With Trump's federal indictment, RNC loyalty pledge makes party look patently ridiculous

The federal indictment of Donald Trump on charges that he mishandled highly sensitive national secrets makes the Republican National Committee's 2024 loyalty pledge an inherent threat to national security, not to mention patently ridiculous.

Part of the RNC's criteria for making the stage for the first GOP debate on Aug. 23 includes requiring every candidate to commit to supporting the ultimate victor for the Republican nomination.

Now that pledge includes supporting a guy who, according to the indictment, allegedly took classified information regarding U.S. defense and weapons capabilities, U.S. nuclear programs, potential U.S. vulnerabilities, and U.S. plans for potential retaliation in response to a foreign attack.

That's some highly sensitive and extremely damaging material that Trump allegedly conspired to hide from federal authorities.