pastor Darrell Scott, confirmed that not all of the invited pastors had agreed to endorse Trump but that he and many others would.