Former RNC chair says Trump's debate performance won't matter because his campaign is over

Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele took a strikingly pessimistic view of embattled GOP nominee Donald Trump's electoral chances in a brief interview with Mother Jones Saturday. Trump's hot mic scandal "is a devastating blow to the Trump campaign and to the party, and there is not much either can do to salvage it," Steele said. "It almost doesn't matter what Trump does in the next debate." An unnamed GOP official similarly told Mother Jones the party's priorities should no ...