Rank and File Republicans Tell Party Elites: We’re Sticking With Donald Drumpf
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-party.html
From Michigan to Louisiana to California on Friday, rank-and-file Republicans expressed mystification, dismissal and contempt regarding the instructions that their partys most high-profile leaders were urgently handing down to them: Reject and defeat Donald J. Trump.
Their angry reactions, in the 24 hours since Mitt Romney and John McCain urged millions of voters to cooperate in a grand strategy to undermine Mr. Trumps candidacy, have captured the seemingly inexorable force of a movement that still puzzles the Republican elite and now threatens to unravel the party they hold dear.
In interviews, even lifelong Republicans who cast a ballot for Mr. Romney four years ago rebelled against his message and plan. I personally am disgusted by it I think its disgraceful, said Lola Butler, 71, a retiree from Mandeville, La., who voted for Mr. Romney in 2012. Youre telling me who to vote for and who not to vote for? Please.
Theres nothing short of Trump shooting my daughter in the street and my grandchildren there is nothing and nobody thats going to dissuade me from voting for Trump, Ms. Butler said.