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Exclusive: Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:26 pm
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AB07P
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(Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters.
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The early stage discussions include former elected Republicans, former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Trump, ex-Republican ambassadors and Republican strategists, the people involved say.
More than 120 of them held a Zoom call last Friday to discuss the breakaway group, which would run on a platform of “principled conservatism,” including adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law - ideas those involved say have been trashed by Trump.
The plan would be to run candidates in some races but also to endorse center-right candidates in others, be they Republicans, independents or Democrats, the people say.
Evan McMullin, who was chief policy director for the House Republican Conference and ran as an independent in the 2016 presidential election, told Reuters that he co-hosted the Zoom call with former officials concerned about Trump’s grip on Republicans and the nativist turn the party has taken.
Three other people confirmed to Reuters the call and the discussions for a potential splinter party, but asked not to be identified.
Among the call participants were John Mitnick, general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security under Trump; former Republican congressman Charlie Dent; Elizabeth Neumann, deputy chief of staff in the Homeland Security Department under Trump; and Miles Taylor, another former Trump homeland security official.
The talks highlight the wide intraparty rift over Trump’s false claims of election fraud and the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Most Republicans remain fiercely loyal to the former president, but others seek a new direction for the party.
The House of Representatives impeached Trump on Jan. 13 on a charge of inciting an insurrection by exhorting thousands of supporters to march on the Capitol on the day Congress was gathered to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory.
Call participants said they were particularly dismayed by the fact that more than half of the Republicans in Congress - eight senators and 139 House representatives - voted to block certification of Biden’s election victory just hours after the Capitol siege.
Most Republican senators have also indicated they will not support the conviction of Trump in this week’s Senate impeachment trial.
“Large portions of the Republican Party are radicalizing and threatening American democracy,” McMullin told Reuters. “The party needs to recommit to truth, reason and founding ideals or there clearly needs to be something new.”
‘THESE LOSERS’
Asked about the discussions for a third party, Jason Miller, a Trump spokesman, said: “These losers left the Republican Party when they voted for Joe Biden.”
A representative for the Republican National Committee referred to a recent statement from Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
“If we continue to attack each other and focus on attacking on fellow Republicans, if we have disagreements within our party, then we are losing sight of 2022 (elections),” McDaniel said on Fox News last month.
“The only way we’re going to win is if we come together,” she said.
McMullin said a plurality of those on last week’s Zoom call backed the idea of a breakaway, national third party. Another option under discussion is to form a “faction” that would operate either inside the current Republican Party or outside it.
Names under consideration for a new party include the Integrity Party and the Center Right Party. If it is decided instead to form a faction, one name under discussion is the Center Right Republicans.
Members are aware that the U.S. political landscape is littered with the remains of previous failed attempts at national third parties.
“But there is a far greater hunger for a new political party out there than I have ever experienced in my lifetime,” one participant said.
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The early stage discussions include former elected Republicans, former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Trump, ex-Republican ambassadors and Republican strategists, the people involved say.
More than 120 of them held a Zoom call last Friday to discuss the breakaway group, which would run on a platform of “principled conservatism,” including adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law - ideas those involved say have been trashed by Trump.
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Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:27 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Please do it so we can better identify who to never take seriously ever again
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:27 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
HAHAHAHAHA The party will be named LOSER!
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:28 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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those involved say have been trashed by Trump.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:28 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
They should call it the Fighting Against Government party
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:28 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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Dozens
Nonetheless.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:29 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Wait wait wait
I thought the Trump supporters were told not to do this
I thought the Trump supporters were told not to do this
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:30 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
This is great news! Let all these RINO's finally gather under one umbrella and leave the Republican party!
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:30 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Sentirus will be pimping this party as soon as it forms.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:32 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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Evan McMullin
CIA spook who couldn't pay vendors after his dismal 2016 run.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:34 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Why do they think the country needs another anti-Trump party (D)?
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:35 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Would it be good for the nation if we had four parties: Democrats, center left, center right, and Republicans?
Plus ranked choice voting. Any cons to that?
Plus ranked choice voting. Any cons to that?
This post was edited on 2/10/21 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:36 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
McMullin is a CIA disinformation agent.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:37 pm to jamboybarry
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They should call it the Fighting Against Government party
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:38 pm to The Easter Bunny
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Please do it so we can better identify who to never take seriously ever again
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:38 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
bullshite. They are just trying to get votes for peachmint
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:40 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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principled conservatism,” including adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law - ideas those involved say have been trashed by Trump.
I would love to hear examples of how Trump has trashed the Constitution and the rule of law.
Posted on 2/10/21 at 9:48 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
“Principled Conservatism”; i.e; Speak in platitudes on the Sunday talk show circuit while the Socialists continue to slam the country leftward. In other words, a desire for returning to the business as usual of the past 30 years. These jokers couldn’t be more disconnected from the base if they tried.
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