"Priebus is Latin for d*****bag": RNC's mutual disdain for Trump camp plays out on Roger Stone's Twitter account

There's no love lost between Trump adviser Roger Stone and the RNC chair, whom he adorably nicknamed "Reince Penis"

Published August 15, 2016 8:30PM (EDT)

Roger Stone   (AP/Mary Altaffer)
Roger Stone (AP/Mary Altaffer)

The Republican party establishment's mutual disdain for nominee Donald Trump's campaign has manifested itself in the especially juvenile Twitter harassment against RNC chairman Reince Priebus, by Roger Stone, Trump's cartoonish conservative adviser.

According to a recent Politico report, Priebus "has warned that if Trump does not better heed this persistent advice to avoid dustups driven by his rhetoric, the RNC might not be able to help him as much — suggesting that money and ground resources might be diverted.

In response, Stone tweeted the following on Sunday:

But "RINO" — or Republican in Name Only — is perhaps the nicest thing Stone has ever called Priebus, whom he's historically referred to as "Reince Penis."

A look back, courtesy of MediaMatters:


By Brendan Gauthier

Brendan Gauthier is a freelance writer.

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