TV ads from anti-Donald Trump Republicans, titled "Keep Your Word," are going to launch in swing states urging the Republican nominee to quit the presidential race — as he vowed he would during the primary — so the party can replace him before the election, Politico reported Saturday.
"No. 1, I'm not a masochist, and if I was dropping in the polls where I saw I wasn't going to win, why would I continue?" Trump said in an October NBC News interview depicted in the ad.
"Resign the nomination. Let the RNC replace you so we can beat Hillary."
The 30-second ads are scheduled to run in areas of Florida, Virginia, Ohio and Michigan that had leaned Republican but appear to be favoring Hillary Clinton right now, Regina Thomson, a Colorado Republican activist and leader of Free the Delegates, told Politico.
Trump spokesman Jason Miller dismissed the campaign as the last remnants of the failed NeverTrump movement that was squashed at the party's convention in July.
"The 'Never Trump’ movement died at the Republican Convention after it was revealed that they were nothing more than press releases and Facebook posts," Miller told Politico. "The reality is, Republicans and non-Republican voters alike are rapidly uniting behind Donald Trump's candidacy as people look for a real change agent who isn't afraid to break up the rigged system.
"This is reflected by the many national and battleground state polls that now show Mr. Trump tied or leading, not to mention the tremendous crowds that attend every event."
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