John Harword is a CNBC reporter:
longtime ally of Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign manager: "Manafort not challenging Trump anymore. Mailing it in. Staff suicidal."
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 3, 2016
Here’s how the Trump camp responded:
Trump spox response to my tweet quoting longtime ally saying Manafort has stopped challenging Trump, "mailing it in" https://t.co/TKNTIYXJmn
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 3, 2016
@JohnJHarwood "…known to be unabashedly liberal and very biased against conservatives." https://t.co/k1lqXVtvAd
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) August 3, 2016
Remember, Jason Miller used to work for Ted Cruz.
A Trump campaign source, in reax to this, tells me "it's all true" and "way worse than people realize." https://t.co/nvioNcjMCJ
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) August 3, 2016
Ali Vitali covers Trump for NBC News.
So… is the media lying, or is Trump putting this all out there for a lark? I noticed that Katrina Pierson seemed really rattled tonight on the Megyn Kelly show – she said that Obama was one of the “most qualified” candidates to ever run for President, and that he had “disabilized” the Middle East. I don’t know how to spell the word, because it’s not a real word. So is the Trump camp imploding? Stay tuned….
UPDATE:
A source tells @DanaBashCNN that some Trump campaign staff are frustrated w/ candidate lately, "feel like they are wasting their time"
— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) August 3, 2016
“Lately”? LOL! He’s been doing the exact same thing for months!!!
UPDATE!!
THE TOUPEE IS REALLY HITTING THE FAN!
Top republican: @Reince is 'apoplectic' over Trump's refusal to back Ryan. He called several Trump staffers to express his displeasure.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) August 3, 2016
More from same source: The next 24 to 72 hours are crucial. There is serious talk about key Republicans coming out hard against Trump.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) August 3, 2016
Wait, seriously, that’s what got you morons fired up finally? That he didn’t endorse Paul Ryan? I guess all that unconstitutional irrational bleating that he’s done against the conservative movement was OK, as long as you got a Paul Ryan endorsement? Pathetic. You deserve to have your party burned down by Trump….