The New York Times reports:
One of Donald J. Trump’s key allies inside the Republican National Committee withdrew a planned resolution to try to force the party’s official body to say that the G.O.P. presidential nominating contest is effectively over, even though only two states have voted and Nikki Haley has vowed to continue her campaign.
David Bossie, an R.N.C. committeeman from Maryland and a longtime Trump confidant, had proposed a draft resolution proclaiming Mr. Trump the party’s “presumptive” nominee. But he withdrew the plan to push the resolution after Mr. Trump posted on his Truth Social website that he did not want such a measure.
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Trump says the RNC should not move forward with a draft resolution, proposed by his ally David Bossie, that would formally declare him the party’s presumptive nominee
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