More than 70 Republican officials have signed a draft letter asking the Republican National Committee to stop funding GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign and instead try to save down-ballot Republicans. 


The letter’s signatories include a handful of Republicans who have already pronounced themselves as never backing Mr. Trump -- and some, like former Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays, who have endorsed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. 


"Every dollar spent by the RNC on Donald Trump’s campaign is a dollar of donor money wasted on the losing effort of a candidate who has actively undermined the GOP at every turn," the letter reads. "Rather than throwing good money after bad, the RNC should shift its strategy and its resources to convince voters not to give Hillary Clinton the ‘blank check’ of a Democrat-controlled Congress to advance her big government agenda." 


The letter has been signed by five former GOP members of Congress: Mr. Shays, former New Hampshire Sen. Gordon Humphrey, who said he may vote for Mrs. Clinton, and former Reps. Tom Coleman of Missouri, Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma and Vin Weber of Minnesota

Source: NNA