Responding to Trump’s decision to abandon his loyalty pledge on ABC’s This Week, Priebus said the decision could deepen Trump’s delegate troubles. “Those kinds of comments I think have consequences,” Priebus said. ” And so when you make those kinds of comments, and you want people to fall in line for you, it makes it more difficult.”

“If you were running for president of the Kiwanis Club or the Boy Scouts and you said you don’t know if you like the Kiwanis or the Boy Scouts, I think that makes your challenge even greater to ultimately win those kinds of posts,” he added. “It’s not different for the Republican Party.”

“We expect that when candidates make commitments to the principles and values of our party that they would keep it,” Priebus continued, saying he hopes that Trump was simply “posturing” for the media.