GOP must stop Trump even if he clinches nomination: US journalist

“Donald Trump’s damage to the Republican party, although already extensive, has barely begun,” Will wrote in a Washington Post column on Saturday.
 
Will expressed concern over Trump's nomination, saying it would create “down-ballot carnage” which could put an end to Republican control of the House of Representatives.
 
“At least half a dozen Republican senators seeking reelection and Senate aspirants can hope to win if the person at the top of the Republican ticket loses their state by, say, only four points, but not if he loses by 10,” the Pulitzer Prize–winner journalist wrote, noting that Trump would be the most unpopular nominee ever.
 
He urged American voters in upcoming primary states of Indiana and California, to vote for Senator Ted Cruz, to “make the Republican convention a deliberative body rather than one that merely ratifies decisions made elsewhere, some of them six months earlier.”
 
“A convention’s sovereign duty is to choose a plausible nominee who has a reasonable chance to win, not to passively affirm the will of a mere plurality of voters recorded episodically in a protracted process,” he added.
 
Will has been a constant critic of Trump throughout the campaign, saying previously his nomination would be the “end” of the Republican Party.
 
Trump has also taken a swipe at Will, accusing him of being “biased.”
 
Trump, who has never held elected office, is leading the race despite the fact that his campaign has been marked by controversial statements, including with disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants and Muslims.
 
He created a furor in the US and around the world by proposing a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims” entering the United States, following a mass shooting in California.