Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said Trump was "the future of the Republican Party." “The Republican Party is bigger than any one candidate, even a presidential candidate,” said Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster. But Trump supporters said those Republicans were in denial and that Trump had permanently wrested control of the party away from the establishment elites. Some Republicans believe should Trump lose, the party will simply return to its more traditional conservative principles. Paul Ryan, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and the most powerful elected Republican, acknowledged that Trump has transformed his party.

Source: Thanhnien News July 22, 2016 16:30 UTC