A whole host of influential Republicans have decided not to attend July's Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The 2012 Republican nominee (that was just four years ago!) And now a whole group of party elites won't attend this month's Republican National Convention in Cleveland, thinking that it would devolve into some kind of Trump-infused circus. won't even attend the convention. In the video above, we recap some of the most tortured excuses.

Source: Washington Post July 04, 2016 12:00 UTC