Wingnuts Call For “Unity Ticket” To Stop Trump

Politico reports:

A group of conservative leaders and activists, including RedState.com founder Erick Erickson and former George W. Bush adviser Bill Wichterman, called for the formation of a GOP “unity ticket” on Thursday to stop Donald Trump from becoming the 2016 Republican nominee.

Huddled on the second floor of the Army and Navy Club in downtown Washington D.C., the group’s agenda on Thursday was twofold: first, trying to block Trump’s nomination and second, if that should fail, mounting a third-party bid.

“He shouldn’t be president of the United States,” said Quin Hillyer, a conservative columnist who emerged from the meeting as the new spokesman for the two dozen or so people who attended. He called the mood inside the room “resolute.”

“Not only is he not conservative,” Hillyer said, “he’s also just not a good face for the country.” Erickson, who is ill with pneumonia and participated via phone, posted a statement on his website Thursday afternoon on behalf of the group, calling itself “Conservatives Against Trump,” saying they would fight Trump to the convention — and beyond.

“We encourage all former Republican candidates not currently supporting Trump to unite against him and encourage all candidates to hold their delegates on the first ballot,” the statement said.

The group says they are also open to an outside independent candidate. Last August Erickson disinvited Trump from a right wing convention over Trump’s attack on Fox anchor Megyn Kelly.