Trump promises GOP he’ll shun 3rd-party run

One early nominating state, South Carolina already require candidates to sign a loyalty pledge in order to appear on the Republican primary ballot, so Trump, eventually, would have had to contend with the issue.

“We’re on the verge of the greatest time to be alive, and there is one candidate in the Republican Party who is preying on people’s angst and fears”.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday rejected what he called a weird notion voiced by front-running rival Donald Trump that people should speak English in the United States.

Bush also knocked Trump over his interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt Thursday about foreign policy, when Trump accused Hewitt of asking “gotcha questions”.

“So, I will be totally pledging my allegiance to the Republican Party and the conservative principles for which it stands, and we will go out and we will fight hard and we will win“, he said.

The document was sent to the campaigns under the subject line “pledge” and includes a space for the candidates to sign and for the RNC’s chairman, Reince Priebus, to witness.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who angrily challenged Trump at the debate over the pledge, took credit for what he termed Trump’s “capitulation”.

During his stump speech, Bush got big applause and cheers from the audience when he alluded to Trump’s complaints about Bush’s bilingual abilities.

Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, declined to comment about whether Trump would put pen to paper later today, and cautioned that the billionaire contender can be unpredictable. A third party candidacy by Trump could sink any chance for a Republican to win the White House against Democrats in 2016.

Further, it demanded that each pledge “that I will not seek to run as an independent or write-in candidate, nor will I seek or accept the nomination for president of any other party”. “And for that reason I have signed the pledge”.

Over the last several days, Trump has been part of an escalating feud with fellow Republican Jeb Bush.

Advisers to the candidate have said all along that Trump was never seriously interested in launching an independent run, which is an arduous – and costly – process. “I just wanted fairness from the Republican Party”.